Lenovo Legion 7i (2025)

Configs to buy / avoid: The RTX 5060 and 5070 are both great options, but they can be very expensive when not on sale, absolutely avoid paying full price by waiting for a sale. The RTX 5070 is around 16% faster than the 5060 in games, so ideally don't spend more than that much more money to get the 5070. Testing notes: The Legion 7i delivered full-powered 115W RTX 5070 performance, above 60 FPS at the native 2560x1600 resolution in Cyberpunk 2077 without DLSS, a 500 nit OLED screen with sub-1ms response times, fast system latency, Advanced Optimus, G-Sync, two RAM slots and two M.2 slots. Trade-offs: The main compromises were the RTX 5070’s 8GB VRAM limit, high pricing without a sale, no Thunderbolt 5, no ethernet, weaker than expected MediaTek Wi-Fi 7, difficult bottom panel removal, and mixed Linux support. Alternatives: We prefer ASUS's Zephyrus G16, but it also costs more too. It's available with RTX 5070 Ti and 5080 options, reducing the VRAM concern, but the newer 2026 edition of the Legion 7i also has Nvidia's newer RTX 5070 12GB.