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Lenovo LOQ Essential 15ARP11 vs LOQ 15IRH11E

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Lenovo LOQ Essential 15ARP11
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Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
Lenovo LOQ Essential 15ARP11
Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
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Key Differences

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Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ Essential 15ARP11
  • Performs significantly better (up to 66%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Can run popular games at about 30-41% higher FPS
Advantages of the Lenovo LOQ 15IRH11E
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 165 versus 144 Hz
  • Easier to carry: weighs 200 grams less (around 0.44 lbs)
  • Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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LOQ Essential 15ARP11
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LOQ 15IRH11E

Case

Weight 2.3 kg (5.07 lbs) 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)
Dimensions 361.26 x 255.6 x 22.9-24.8 mm
14.22 x 10.06 x 0.9-0.98 inches		 344.9 x 254.83 x 20.9-23.25 mm
13.58 x 10.03 x 0.82-0.92 inches
Area 923 cm2 (143.1 inches2) 879 cm2 (136.2 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~72.7% ~77.2%
Side bezels 7.9 mm 7.7 mm
Colors Black, Gray Gray
Material Plastic Plastic
Transformer No No
Opening angle - 180°
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2

Display

Size 15.6 inches 15.3 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 144 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No No
PPI 141 ppi 148 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:9 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1080 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology G-Sync -
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No No
Display tests
Contrast 1000:1 1000:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Response time - 9 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W Yes, 100 W
Charging port position Left, Bottom Right, Bottom
Charge power 135 W 135 W
Weight of AC adapter - 503 grams

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 3.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.55 GHz 4.8 GHz
Cores 6 8 (4P + 4E)
Threads 12 12
L3 Cache 16 MB 12 MB
Integrated GPU Radeon 660M No
Fabrication process 6 nm 10 nm

Benchmarks

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

GPU name
TGP 65 W 75 W
Nvidia Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus Yes, Advanced Optimus
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 8 nm
GPU base clock - 1403 MHz
GPU boost clock - 1635 MHz
FLOPS 10.4 TFLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 4 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps 12 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 2048
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 64
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 40
GPU performance 10.4 TFLOPS 6.7 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 2507 1179
Solar Bay 35736 21072
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 1x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 4800 MHz 5200 MHz
Type DDR5 DDR5
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
Max. ram size 16 GB 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 ALC3287
Speakers 2.0 2.0
Power 2x2W 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No No
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6 v6
Bluetooth v5.2 v5.3
Fingerprint No No
Infrared sensor No No
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 1280 x 720 1280 x 720
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 3.2 1x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No 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 Yes
SD card reader No No
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes Yes
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm 1.6 mm
Touchpad
Size 10.4 x 6.9 cm 12.0 x 7.5 cm
Surface Plastic Plastic
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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