Lenovo LOQ 15IPH11 vs Legion 7a Gen 11 (15ASH11, 2026)
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Value for money (Beta)
Key Differences
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 specsCase
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | Yes | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.6 mm | 1.5 mm |
| 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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