Alongside Intel’s 12th generation processors, Lenovo has released an impressive update to the Legion 5i Pro 2022, a gaming laptop that’s nearly premium level. This machine boasts a bold design and powerful specs, ensuring smooth gameplay on the biggest titles as well as handling heavy workloads with ease.
A bold design inspired by race cars
The standout feature of the Legion 5i Pro 2022 is its modern exterior. Right from the front, the laptop shows off its strength with sharp angled cuts and a striking new Legion logo. The overall shape resembles a high-powered race car, especially with the impressive exhaust vents that look like jet engines blowing air forward.
Lenovo keeps the smart design choices Legion is known for, placing main ports at the back for easy access to power, LAN, and HDMI without cluttering the sides. The sides themselves feature USB ports and a 3.5mm jack, making it simple to connect external drives, peripherals, or headphones.
Top-notch keyboard and trackpad
Inside, the Legion 5i Pro 2022 offers a full keyboard that’s among the best in its class. The typing experience is satisfying with just the right key travel and springiness, perfect for gamers who want to ditch external keyboards. Plus, the keyboard features bright, customizable RGB backlighting.
The trackpad is a good size, supports smooth multi-touch gestures, and offers a silky glide for quick navigation when you’re not gaming.
Sharp display for gaming and work
The Legion 5i Pro 2022 sports a 16-inch 2560×1600 (2K) screen with a 16:10 aspect ratio and an upgraded 240Hz refresh rate, up from 165Hz on the previous model. The display is bright and crisp, delivering a wide viewing area and silky smooth motion, even in fast-paced action games.
For creators who need a laptop for gaming and heavy tasks like 3D modeling or video editing, Lenovo has pre-calibrated the colors to ensure accuracy.
High-end specs, powerful performance
Our test unit is the top-tier Legion 5i Pro 2022, equipped with Intel’s 12th gen Core i9-12900H processor, which is about 40% faster than the previous generation. It also features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti GPU, 32GB DDR5 RAM, and a high-speed SSD. This setup delivers desktop-level performance.
Let’s check out some benchmark results
Starting with 3DMark, the laptop scores very high in both CPU and graphics tests.
PCMark10 scores show excellent overall performance, especially in digital content creation:
Cinebench results highlight the CPU’s raw power with an impressive 17,242 points.
These numbers prove the Intel Core i9-12900H’s dominance. With 6 high-performance cores, 8 efficiency cores, 20 threads, and a 5.0GHz max clock, the Legion 5i Pro 2022 handles demanding games and resource-heavy apps like 3D video editing effortlessly. Intel’s AI-driven Threat Director tech smartly distributes workloads across cores for optimal performance.
Gaming tests on popular titles:
The Legion 5i Pro 2022 handles current games smoothly at max settings and 2K resolution, letting gamers dive into virtual worlds without a hitch.
The laptop comes with a beefy 300W power adapter to support its powerful components. Lenovo’s ColdFront 4 cooling system keeps temperatures in check, so the CPU and GPU don’t overheat. Users can hit Fn + Q to switch to maximum performance mode for demanding tasks.
Overall, the Legion 5i Pro 2022 is a smart pick for gamers and power users alike. It combines a sleek, practical design with top-tier specs. The retail price is around 34 million VND, with premium service packages from Lenovo.
