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Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11)
Lenovo's IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11) is a 16-inch laptop with a 2.8K 120Hz OLED, Intel Panther Lake processors and an RTX 5050. It reached North America in late March 2026 from $2,449.99; specs here are for the base Core Ultra 7 356H, 32GB, 1TB model, with the Core Ultra 9 386H and a touch display as options.
Pros
- 16-inch 2880x1800 OLED with 120Hz variable refresh, rated 500 nits typical and 1,100 nits peak HDR with 100% DCI-P3 coverage
- 16-core Core Ultra 7 356H (4 P-core, 8 E-core, 4 LP E-core) paired with an RTX 5050 Laptop GPU rated at 105W TGP
- 84Wh battery with a 170W charger; Lenovo rates Rapid Charge Express at 3 hours of runtime from a 15-minute charge
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports (USB PD 65-100W, DisplayPort 2.1), HDMI 2.1, two USB-A ports and an SD card reader
- Aluminum chassis measuring 15.64mm thick and weighing 1.76kg in the discrete-GPU, non-touch, 84Wh configuration, with a free second M.2 slot for storage expansion
Cons
- Launched at $2,449.99 in the US, well above the $1,699 starting price Lenovo gave at CES 2026
- Memory is soldered LPDDR5X and capped at 32GB, with no upgrade slots
- No fingerprint reader; biometric sign-in relies on the IR camera for face recognition
- Independent performance and battery testing is not yet available
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11)
Display
- Screen size
- 16 ″
- Panel type
- OLED
- Resolution
- 2880x1800
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 1,100 nits
Performance
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU (8GB GDDR7, 105W)
- RAM
- 32 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR5X-8533 (soldered)
- Storage
- 1,024 GB
- Storage type
- NVMe SSD (M.2 2242, PCIe 4.0)
Battery
- Capacity
- 84 Wh
- Charging
- 170 W
Design
- Weight
- 1.76 kg
- Thickness
- 15.6 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 (USB PD 65-100W input, DisplayPort 2.1), 2x USB-A (5Gbps, one always-on), HDMI 2.1 (up to 8K/60Hz), SD card reader, 3.5mm combo audio jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 (by configuration)
- Bluetooth
- 5.3 or 5.4 (by configuration)
- Webcam
- FHD 1080p IR camera with privacy shutter and ToF sensor
- Biometrics
- IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition; no fingerprint reader
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Home or Pro
Quick answers
Is the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11) good in 2026?
The Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11) earns an Inno Score of 65.7/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Lenovo's IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11) is a 16-inch laptop with a 2.8K 120Hz OLED, Intel Panther Lake processors and an RTX 5050. It reached North America in late March 2026 from $2,449.99; specs here are for the base Core Ultra 7 356H, 32GB, 1TB model, with the Core Ultra 9 386H and a touch display as options.
What are the key specs of the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11)?
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 356H · RAM: 32 GB · Screen size: 16 ″ · Weight: 1.76 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 (16IPH11)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are MSI Prestige N16 Flip AI+, Dell XPS 16 Creator Edition, AI Master M7000 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
