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Lenovo Legion Y700 AI vs Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025

88 out of 100
Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
VS
76 out of 100
Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
Legion Y700 AI
Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025

Here we compared two flagship tablets: the 8.4-inch Lenovo Legion Y700 AI (with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5) that was released on August 25, 2026, against the Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025, which is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and came out 1 year and 8 months before. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.

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  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. Specs
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Battery life
  6. Camera
  7. Comments

Key differences

An overview of the main advantages of each tablet
Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
  • Water-resistant body (IP52 classification)
  • 91% better performance in AnTuTu Benchmark (4518K versus 2365K)
  • Comes with 920 mAh larger battery capacity: 7470 vs 6550 mAh
  • Expandable storage via MicroSD card up to 2048GB
  • More recent OS version: Android 16 versus 15
  • Much smaller footprint: 13% more compact case (36.3 vs 41.8 square inches)
  • Faster storage type - UFS 4.1 versus UFS 4.0
  • 71% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 3765 and 2205 points
  • Weighs 52 grams less

Review

Evaluation of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025 crucial features
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
Scores with a red asterisk (*) are approximate and may change in the future as we gather more data.
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Value for money (Beta)

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12 / 256 GB
VS
12 / 256 GB
44.5
(Average)
Value Index
83.8
(Good)

Tests and specifications

Comparison table of technical specifications and tests
Tablet:
Legion Y700 AI
vs
Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025

Display

Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Size 8.4 inches 8.8 inches
Resolution 1600 x 2560 pixels 1600 x 2560 pixels
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
PPI 359 ppi 343 ppi
Refresh rate 165 Hz 165 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate Yes Yes
Max rated brightness - 900 nits
Max rated brightness in HDR 4000 nits -
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision Yes, Dolby Vision
Screen protection Tempered glass Tempered glass
Screen-to-body ratio 87.6% 83.2%
Display features - DCI-P3 - DCI-P3
Screen space comparison
Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
8.8″ (16:10 ratio) = 34.8 in2
Legion Y700 AI
8.4″ (16:10 ratio) = 31.7 in2
~9% more screen space

Design and build

Height 190.48 mm (7.5 inches) 208.54 mm (8.21 inches)
Width 122.64 mm (4.83 inches) 129.46 mm (5.1 inches)
Thickness 6.5 mm (0.26 inches) 7.79 mm (0.31 inches)
Weight 298 g (10.51 oz) 350 g (12.35 oz)
Waterproof IP52 No
Advanced cooling Vapor chamber Vapor chamber
Rear material Metal Metal
Frame material Metal Metal
Colors White, Purple Black
Fingerprint scanner No No
Area 234 cm2 (36.2 inches2) 270 cm2 (41.9 inches2)
Repairability - Good (3.94/5)
Drop resistance - Bad (E) · 13 drops
Visual size comparison
Screen-to-body ratio
Tablet Ranking (17th and 55th place)
Android Tablet Ranking (13th and 40th place)

Performance

Chipset specifications of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
SoC
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
Max clock 4740 MHz 3300 MHz
CPU cores 8 (2 + 6) 8 (1 + 3 + 2 + 2)
Architecture - 6 cores at 3.63 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Performance
- 2 cores at 4.74 GHz: Oryon Gen 3 Prime		 - 2 cores at 2.27 GHz: Cortex-A520
- 2 cores at 2.96 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 3 cores at 3.15 GHz: Cortex-A720
- 1 core at 3.3 GHz: Cortex-X4
L3 cache 8 MB 12 MB
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Lithography process 3 nanometers 4 nanometers
Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Hexagon
GPU
Graphics Adreno 840 Adreno 750
GPU shading units 1536 1536
GPU clock 1300 MHz 903-1000 MHz
FLOPS ~3993.6 GFLOPS ~2774 GFLOPS

