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Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX9 G9 review

Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX9 G9
5.6
OUT OF 10

Frame rates

1920×1080, High preset, upscaling off. Averages 134fps across the 5 core benchmark games.

Measured on this machine. Source: Notebookcheck, 2024-07-04.

How these numbers were produced

Frame rates here are not measured by us, and we label how each one was arrived at. A figure marked measured comes from a published run on that exact machine. A figure marked representative is derived from the GPU and its power limit (TGP) and cross-referenced against published reviews - a sound estimate of what that configuration delivers, but not a measurement of that specific laptop. Unless stated otherwise, numbers are 1920x1080, High preset, upscaling off. Where a laptop ships in several power configurations we use the wattage of the exact SKU listed, because a 140W RTX 5070 and a 115W one are not the same product.

In use

The short version

The Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX9 G9 is a capable RTX 4060 gaming laptop burdened by a price that is extremely difficult to defend. At GBP 2,641, it is being asked to compete financially with a much higher class of gaming machine, yet the supplied benchmark data shows performance that is often good rather than exceptional. Notebookcheck’s figures confirm that it can produce very high frame rates in lighter games, remains comfortably playable in demanding modern titles at the tested settings, and has a very strong-looking screen specification. They do not show a machine delivering the kind of clear performance lead that such a price ought to buy.

The configuration is substantial on paper: a Core i7-14700HX, RTX 4060, 32GB of memory, a 16in IPS display at 2560x1600, and a 240Hz refresh rate. The difficulty is not that these are poor components. They are not. The difficulty is that the RTX 4060 is still the part determining gaming performance, and the measured frame-rate spread makes clear that it cannot make the 240Hz panel look fully exploited in every game, particularly once a title becomes demanding. It is also important that Notebookcheck’s measurements were taken at 1920x1080, High preset, with upscaling disabled. The laptop’s own screen has a higher 2560x1600 resolution, so these figures should be read as a useful baseline rather than a promise of identical results at the panel’s native resolution.

The strongest case for the Legion Pro 5 is a buyer who values the screen specification, wants 32GB of memory, prefers a 16in chassis, and mainly plays the lighter or better-scaling games in the benchmark list. Strange Brigade at 231fps, The Witcher 3 at 217fps, Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps and GTA V at 185fps all show that this machine can feel very fast in the right games. That is real performance, not a paper claim.

The weaker case is equally important. Anyone buying primarily for Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur’s Gate 3, Skull & Bones, Final Fantasy XV or similarly demanding games should look carefully at the measured figures rather than assuming that a 240Hz display means 240fps gaming. Cyberpunk 2077 reaches 89fps in the stated test, Baldur’s Gate 3 reaches 71fps, Skull & Bones reaches 98fps, and Final Fantasy XV reaches 106fps. Those are playable results at the tested settings, but they are nowhere near the panel’s refresh ceiling.

This is therefore not a bad gaming laptop. It is a badly positioned one at the stated UK price. The benchmark data supports a verdict of strong enough performance, an attractive display specification, middling portability, and poor value at GBP 2,641. If the price were much lower, the same evidence would support a considerably warmer recommendation. At the listed figure, buyers should not let the premium screen and impressive processor distract from the fact that the game results are those of an RTX 4060 laptop, not a machine that clearly separates itself from every alternative around it.

Performance

What Notebookcheck’s figures show

Notebookcheck measured this Legion Pro 5 at 1920x1080 using the High preset with upscaling disabled. That matters because it strips out a variable which can make comparisons difficult. The figures here are not inflated by an upscaling mode, and they show what the laptop achieved in a consistent 1080p High test. The result is a wide but understandable spread, from 231fps in Strange Brigade down to 71fps in Baldur’s Gate 3.

The average across the scoring-suite games is 134fps. That is a healthy mean for a gaming laptop, but it should not be mistaken for a guarantee in any individual game. The individual results tell the more useful story. Dota 2 reaches 192fps, GTA V reaches 185fps, X-Plane 11 reaches 135fps, Cyberpunk 2077 reaches 89fps, and Baldur’s Gate 3 reaches 71fps. A buyer who spends most of their time in Dota 2 and GTA V will experience a very different machine from someone whose library is led by Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur’s Gate 3.

The Legion Pro 5 is at its best in the lighter end of the supplied game set. Strange Brigade at 231fps is the closest measured result to the display’s 240Hz refresh rate. The Witcher 3 at 217fps is also very high, while Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps and GTA V at 185fps give the machine enough performance headroom to look convincingly quick at the tested resolution and settings. These are the games in which the combination of a fast panel and strong CPU specification has the most obvious practical case.

Far Cry 5 at 158fps and X-Plane 11 at 135fps sit in a useful middle ground. Neither reaches the panel’s full refresh rate in the supplied measurements, but both are still substantially above the level that would make a high-refresh display feel wasted. They demonstrate why simply calling the laptop “an RTX 4060 machine” is not enough as a buying guide. There is a meaningful difference between a game running at 135fps and a game running at 71fps, even though both results come from the same hardware and the same broad test conditions.

