Lenovo 5 Series 15.3" Legion 5a Gen 11 Review
CPU AMD Ryzen AI 7 450
RAM 16 GB
Storage 512 GB
Screen 15.3" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 1.9 kg
Battery 80 Wh
69.4 Overall Score
Overview
Performance
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (88th percentile) 91th
- Strong gpu (83th percentile) 84th
- Strong reliability (75th percentile) 77th
- Strong cpu (68th percentile) 76th
Cons
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 |
| Cores | 8 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 8 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | RTX 5060 |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 16 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 15.3" |
| Resolution | 2560 (QHD) |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 165 Hz |
| Brightness | 500 nits |
Connectivity
| HDMI | HDMI® 2.1 (supports resolution up to 8K@60Hz or 4K@120Hz) |
| Wi-Fi | WiFi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.9 kg / 4.1 lbs |
| Battery | 80 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
Value & Pricing
Feb 18, 2026 $1,640
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo 5 Series 15.3" Legion 5a Gen 11 | Apple MacBook Pro Apple 14" MacBook Pro (M5, Silver) | ASUS ROG Zephyrus ASUS - ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K OLED 120Hz Gaming | Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Samsung - Galaxy Book5 Pro - Copilot+ PC - 14" 3K | MSI Prestige MSI - Prestige 13”AI+ - Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED | Microsoft Surface Laptop Microsoft - Surface Laptop - 13.8" 2K Touchscreen |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 | Apple M5 | AMD Ryzen AI 300 Series | Intel Core Ultra 7 Series 2 | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Plus X1P-64-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 4096 | 2000 | 1000 | 1000 | 1000 |
| Screen | 15.3" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 13.3" 2880x1800 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Apple (10-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel Arc Graphics | Qualcomm X1 |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 80 | 72 | - | - | - | - |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo 5 Series 15.3" Legion 5a Gen 11 | 76.6 | 83.8 | 70.5 | 70.1 | 91.4 | 50.9 | 59.2 | 75.6 |
| Apple MacBook Pro 14" Compare | 82.9 | 20.6 | 77.4 | 90.6 | 96.9 | 73.4 | 98.6 | 94.8 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 14" 3K Compare | 90.6 | 90.9 | 94.3 | 96.8 | 94.1 | 75.2 | 91.6 | 55.8 |
| Samsung Galaxy Book5 Pro Galaxy Book5 Pro 14" 3K Compare | 69 | 66.6 | 86.9 | 90.6 | 93.5 | 84.9 | 72.3 | 75.6 |
| MSI Prestige 13”AI+ Ukiyoe Edition 13.3"OLED Compare | 65.7 | 66.6 | 86.9 | 98.3 | 90.6 | 95.5 | 72.3 | 55.8 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 13.8" 2K Touchscreen Compare | 95.1 | 42 | 86.9 | 94.7 | 81.2 | 87 | 72.3 | 75.6 |