Lenovo Brings AMD Ryzen 4000 And Turing Brawn To IdeaPad, Legion Gaming Laptops

by Brandon Hill — Thursday, July 16, 2020, 11:53 AM EDT

Lenovo is no stranger to using AMD processors in its PCs; after all, the company just launched bodacious ThinkStation P620 workstations powered by AMD's new Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors. But Lenovo is also extending that partnership with AMD to a few new gaming laptops which have adapted AMD's latest 7nm Ryzen 4000 mobile APUs.

Starting things off, we have the new IdeaPad Gaming 3, which is an entry-level laptop sporting a 15.6-inch Full HD display that can be had with an optional 120Hz refresh rate panel. Motivation for the laptop comes from up to a Ryzen 7 4800H processor, which can be paired with 32GB of DDR4-3200 memory and up to a 1TB SSD.

lenovo ideapad gaming 3 — Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3

When it comes to graphics performance, the IdeaPad Gaming 3 can be optioned up with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti GPU. Other features include [blue] keyboard backlighting, 1.5mm key travel, and up to 7 hours of battery life. And once your battery is completely drained, you can fill backup using Lenovo's Rapid Charge technology.

Lenovo says that the IdeaPad Gaming 3 is shipping this month priced from $659.99.

Moving on, we have the Legion 5 gaming laptops, which are available in both 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch display sizes. Both have a Full HD resolution, which can be equipped with up to a 144Hz refresh rate panel option. Dolby Vision is supported on the display, and they come backed with up to a GeForce RTX 2060 GPU to handle your gaming needs.

lenovo legion 5 17 — Lenovo Legion 5 (17-inch)

Other features include up to 16GB DDR4-3200 memory, up to a 1TB PCIe SSD and a Legion TrueStrike keyboard with 100 percent anti-ghosting. Lenovo is also quoting up to 7.5 hours of battery life with the 17.3-inch model, and Rapid Charge Pro is supported.

The 15.6-inch Legion 5 gaming laptop is available now with a GeForce GTX 1650 Ti processor priced from $759.99. 15.6-inch and 17.3-inch Legion 5 configurations with a Ryzen 7 4800H and GeForce RTX 2060 will be available in August and September priced from $1,019.99 and $1,089.99 respectively.

Tags: AMD, Lenovo, (nasdaq:amd), turing, ryzen 4000, ryzen 7 4800h, ideapad gaming 3, legion 5

Brandon Hill

Brandon received his first PC, an IBM Aptiva 310, in 1994 and hasn’t looked back since. He cut his teeth on computer building/repair working at a mom and pop computer shop as a plucky teen in the mid 90s and went on to join AnandTech as the Senior News Editor in 1999. Brandon would later help to form DailyTech where he served as Editor-in-Chief from 2008 until 2014. Brandon is a tech geek at heart, and family members always know where to turn when they need free tech support. When he isn’t writing about the tech hardware or studying up on the latest in mobile gadgets, you’ll find him browsing forums that cater to his long-running passion: automobiles.

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