Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 vs Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)

[ VERDICT ] Winner: Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) (89/100)

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) leads overall with a score of 89/100 compared to Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 (52/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8

52/100
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[ WINNER ]
Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Lenovo

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)

89/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Gaming 42.0 Poor 92.0 Excellent WINNER
NanoReview Score 52.0 Below Average 89.0 Very Good WINNER
Performance 52.0 Below Average 96.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Charge power 230 W 400 W
Charging port position Bottom Left, Bottom
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes Yes, 140 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Replaceable No No
Weight of AC adapter — 1247 grams

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Base frequency 3.2 GHz 2.7 GHz
Cores 8 24 (8P + 16E)
Fabrication process 6 nm 3 nm
Integrated GPU Radeon 680M Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
L3 Cache 16 MB 36 MB
Threads 16 24
Turbo frequency 4.75 GHz 5.4 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Area 941 cm2(146 inches2) 1195 cm2(185.2 inches2)
Colors Black, Gray Black
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 358.8 x 262.35 x 19.9-24.05 mm14.13 x 10.33 x 0.78-0.95 inches 403 x 296.5 x 23.9-27.95 mm15.87 x 11.67 x 0.94-1.1 inches
Liquid metal No Yes
Material Top: AluminumMiddle: PlasticBottom: Plastic Aluminum
Number of fans 2 4
Opening angle 180° 180°
Screen-to-body ratio ~71.3% ~78.6%
Side bezels 6.7 mm 7.7 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber No Yes
Weight 2.4 kg (5.29 lbs) 3.5 kg (7.72 lbs)
Noise level (max. load) — 56 dB

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.4
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes Yes
Fingerprint No No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor No Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
SD card reader No Yes
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 5
USB Type-C 2x USB 3.2 3x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 2560 x 1440
Wi-Fi standard v6 v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Ambient light sensor No —
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Coating Matte Glossy
Contrast 1200:1 1200:1
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
PPI 188 ppi 252 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 240 Hz
Resolution 2560 x 1440 pixels 3840 x 2400 pixels
Response time 3 ms 3 ms
Size 15.6 inches 18 inches
Sync technology G-Sync G-Sync
Touchscreen No No
Type IPS LCD Mini LED
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile — 96.8%
DCI-P3 color gamut — 88.9%

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Blender GPU 3319 7717
Solar Bay 47862 123422

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
FLOPS 16 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 2295 MHz 975 MHz
GPU boost clock 2370 MHz —
GPU performance 16 TFLOPS 42 TFLOPS
Memory bus 128 bit 256 bit
Memory size 8 GB 16 GB
Memory speed ~16 Gbps ~28 Gbps
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus MUX
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 48 96
Shading units (cores) 3072 7680
TGP 140 W 175 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 96 240

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.6 mm
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Channels 1x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 5600 MHz
Max. ram size 64 GB 192 GB
Total slots 2 4
Upgradable Yes Yes

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3287 Realtek ALC3306
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2
Power 2x2W 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.0 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Loudness — ~79 dB

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 5 15ARP8 Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)

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