Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 specs, features, and analysis

Here's what you need to know about 2022 Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 including price, display info, CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and more.

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Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7

Availability

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Released2022
Release Date
  • Announced on January 04, 2022.
  • Available starting February 2022.
PricingStarting at $1,569.99
Applicable Models
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16” IAH7
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16IAH7
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16IAH7H
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5iP 16IAH7
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5iP 16IAH7H
  • 2022 Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16” IAH7
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16” (12th Gen Intel Processors)
  • Lenovo Legion Pro 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Intel 12500H 12700H 12900H Price
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$1,254.00

Exterior

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Dimensions14.17 x 10.4 x 0.78 ~ 1.05 inches (359.9 x 262.4 x 19.9 ~ 26.6 mm)
WeightUp to 5.49 lbs (2.49 kg)
Colors
Storm Grey Glacier White
Keyboard and TrackpadKeyboard
  • 6-rows with multimedia Fn keys.
  • Numeric keypad.
  • Swappable keycap.
  • 1.5 mm key travel.
  • 0.3 mm ditch.
  • 100% anti-ghosting.
  • White backlight
    Storm grey models.
  • Blue backlight
    Glacier white models.
  • Optional 4-Zone RGB backlight.
Touchpad
  • Buttonless Mylar® surface multi-touch touchpad

Display

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Size16 Inches
Info
  • 16” FHD+ 165Hz
    1920 x 1200, 165 Hz, 300 nits.
  • 16” WQHD+ 165Hz
    2560 x 1600, 165 Hz, 500 nits.
  • 16” WQHD+ 165~240Hz VRR
    2560 x 1600, 165 ~ 240 Hz Variable Refresh Rate, 500 nits.
  • More
    16:10 aspect ratio, 3ms response time, 100% sRGB, wide viewing angle, Anti-glare surface, IPS display type, Non-touch, VESA DisplayHDR™️ 400, Dolby® Vision™, NVIDIA® G-SYNC™, TÜV Rheinland Certified.

Ports

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Ports
Left
  • 1 x Thunderbolt™ 4
    USB 4 (40 Gbps) and DisplayPort 1.4.
  • 1 x USB-C
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) and DisplayPort 1.4.
Right
  • 1 x USB-A 
    USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
  • 1 x Headset jack
    3.5mm
  • 1 x E-camera shutter switch
Rear
  • 1 x USB-C
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) with Power Delivery up to 135W and DisplayPort 1.4.
  • 2 x USB-A
    1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).
    1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps) with Always On.
  • 1 x HDMI 2.1
  • 1 x RJ-45 
    Gigabit Ethernet port.
  • 1 x Power connector

Internal Specs

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Processor
  1. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H
    12 cores, 16 threads, 2.50 → 4.50 GHz, 18MB SmartCache, 45W
  2. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
    14 cores, 20 threads, 2.30 → 4.70 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W
  3. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900H
    14 cores, 20 threads, 2.50 → 5.00 GHz, 24MB SmartCache, 45W

Geekbench 5 Single Core

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 71
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H1,65394.03%
2
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H1,65894.31%
3
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900H1,758100.00%
01,758

Geekbench 5 Multi-Core

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 71
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H9,29377.27%
2
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H11,77497.90%
3
12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900H12,027100.00%
012,027
Integrated Graphics
  1. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-12500H
    Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
    80 Execution Units, 400 → 1300 MHz
  2. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-12700H
    Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
    96 Execution Units, 400 → 1400 MHz
  3. 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900H
    Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
    96 Execution Units, 400 → 1450 MHz
Memory
8GB 16GB 24GB 32GB
4800 MHz DDR5 Memory
  • 2 x SO-DIMM DDR5 Slots.
Discrete Graphics
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3050 Ti | 4GB GDDR6
    Up to 1695 MHz at 80W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12.
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3060 | 6GB GDDR6 
    Up to 1702 MHz at 115W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12.
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 | 8GB GDDR6
    Up to 1620 MHz at 125W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12.
  • NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 3070 Ti | 8GB GDDR6
    Up to 1485 MHz at 125W TGP, supports Advanced Optimus, Resizable BAR, Dynamic Boost 2.0, DirectX® 12.
Storage
512 GB 1TB 2TB
M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD

Connectivity

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Wi-Fi
  • 2x2 WiFi 5 (802.11 ac)
    M.2 card
  • 2x2 WiFi 6 (802.11 ax)
    M.2 card
  • 2x2 WiFi 6E (802.11 ax)
    M.2 card
BluetoothBluetooth 5.1

Battery

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Size
80Wh
Li-Polymer, supports Super Rapid Charge(charge up to 80% in 30min)
Battery Life5 hours of batter life.
Power Supply
230W 300W
Slim tip (3-in) AC adapter.

Software

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
OSWindows 11
Home Pro
Built-in Apps
  • Lenovo Vantage
  • Lenovo PC Manager
  • McAfee LiveSafe™
  • Lenovo Antivirus
  • Microsoft Office Trial
  • Power2Go

Camera & Audio

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
CameraFront-facing camera
720p HD fixed focus camera with E-camera shutter.
Audio
  • 2 x 2W stereo speakers with Nahimic Audio
  • Dual array microphone

Misc

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Security
  • Security Chip
    • Firmware TPM 2.0 integrated in the chipset
  • BIOS Security
    • Supervisor password
    • Power-on password
    • Hard disk password
  • Other Security
    • E-Camera shutter
In the box
  • Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16”
  • AC adapter
  • Internal Battery
  • Quick Start Guide
Warranty
  • 1-year depot service
  • 1-year depot with 2-year system board service
  • 2-year (1-yr battery) depot service
  • 3-year (1-yr battery) depot service

Key Features

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
At Glance
Released in Early
2022
16:10 WQHD+
16”
165~240Hz VRR
Weight
5.49 lb
2.49 kg
Up to
Intel Core i9-12900H
14C/20T, 2.50 → 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 5
1,758
Single Core
Geekbench 5
12,027
Multi-Core
With integrated
Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
96 Execution Units, 400 → 1450 MHz
Upgradable up to
32GB
4800 MHz DDR5
NVIDIA GeForce
RTX 3070 Ti
8GB GDDR6 125W TGP

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Our analysis and reviews

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What we like

Reasons to like about Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7.

Supports Windows 11

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 exceed all minimum system requirements for Windows 11.

RequirementsLenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Secure BootYes
TPM 2.0 TPM 2.0
ProcessorIntel Core i5-12500H → Intel Core i9-12900H
4GB RAM8GB → 32GB
64GB Drive512GB → 2TB
2 Cores CPU12 → 14 cores
Upgradable storage

Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 comes with a single removable M.2 SSD slot that you can replace and upgrade in the future. Learn more

Storage SlotsLenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
M.2x1
Upgradable memory

The Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 has two RAM slots which you can use to add or replace with a larger one if it isn't already at the maximum size that the system chipset support. Learn more

MemoryLenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7
Slotsx2
TypeDDR5
Speed4800 MHz
Supports discrete graphics

Configurable up to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 8GB GDDR6 125W TGP

What we don't like

Reasons not to like about Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7.

Poor battery life at only 5-hours

According to Lenovo, the Lenovo Legion 5i Pro 16in Gen 7 only lasts up to 5 hours of battery life.

5 hours of batter life.