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Legion 5a Gen 11 (15AGP11)
Lenovo's 2026 mid-range 15.3-inch gaming laptop with AMD Ryzen AI 400 processors, up to an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU at 115 W and a 165 Hz OLED screen, for gamers who want a thinner, lighter machine than the Legion Pro models.
- Size
- 15.3″
- Display
- OLED, 165 Hz
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 7 or 9
- Memory
- 16 GB – 32 GB
- Weight
- 1.87 kg
- Battery
- 13.8 h
What reviewers say
Reviewers praise the understated, solid build, strong gaming performance for an RTX 5060 laptop and the vivid OLED screen, though its glossy finish is very reflective. The common complaints are short battery life and weak speakers; Ultrabook Review found a hot spot near the arrow keys when gaming, and LaptopMedia missed a fingerprint reader or face sign-in.
From laptopmedia.com, ultrabookreview.com and lowyat.net
Specifications
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- Screen size
- 15.3″
- Resolution
- 2560 × 1600
- Panel
- OLED
- Refresh rate
- 165 Hz
- Brightness
- 500 nits
- HDR peak brightness
- 1,000 nits
- Touchscreen
- No
- Display type
- WQXGA OLED, 16:10, non-touch; 1,000,000:1 contrast; 89° viewing angles
- Colour range
- 100% DCI-P3
- Screen finish
- Glossy
- Display features
- DisplayHDR True Black 1000; NVIDIA G-SYNC; Advanced Optimus; X-Rite factory colour calibration; TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light, Flicker Free and High Gaming Performance; 92% active area ratio
Performance
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 or AMD Ryzen AI 9 465
- CPU cores
- 8 or 10
- CPU threads
- 16 or 20
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU
- AI engine (NPU)
- 50 TOPS
- Memory
- 16 GB or 32 GB
- Storage
- 512 GB to 1 TB
- CPU
- Ryzen AI 7 450 with 8 cores and 16 threads (up to 5.1 GHz, 16 MB L3) or Ryzen AI 9 465 with 10 cores and 20 threads (up to 5.0 GHz, 24 MB L3)
- GPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU (8 GB GDDR7, 440 AI TOPS), RTX 5060 (8 GB GDDR7, 572 AI TOPS) or RTX 5070 (12 GB GDDR7, 798 AI TOPS), all at 115 W TGP; DLSS 4
- AI engine
- AMD Ryzen AI NPU, up to 50 TOPS; Lenovo LA1 and LA3 AI chips
- Memory type
- DDR5-5600 in two SODIMM slots, dual-channel; up to 32 GB
- Storage type
- Two M.2 2280 slots (one PCIe 4.0 x4, one PCIe 4.0 x2), shipped with M.2 2242 SSDs; up to two drives of 2 TB each
Battery and size
- Battery life (maker's claim)
- Up to 13.8 hours
- Battery capacity
- 80 Wh
- Weight
- 1.87 kg
- Thickness
- 19.95 mm
- Width × depth
- 344 × 244.5 mm
- Battery life detail
- 80 Wh; MobileMark 30 up to 10.8 hr, local 1080p video up to 13.8 hr (Lenovo)
- Charger
- 245 W slim-tip adapter; USB-C charging at 65–100 W (140 W with a Lenovo adapter)
- Fast charging
- Rapid Charge Pro, up to 50% in 30 minutes
- Materials
- Aluminium top cover, PC-ABS bottom
- Colours
- Eclipse Black; Glacier White
Connections
- Ports
- 2 × USB4, 3 × USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, headphone jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7 or Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.4 or 5.3
- Webcam
- 5MP
- Operating system
- Windows
- Port detail
- 2 × USB-C (USB4 40 Gbps) with USB PD 65–100 W in and DisplayPort 1.4; HDMI 2.1 up to 8K 60 Hz; 3 × USB-A 5 Gbps (one Always On); Gigabit Ethernet; 3.5 mm headphone/mic combo jack
- External displays
- Up to three external displays via HDMI and USB-C (four including the built-in); up to 8K 60 Hz
- Keyboard
- 6-row with numeric keypad, 1.6 mm key travel, Copilot key; 1-zone or 24-zone RGB backlight
- Trackpad
- Buttonless Mylar touchpad, 75 × 120 mm
- Speakers
- Stereo speakers, 2 × 2 W, audio by HARMAN, Nahimic Audio
- Microphones
- Dual-microphone array
- Biometrics
- IR camera for Windows Hello on some models; no fingerprint reader
Configurations
| Processor | Memory | Storage | Graphics |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 | 16 GB | 512 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 | 16 GB | 1 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI 7 450 | 32 GB | 1 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 | 32 GB | 1 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU |
| AMD Ryzen AI 9 465 | 16 GB | 1 TB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop GPU |
Pros and cons
Pros
- 2560 × 1600 OLED at 165 Hz with 500 nits SDR, 1,000 nits HDR peak and G-SYNC
- Two SODIMM memory slots and two M.2 SSD slots
- 1.87 kg and under 20 mm thick, with two 40 Gbps USB4 ports
Cons
- Memory tops out at 32 GB
- RTX 5070 is the fastest GPU offered, at 115 W
- No card reader, fingerprint reader or Thunderbolt
Closest rivals
Model | Size | Display | Processor | Memory | Weight | Battery | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15.6″ | IPS LCD, 144 Hz | Intel Core 5 or 7 | 16 GB | 2.1 kg | – | Nov 2025 | |
| 15.1″ | OLED, 165 Hz | Intel Core Ultra 7 or 9 | 16 GB – 32 GB | 1.9 kg | 10.8 h | May 2025 | |
| 15.3″ | IPS LCD or OLED, 60–165 Hz | Intel Core 3, 5 or 7 | 8 GB – 16 GB | 1.63 kg | 19 h | Apr 2026 |
Sources
- psref.lenovo.com/Product/Legion/Legion_5_15AGP11
- psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/Legion/Legion_5_15AGP11/Legion_5_15AGP11_Spec.…
- news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-levels-up-ces-with-legion-gamin…
- news.lenovo.com/press-kits/tech-world-ces-2026
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