Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) vs MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)

[ 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 MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M) (66/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

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

Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025)

89/100
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MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
MSI

MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)

66/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Gaming 92.0 Excellent WINNER 17.0 Poor
NanoReview Score 89.0 Very Good WINNER 66.0 Average
Performance 96.0 Excellent WINNER 66.0 Average

Detailed Technical Specifications

Battery

Battery specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Charge power 400 W 65 W
Charging port position Left, Bottom Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W Yes, 100 W
Fast charging Yes Yes
Replaceable No No
Weight of AC adapter 1247 grams 284 grams

CPU

CPU specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Base frequency 2.7 GHz 2.3 GHz
Cores 24 (8P + 16E) 8 (4P + 4E)
Fabrication process 3 nm 2 nm
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel Xe3 Graphics
L3 Cache 36 MB 12 MB
Threads 24 8
Turbo frequency 5.4 GHz 4.7 GHz

Case

Case specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Area 1195 cm2(185.2 inches2) 910 cm2(140.9 inches2)
Colors Black Gold, Gray
Cooling system Active Active
Dimensions 403 x 296.5 x 23.9-27.95 mm15.87 x 11.67 x 0.94-1.1 inches 357.7 x 254.3 x 11.9-13.9 mm14.08 x 10.01 x 0.47-0.55 inches
Liquid metal Yes No
Material Aluminum Aluminum
Noise level (max. load) 56 dB 44.7 dB
Number of fans 4 2
Opening angle 180° —
Screen-to-body ratio ~78.6% ~81.6%
Side bezels 7.7 mm 6.5 mm
Transformer No No
Vapor chamber Yes Yes
Weight 3.5 kg (7.72 lbs) 1.59 kg (3.51 lbs)

Connectivity

Connectivity specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Bluetooth v5.4 v6.0
DisplayPort No No
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes No
Fingerprint No Yes
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
Infrared sensor Yes Yes
Optical drive No No
Proprietary charging port Yes No
SD card reader Yes No
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 5 Thunderbolt 4
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0 2x USB 4.0
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
VGA No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 1920 x 1080
Wi-Fi standard v7 v7

Display

Display specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Adobe RGB profile 96.8% 98%
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Coating Glossy Glossy (Antireflective)
Contrast 1200:1 1000000:1
DCI-P3 color gamut 88.9% 100%
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, HDR10
PPI 252 ppi 212 ppi
Refresh rate 240 Hz 120 Hz
Resolution 3840 x 2400 pixels 2880 x 1800 pixels
Response time 3 ms 1 ms
Size 18 inches 16 inches
Sync technology G-Sync No
Touchscreen No No
Type Mini LED OLED
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adaptive refresh rate — Yes (48-120 Hz)
Ambient light sensor — Yes

GPU Benchmarks

GPU Benchmarks specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Blender GPU 7717 —
Solar Bay 123422 —

Graphics Card

Graphics Card specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
FLOPS 42 TFLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS
GPU base clock 975 MHz 300 MHz
GPU performance 42 TFLOPS 2.6 TFLOPS
Memory bus 256 bit —
Memory size 16 GB System Shared
Memory speed ~28 Gbps 8.53 Gbps
Memory type GDDR7 LPDDR5X
Nvidia Optimus MUX —
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 96 16
Shading units (cores) 7680 512
TGP 175 W 25 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 240 32
GPU boost clock — 2500 MHz

Input

Input specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.6 mm —
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes No
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

RAM

RAM specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Channels 2x16 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 8533 MHz
Max. ram size 192 GB —
Total slots 4 1
Upgradable Yes No

Sound

Sound specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Audio chip Realtek ALC3306 —
Dolby Atmos No No
Loudness ~79 dB ~83.5 dB
Microphones 2 3
Power 2x2W, 2x2W 2x2W, 2x2W
Speakers 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)

Storage

Storage specifications comparison
Specification Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 10 (2025) MSI Prestige 16 AI+ (C3M)
Bus PCI-E Gen 5.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
NVMe Yes Yes
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Total slots 4 1

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