Lenovo Legion 5 2023 (13th Gen i7-13650HX, RTX 4060, 16GB, 1TB, 16″ WQXGA 165Hz)

Lenovo Legion 5 i 2023 (16IRX9) Overview

Here’s a short description of the design aesthetic, chipset, and battery life of the Lenovo Legion 5 2023 (16IRX9) laptop with Intel i7, RTX 4060, and 240Hz screen.

Design and Display 

Lenovo Legion 5 2023 has the build of a gaming machine. It has an all-aluminium build and weighs a hefty 2.5 kilos. As for the ports, you get a lot— 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-Cs (with DisplayPort1.4), 3 USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, and a headphone port. Similarly, there is also an  HDMI 2.1, an RJ45 port, and a power-in socket.

The Lenovo Legion 5 2023 (16IRX9) comes with a wide 16″ display of WQXGA (2560 x 1600) resolution with a high 240Hz refresh rate. It has a tall 16:10 aspect ratio as well. The keyboard has a custom 4 Zone RGB backlight, whereas the keycaps are black.

Performance and Memory

Alongside the smooth 240Hz screen, the Lenovo Legion 5 2023 (16IRX9) ensures smooth performance with the combination of Intel’s 13th-gen i7 processor and NVIDIA RTX 4060. The Core i7-13700HX processor has 16 (8 performance + 8 efficiency) cores and 24 threads. It has 30MB of L3 cache. It can also go up to 5.0 GHz of max clock speed. As for the GPU, NVIDIA’s RTX 4060, with a maximum TGP of 140W, can handle graphic-intensive workloads easily.  In addition, Lenovo has also included an LA1 AI chip to improve fps in games.

The laptop has Lenovo’s Coldfront 4.0 technology to cool this CPU/GPU combo. Lenovo Legion 5 pro ships with 32GB of fast DDR5 RAM, which can be further upgraded to up to 32 GB. There are 2 M.2 2280 slots for secondary memory, one of which is preoccupied. The Legion 5 2023 (16IRX9) packs a 4-cell 80Wh battery that supports Super Rapid Charge, which can charge the cells up to 80% in 30 minutes via the 300W adapter that ships in the box.

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