A specialized AI chip is present in the new Lenovo Legion Pro 7 and Legion Pro 5 (together with their Intel counterparts).
The in issue chip is the LA AI processor from Lenovo, which bills itself as the first specialized AI processor in a gaming laptop.
The chip uses machine learning to adjust system performance in real-time when used in conjunction with the Lenovo AI Engine+ software.
Though it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what the chip is tweaking. Lenovo’s announcement lacked specifics, but we do know that the processor will track in-game frames per second (fps) and optimize the system accordingly.
This is probably accomplished through the use of power, since Lenovo notes that its new laptops offer up to 15% more power draw than the previous generation.
Specs
Lenovo’s Legion revisions include the specs you would usually expect.
Both devices use the most recent 13th-generation Intel Core processors or AMD Ryzen 7000 mobile CPUs, as well as RTX 40-series Nvidia graphics. While the Legion Pro 7 has a Ryzen 9 7945HX, the Legion Pro 7i has up to an Intel Core i9-13900HX. Lenovo hasn’t yet disclosed the model’s GPU specifications, but we anticipate it to reach an RTX 4090.
The AMD version of the Legion Pro 5i has a Ryzen 7 7845HX as its highest performance, while it starts out with the same Core i9-13900HX. Again, there are no specifics on the graphics, but the 200W power limit indicates that these devices won’t support the RTX 4090.
A 16-inch 16:10 display with a 2,560 x 1,600 resolution and a refresh rate of 240Hz is included with both devices. As we noted in our review of the Lenovo Legion 5i Pro from a year ago, it supports variable refresh rate and has one of the top gaming laptop displays available.
Additionally, Lenovo offers Legion desktop upgrades. Up to an Intel Core i9-13900K processor and an Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU are included in the Legion Tower 7i. Lenovo is providing a 1,200W power supply for that in addition to the RTX 4080 configuration, which isn’t often offered in its desktop lineup.
The Tower 7i, according to Lenovo, has a “airflow-amplifying front bezel” and optional liquid cooling that can cool a CPU up to 260W. Additionally, the machine can fit up to three 2TB SSDs, providing a total of 6TB of storage.
Either an AMD Ryzen 7900 or an Intel Core i9-13900F is installed in the 26-liter Tower 5i and Tower 5. Although the graphical specifications for this system are not yet available, its maximum power supply is 850W. This implies that it will presumably use last-generation cards as well as cards from Nvidia’s RTX 40-series stack.
