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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 43%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 14,233Top 46%
- 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (GPU)
- 13,644Top 31%
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 58.5/100 (“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 ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 (2025), Acer Predator Helios 16 (2024), GIGABYTE AERO X16 1WH (2025) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
