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Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11)
Lenovo's Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11) is a 15.3-inch gaming laptop with a 165Hz OLED and Arrow Lake-HX processors, paired with an RTX 5060 or RTX 5070. Specs here are for the Core Ultra 7 251HX, RTX 5070, 16GB, 1TB model; Core 7 245HX and Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus options also exist, and a Panther Lake 15IPH11 version is sold in Europe and Asia. Lenovo's US launch price was $2,959.99 for the RTX 5060 model.
Pros
- 15.3-inch 2560x1600 OLED at 165Hz with G-SYNC and a 1,000-nit HDR rating, measured at about 1,076 nits in HDR and 484 nits in SDR with 99.9% DCI-P3 coverage in review testing
- Core Ultra 7 251HX with an RTX 5070 averaged about 103fps in Cyberpunk 2077 at 1080p Ultra in review testing
- User-upgradeable: two DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM slots, two M.2 SSD slots (PCIe 5.0 2242 and PCIe 4.0 2280) and a swappable Wi-Fi card
- Compact for a 15-inch gaming laptop: 344 x 244.5mm, up to 19.95mm thick and 1.93kg, shorter and thinner than the Gen 10
- About 8.9 hours of Wi-Fi web browsing in review testing with the 80Wh battery
Cons
- Very glossy OLED panel that is more reflective than most gaming laptops in review testing
- Relatively weak internal speakers, and the fans can be noisy in Performance mode
- Lenovo's US launch price was $2,959.99 (RTX 5060 model), and RTX 5070, RAM and storage upgrades add steep premiums
- No fingerprint reader or IR camera, the reviewed unit had only single-zone RGB lighting (a 24-zone option exists), and its 16GB configuration uses a single memory module (single-channel)
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11)
Display
- Screen size
- 15.3 ″
- Panel type
- OLED
- Resolution
- 2560x1600
- Refresh rate
- 165 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 1,000 nits
Performance
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU (12GB GDDR7, up to 115W)
- RAM
- 16 GB
- RAM type
- DDR5-5600 (SO-DIMM, 2 slots)
- Storage
- 1,024 GB
- Storage type
- NVMe SSD (M.2 2242 PCIe 5.0 slot + M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 slot)
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,762Bottom 44%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,233Top 45%
Battery
- Capacity
- 80 Wh
- Web browsing endurance
- 8.9 h
- Charging
- 245 W
Design
- Weight
- 1.93 kg
- Thickness
- 20 mm
- Material
- Aluminum lid, plastic (PC-ABS) base
Connectivity
- Ports
- 1x Thunderbolt 4 (USB PD 65-100W input, DisplayPort 2.1), 1x USB-C (10Gbps, USB PD 65-100W input, DisplayPort 2.1), 3x USB-A (5Gbps, one always-on), HDMI 2.1 (up to 8K/60Hz), RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet, 3.5mm combo audio jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- Webcam
- 5MP with E-shutter
- Biometrics
- None
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Home
Quick answers
Is the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11) good in 2026?
The Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11) earns an Inno Score of 54.1/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Lenovo's Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11) is a 15.3-inch gaming laptop with a 165Hz OLED and Arrow Lake-HX processors, paired with an RTX 5060 or RTX 5070. Specs here are for the Core Ultra 7 251HX, RTX 5070, 16GB, 1TB model; Core 7 245HX and Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus options also exist, and a Panther Lake 15IPH11 version is sold in Europe and Asia. Lenovo's US launch price was $2,959.99 for the RTX 5060 model.
What are the key specs of the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11)?
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 251HX · RAM: 16 GB · Screen size: 15.3 ″ · Weight: 1.93 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 (15IAX11)?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Acer Swift X 14 AI (SFX14-61G), Razer Blade 16 (2025), ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2024) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