Benchmarks

Benchmark comparison of Lenovo Legion Y700 AI and Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
Compute Score (GPU) 27982 16378
Single-core score 3765 2205
Multi-core score 11405 7012
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
CPU 1322001 702789
GPU 1594848 759626
Memory 593523 390228
UX 1008031 513080
Total score 4518403 2365723
Samples Less than 3 [3 tests]
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Stability - 90%
Graphics test - 12 FPS
Graphics score - 1663
3DMark Solar Bay
Graphics test - 32 FPS
Section 1 - 36 FPS
Section 2 - 33 FPS
Section 3 - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 8465
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Graphics test - 28 FPS
Graphics score - 4715
Sources: 3DMark [5]
PCMark 3.0
Web score - 36112
Video editing - 9361
Photo editing - 57126
Data manipulation - 17761
Writing score - 28151
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Lenovo Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-07-26 (Martin Yeremyan)AnTuTu 112103395
📘 2026-03-13 (Ghaz)AnTuTu 112455351
📘 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper)CPU Throttle85%
📘 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper)Geekbench 6 GPU16378
📘 2025-11-28 (ogskilltrooper)Geekbench 6 CPU2205 / 7012
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Memory

Configuration
RAM
RAM size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory clock 5300 MHz 4800 MHz
Channels 4 4
Storage
Storage size 256 GB 256 GB
Storage type UFS 4.1 UFS 4.0
Memory card MicroSD No
Memory card max size Up to 2048 GB -

Software

Operating system Android 16 Android 14 (Can be upgraded to Android 15)
ROM - Legion UI
OS updates - 7 years

Battery

Capacity 7470 mAh 6550 mAh
Max charge power 68 W 68 W
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Wireless charging No No
Reverse charging No No
Bypass charging Yes -
Fast charging Yes (80% in 30 min) Yes (50% in 40 min)
Full charging time 0:51 hr 1:30 hr
Battery cycles - 1000 cycles
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Main camera

Matrix 50 megapixels 13 megapixels
Image resolution 8160 x 6144 4160 x 3120
Zoom Digital Digital
Flash Dual LED LED
Stabilization Digital Digital
8K video recording No No
4K video recording - No
1080p video recording Up to 30FPS Up to 30FPS
Lenses 1) Standard: 50 MP
1) Standard: 13 MP
2) Macro: 2 MP
Camera features - Bokeh mode -
Standard lens
Image resolution 50 MP 13 MP
Autofocus Phase autofocus Phase autofocus
Stabilization Digital Digital
Macro lens
Image resolution - 2 MP
Stabilization - Digital

Selfie camera

Megapixels 8 megapixels 8 megapixels
Aperture - f/2.0
Sensor CMOS -
Autofocus No No
Stabilization Digital Digital
Video resolution 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS 1080p (Full HD) at 30 FPS
Depth sensor (TOF 3D) No No

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be) Wi-Fi 7 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be)
Wi-Fi features - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display		 - Dual Band
- Wi-Fi MiMO
- Wi-Fi Direct
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Wi-Fi Display
Bluetooth version 5.4 5.4
Bluetooth features LE LE
USB type USB Type-C USB Type-C
USB version 3.2 3.1
USB features - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG		 - Charging
- USB-Storage mode
- OTG
DisplayPort Yes, DP 1.4 Yes, DP 1.4
NFC* No No
Infrared port No No
Network
Number of SIM* 2 -
Type of SIM card Nano No
Multi SIM mode Standby -
eSIM support* No No
Hybrid slot No -
5G support Yes No

Sound

Speakers Stereo Stereo
Headphone audio jack No No
FM radio No No
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes

Other

Category Flagship Flagship
Announced August 2026 January 2025
Release date August 2026 February 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $820 $489
Successor - - Lenovo Legion Y700 AI
Sensors - Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light sensor		 - Hall-effect sensor
- Proximity sensor
- Gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Compass
Bundled charger Yes, 68 W Not included
Further details
Notes on Legion Tab Gen 3 (Y700) 2025:
    - It has two USB-C ports, but only one supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 for connecting the tablet to a monitor or TV.
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.

Conclusion

After analyzing all the data, we think that the Lenovo Legion Y700 AI is definitely a better buy.

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