Lenovo Legion 5 17” (2021, AMD) vs ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
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Review
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo Legion 5 17” (2021, AMD)
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Can run popular games at about 25-35% higher FPS
- Features a a little bigger (~5%) battery – 80 against 76 watt-hours
Advantages of the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA401
- Higher screen refresh rate: 144 versus 60 Hz
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 1380 grams less (around 3.04 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Much smaller footprint: 38% more compact case (110.5 vs 179.2 square inches)
- 24% sharper screen – 157 versus 127 pixels per inch (PPI)
- Provides 7% higher max. screen brightness: 320 vs 300 nits
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 2.98 kg (6.57 lbs) | 1.6 kg (3.53 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 398.6 x 290 x 24.3-26.2 mm 15.69 x 11.42 x 0.96-1.03 inches |
324 x 220 x 19.9 mm 12.76 x 8.66 x 0.78 inches |
| Area | 1156 cm2 (179.2 inches2) | 713 cm2 (110.5 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~71.4% | ~75.8% |
| Side bezels | 7.8 mm | 7.1 mm |
| Colors | Black, Blue | Black, Silver |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 145° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level | 51 dB | 52.7 dB |
Display
| Size | 17.3 inches | 14 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 144 Hz |
| PPI | 127 ppi | 157 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, HDR10 |
| Touchscreen | No | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 800:1 | 845:1 |
| sRGB color space | - | 92.4% |
| Adobe RGB profile | - | 67.7% |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | - | 68.1% |
| Response time | - | 31 ms |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Bottom | Left |
| Charge power | 230 / 300 W | 180 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 1057 gramm | 545 gramm |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 3.3 GHz | 2.8 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.4 GHz |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Threads | 12 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 16 MB | 16 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Radeon RX Vega 7 | Radeon RX Vega 8 |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 95 W | 50 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | MUX | Yes |
| Type | Dedicated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 8 nm | 12 nm |
| GPU base clock | 1530 MHz | 1455 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1740 MHz | 1590 MHz |
| FLOPS | 7.12 TFLOPS | 4.884 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | 4 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory speed | 12 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 2048 | 1536 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 64 | 96 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 40 | 48 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 1x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | DDR4 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 2 |
| Max. ram size | 32 GB | 32 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 2 | 1 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | - |
| Speakers | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2.5W |
| Dolby Atmos | No | Yes |
| Loudness | 78.3 dB | 77.2 dB |
| Microphones | 2 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.1 | v5.1 |
| Fingerprint | No | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | - |
| Webcam resolution | 1280 x 720 | - |
| USB-A | 4x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | No | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.0 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | Yes | No |
| SD card reader | Yes | No |
| Proprietary charging port | Yes | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | - |
| Size | 10.5 x 7.0 cm | 10.4 x 6.0 cm |
| Surface | Plastic | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
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