Today we have Lenovo Legion 7 with ryzen 9 5900HX CPU and RTX 3080 GPU, I am going to review this laptop and play several games to test it and see its performance. This laptop has RTX 3080 whether we need it or not, this article will cover everything. Lenovo Legion 7 is available with specifications below for $3203.1/- / ₹240000/-.

Specifications and features of Lenovo legion 7

Firstly, we are going to discuss its specifications and its build quality.

Chipset

This laptop is powered by AMD ryzen 9 5900HX CPU consisting of 8 cores and 16 threads, this laptop comes with RTX 3080 16GBvRAM GPU, 32GB 3200mHz RAM and 1TB SSD storage. This includes the latest-gen WiFi 6 and a Bluetooth version of 5.1.

build and outers


The laptop comes in Silver color, the upper panel of this laptop has Legion and Lenovo branding, the Legion branding logo has RGB glow. Its interior is made of plastic while its lower part is made of aluminum. At the bottom, there are a large airband, speaker grille, and rubber grips for proper support. The RGB lighting is provided everywhere including Left, right, front, back exhaust, which is fully customizable. The weight of this Lenovo Legion 7 laptop is 2.5 kg. This laptop uses the Legion Coldfront 3.0 cooling system which is a 27% larger thermal module.

Ports


Combo of the mic and headphone jack and a port of USB Type C Gen 2 is given on the left side, this port can transfer data and give display output, the display output is from Nvidia GPU which will give you smooth FPS on the 'external monitor'. For data transfer only, there is a port for the Type-C 3.2 Gen 1 and a physical camera shutter button on the right. The Legion has all the ports on the back of the laptop, one RJ45 LAN, one USB TYPE-C 3.2 GEN 2 (display + data transfer + 100w power supply), two USB Type-A 3.2 gen 1, one HDMI-2.1. , a USB 3.2 Gen 1 and a port for power input.

Keyboard and trackpad

The Lenovo Legion 7 has a full-size keyboard and a large trackpad that's buttonless so you can tap anywhere on the trackpad for a single click. The keyboard is loaded with RGB lighting which is fully customizable and can be controlled by iQ software and the typing experience of this laptop is excellent.

Display

Lenovo Legion 7 sports a large 16-inch 2k IPS anti-glare display that supports a 165Hz refresh rate and 500 nits brightness display which is 100% sRGB. The display is supported by FreeSync and G-Sync The display is validated and certified by Pantone VESA HDR400 and TUV Rheinland.

Battery

The Lenovo Legion 7 laptop packs an 80wHr battery with Rapid Charge technology which means it can charge from 0 to 100% in just 30 minutes with just its charger. The battery can give a backup of 5 to 6 hours at high performance. This laptop uses Dual Bond technology which allows monitoring of the battery power of this laptop and allows power to be drawn when needed.

Upgradation


This laptop can support up to 4TB of SSD storage for which this laptop has two nvme SSD slots This laptop can support up to 32GB of RAM as it has two slots. This laptop has a Legion AI Engine which automates the performance of this laptop and boosts its performance by 5 to 16%.

Lenovo legion 7 Benchmarks

CINEBENCH TEST



Geekbench 5 test



3D Mark test

Gaming Review

We played several high-quality games on these Lenovo Legion 7 laptops at ultra-high settings and in 2k resolution which are given below

Call of Duty: warzone

I have played this game on the highest setting and I got frame rates of 100FPS, 120FPS, 130FPS, and sometimes even 150FPS. The game uses a 7.5GB GPU and the CPU temperature rises to 92°C.

GTA-V

I ran this GTA-V on Ultra High settings which gives a frame rate of 120FPS to 130FPS And the CPU temperature remained under 90°C.

Farcry-6

I got 90 frames per second in this game and uses 8GB of GPU memory and CPU temperature is under 89-90°C.

Cyberpunk

I observe a continuous frame rate of 55fps to 60fps, this game used 8GB of GPU memory and in this game, I noticed that the CPU's clock speed stalled at a specific point which is due to a Legion AI engine. could be the reason.

Red Dead Redemption 2

I played this game on ultra-high settings and saw 65 to 70 fps. I also played several other games that performed well on this laptop, including VALORANT: Riot Games, and saw a frame rate of 150 to 160FPS. This laptop has a 160Hz refresh rate which gives a smooth feel while playing games.

Is lenovo legion 7 good for streaming?

This laptop has high specifications which are good enough for heavy tasks like gaming video editing and other heavy tasks which means you can easily stream your content on social media with this Lenovo Legion 7 laptop. I noticed a minimum frame drop of 3 to 4 fps while streaming the game on youtube