We also included the mentioned Razer Blade 15 Advanced (2022) to show how one of the most portable gaming laptops measures up. Next is the Gigabyte Aero 16 with its Intel Core i9 HK-class CPU and an RTX 3080 Ti. The only all-AMD competitor is the Corsair Voyager a1600, which uses a Ryzen 9 HS-class CPU (35W TDP) and a Radeon RX 6800M. We compared the Legion 7 Gen 7 to 15- and- 16-inch machines for our benchmarks. On the graphics front, the Radeon RX 6850M XT is the flagship AMD mobile graphics card and goes head-to-head with Nvidia’s flagship GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. The Legion 7 Gen 7 uses the most powerful H- or HX-class versions with a 45-watt (W) thermal design power (TDP) rating. The “Rembrandt” Ryzen 6000 series is AMD’s first mobile CPU to support DDR5 RAM.

The top-of-the-line, $2,859 Legion 7 Gen 7 tested here has an eight-core, 3.3GHz (4.9GHz boost) Ryzen 9 6900HX processor, a 12GB Radeon RX 6850M XT graphics card, 32GB of DDR5-4800 memory (as two 16GB modules), a 2TB PCI Express 4.0 solid-state drive (SSD), and Windows 11 Home. The buttonless touchpad also satisfies, with a large matte surface and tactile clicks. The bright per-key RGB lighting is configurable in Corsair iCUE. Fast forward to late 2022, and there’s a lot more to choose from, like the Editors' Choice-winning Alienware m17 R5 and the streaming-centric Corsair Voyager a1600.ĭedicated Home, End, Page Up, and Page Down keys sit above the number pad. MSI’s Alpha 15 was the only gaming laptop using an AMD processor and graphics card back in early 2020.

We’ve boosted our rating by half a star for now including a fingerprint reader, USB 4 ports, and a sharper 1080p webcam. The Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 7 earns a well-deserved Editors' Choice award among high-end, 16-inch gaming laptops as the Gen 6 model did before it. Portability isn’t a strong suit, but this mobile gaming PC is otherwise hard to fault. The new Legion 7 is complemented by a bright AMD FreeSync screen, an aluminum chassis, a first-rate keyboard, and well-behaved cooling fans. Its all-AMD hardware proved highly competent in our gaming benchmarks, yet it still lasted an amazing nine hours in our battery test. The Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 7 (starts at $1,839 $2,859 as tested) is without doubt a high-end gaming laptop. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.

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