Lenovo Legion Pro 5 AMD variant sees a massive price drop in India!
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 gaming laptop with the AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX processor gets a massive price cut even as prices of other laptops see an upward trend, but is it enough to make this a worthy contender in this competitive segment?
The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 83LTCTO1WWIN2 AMD Ryzen 7 8745HX, RTX 5060 variant has seen a massive price drop from ₹1.9L to under ₹1.6L! This comes as a pleasant surprise when laptop prices are being hiked almsot every day due to the global component shortages.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 AMD spcifications
Processor: AMD Ryzen™ 7 8745HX Processor (3.60 GHz up to 5.10 GHz)
Operating System: Windows 11 Home Single Language 64
Graphic Card: NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5060 Laptop GPU 8GB GDDR7
Memory: 16 GB DDR5-5200MT/s (SODIMM)
Storage: 1 TB SSD M.2 2242 PCIe Gen4 TLC
Display: 40.64cms (16) WQXGA (2560 x 1600), OLED, Glare, Non-Touch, HDR 1000, 100%DCI-P3, 500 nits, 165Hz
Battery: 4 Cell Rechargeable Li-ion 80Wh
Keyboard: White Backlit
WIFI: Wi-Fi 6 2x2 AX & Bluetooth® 5.3
Warranty: 1 Year Legion Ultimate Support
These are the standard specifications which can be customized with upto a Ryzen 9 8945HX processor, 32GB RAM, an additional 1TB SSD in the second slot, RGB keyboard and WiFi 7 through Lenovo's "build your pc" option here: Legion Pro 5 custom build
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 AMD real-world performance
The Legion Pro 5 sports a Ryzen 7 8745HX processor that has 8 cores and 16 threads with a base frequency of 3.1GHz and a peak turbo frequency of 5.1Ghz. It uses the older Zen 4 architecture based on a 6nm manufacturing process, meaning the thermal efficiency won't be the best compared to modern 3nm and 4nm chips. It has the AMD Radeon 610M integrated graphics and 32MB L3 cache.
When put head to head against its nearest rival, the 20-core 20-thread Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX, it underperforms in almost every aspect. While it performs significantly better in raw CPU workloads than AMD's own Ryzen 7 350, the latter runs cooler and offers much better battery life. Intel's older Core i series chip, the 14th gen i7 14700HX outperforms the 8745HX in all aspects as well.
Real-world performance is good and most users will be satisfied. However, if battery life is an important consideration for your use case, you'd be better off looking at the Ryzen 7 350 alternatives listed below.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 discounts and coupons
While the listed price for the standard configuration of the Lenovo Legion 5 Pro AMD gaming laptop is ₹1,64,981, there are TheLaptopGuide exclusive coupons that you can use to shave a significant amount off this price.
Navigate to the laptop configurator here: Lenovo Legion Pro 5 AMD. Configure the specs of your choice, add the 3 years extended warranty and accidental damage protection(ADP) package for just ₹999and add to cart.
On the checkout page, use our exclusive coupon EPIC5CTO for a flat 5% off. Also add EXTRASAVINGS for another flat ₹1500 off. Lenovo also offers a 10% cashback on any credit card payments. This cashback is automatically credited back into your account within 30 days of order placement.
Lenovo Legion Pro 5 alternatives
Lenovo's own Legion Pro 5 Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX variant is a great alternative to this AMD variant and while priced higher, the benefits far outweigh the pricing premium. For starters, the 255HX offers superior multi-core performance and even when it comes to running under idle conditions, its low-powered E-cores enables it to extract almost 2x better battery life compared to the 8745HX. The same coupons mentioned above can be used on this as well to get a healthy discount.
The HP HyperX Omen gaming laptop is another great alternative to the Legion Pro 5 with its Intel Core i7 14650HX processor and RTX 5060 GPU. It also comes with 24GB DDR5 RAM as standard and has the same display resolution of WQXGA(2560 x 1600p) albeit an IPS panel.