Lenovo LOQ 15IPH11 vs Legion 7a Gen 11 (15ASH11, 2026)

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Radeon 8060S
RAM
Storage

Review

Evaluation of Lenovo LOQ 15IPH11 and Legion 7a Gen 11 (15ASH11, 2026) important characteristics
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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)

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25.0
(Mediocre)
Value Index
23.1
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ 15IPH11
  • User-upgradable RAM (up to 32GB)
Advantages of the Lenovo Legion 7a Gen 11 (15ASH11, 2026)
  • Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 1
  • Significantly easier to carry: weighs 550 grams less (around 1.21 lbs)
  • Around 44% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Features a much bigger (~40%) battery – 84 against 60 watt-hours
  • Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
  • Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
  • 33% sharper screen – 197 versus 148 pixels per inch (PPI)

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs) 1.55 kg (3.42 lbs)
Dimensions 344.9 x 254.83 x 20.9-23.25 mm
13.58 x 10.03 x 0.82-0.92 inches
345.21 x 244.05 x 15.5-15.9 mm
13.59 x 9.61 x 0.61-0.63 inches
Area 879 cm2 (136.2 inches2) 842 cm2 (130.6 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~77.2% ~80.6%
Side bezels 7.7 mm 7.9 mm
Colors Gray, Green Blue
Material Plastic Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2

Display

Size 15.3 inches 15.3 inches
Type IPS LCD OLED
Refresh rate 165 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes
PPI 148 ppi 197 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 2560 x 1600 pixels
HDR support No Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology G-Sync Adaptive Sync
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Glossy
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 1000:1 1000000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
DCI-P3 color gamut - 100%
Response time - 1 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes, 180 W
Charging port position Right, Bottom Left, Right
Charge power 245 W 180 W
Weight of AC adapter 810 grams 494 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.3 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.7 GHz 5 GHz
Cores 8 (4P + 4E) 8
Threads 8 16
L3 Cache 12 MB 32 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Xe3 Graphics Radeon 8060S
Fabrication process 2 nm 4 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 115 W 55 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus -
Type Dedicated Integrated
Fabrication process 5 nm 4 nm
GPU base clock - 1295 MHz
GPU boost clock - 2900 MHz
FLOPS 14.9 TFLOPS 14.8 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB System Shared
Memory type GDDR7 LPDDR5X
Memory bus 128 bit -
Memory speed ~24 Gbps 8 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 160
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 64
GPU performance 14.9 TFLOPS 14.8 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 2762 1361
Solar Bay 44793 44165
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details

RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x16 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 8000 MHz
Type DDR5 LPDDR5X
Upgradable Yes No
Total slots 2 -
Max. ram size 32 GB -

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3287 Realtek ALC3306
Speakers 2.0 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power 2x2W 2x1W, 2x1.2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6 v7
Bluetooth v5.3 v5.4
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor Optional Yes
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 3x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0 3x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4 No
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes No
SD card reader No Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.6 mm 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 12.0 x 7.5 cm 13.5 x 8.0 cm
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.

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