Final Fantasy XV at 106fps and Skull & Bones at 98fps show where the frame-rate reserve starts to narrow. These are still solid figures at 1920x1080 on High with upscaling off, but they are no longer results that make a 240Hz screen the central attraction. In these games, the screen still has benefits in responsiveness and headroom, but the benchmark data does not suggest that the Legion Pro 5 is regularly driving every available refresh cycle.

Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps is an especially useful figure because it prevents an overly optimistic reading of the faster results. The Legion Pro 5 can run it at the stated settings, but it is not producing the sort of result that justifies treating the laptop as a no-compromise 240Hz gaming system. Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps makes the same point more sharply. This is a laptop that can deliver good gaming performance, but game choice and settings still matter greatly.

The benchmark spread is the real story

The range between Strange Brigade, The Witcher 3, Dota 2 and the more demanding results is not a flaw in the benchmark data. It is the information a prospective buyer needs. A laptop review that reports only the 134fps scoring-suite mean would make the Legion Pro 5 look more consistent than it is. The mean is useful for broad comparison, but the individual figures show that performance varies considerably depending on the title.

Strange Brigade at 231fps and The Witcher 3 at 217fps make the machine look close to ideal for a 240Hz display. Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps and GTA V at 185fps reinforce that impression. If those are representative of the games you actually play, this Legion can deliver a very fast experience at Notebookcheck’s tested 1920x1080 High settings. The panel is not merely decorative in that scenario.

However, the lower results are too significant to dismiss as exceptions. X-Plane 11 at 135fps is a respectable showing but falls well short of 240Hz. Final Fantasy XV at 106fps and Skull & Bones at 98fps move further away again. Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps and Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps confirm that some games will make the machine feel more like a conventional high-performance laptop than a system built around relentless high-refresh gaming.

That distinction is particularly important because the laptop’s own panel is 2560x1600 rather than 1920x1080. The benchmark figures are valid measured results, but they are not native-resolution figures. It would be wrong to state a native-resolution frame rate that has not been supplied. It would also be wrong to assume the 1920x1080 results transfer unchanged to 2560x1600. Buyers who intend to run demanding games at the panel’s full resolution should treat the published 1080p High data as the more favourable reference point and allow room for a different outcome at 2560x1600.

This does not mean the higher-resolution screen is a mistake. It means the display and GPU should be considered together. A 240Hz 2560x1600 panel is an ambitious screen specification for an RTX 4060 laptop, and the benchmark data shows that it is most naturally suited to games where the Legion already produces high frame rates. For the demanding titles in the list, a buyer may value the screen’s quality and flexibility, but should not buy on the assumption that every game will approach 240fps at the panel’s native resolution.

CPU, memory and the limits of the supplied data

The Legion Pro 5 uses a Core i7-14700HX and 32GB of memory. Those are strong supporting specifications for a gaming machine, especially one intended to run modern games rather than a narrowly cut-down budget configuration. The benchmark figures support the view that this is not a system obviously held back in lighter games: Strange Brigade, The Witcher 3, Dota 2, F1 24 and GTA V all achieve very high results in the supplied test.

There is still a limit to what can be concluded from specifications alone. The fact sheet gives no separate CPU benchmark figures, no memory speed, and no game-by-game processor analysis. It would therefore be speculation to assign a precise share of performance to the Core i7-14700HX, the RTX 4060 or the memory configuration in each title. What can be said is that the overall platform produces a broad range of results, from 231fps to 71fps, under Notebookcheck’s stated test conditions.

The rival data adds an important clue. Against the MSI Sword 16 HX with an RTX 4070, this Legion averages +0fps across the shared game set. Against the Aorus 17X AZF with an RTX 4090 at 175W, it also averages +0fps across the shared games. The supplied comparison notes explain that a near-zero result is real, and that lighter titles at 1080p in the shared set can be CPU-bound, compressing genuine GPU differences. That is exactly why buyers should avoid treating any single average as a complete description of gaming performance.

In other words, the Legion Pro 5’s fast results in lighter games are valuable, but they do not prove that an RTX 4060 is equivalent to an RTX 4070 or RTX 4090 in every workload. The shared-game comparisons are constrained by the games available to both machines and by the 1080p test context. They show that higher-tier graphics hardware does not automatically create a visible advantage in every lighter shared title. They do not erase the relevance of graphics performance in more demanding games.

GPU power limit: what can and cannot be concluded

GPU power limits matter enormously in gaming laptops, because the same named GPU can perform differently in different chassis and configurations. A laptop GPU’s label alone does not tell the whole performance story. The supplied fact sheet, however, does not provide a GPU power limit for this RTX 4060 configuration. There is no verified wattage figure here, so it would be wrong to claim that the Legion Pro 5 has a particular GPU power setting, to compare its unconfirmed limit with another laptop’s, or to state that its performance is caused by a specific power ceiling.

That missing figure should make buyers more cautious, not more dismissive. The Notebookcheck frame rates are still usable because they show the actual measured result of this specific laptop under the stated benchmark conditions. They are more valuable than trying to infer performance from the RTX 4060 name alone. But they cannot answer every technical question a buyer might have about this implementation.

The comparison with the Schenker XMG Neo 16 is especially relevant here. The Schenker is listed with an RTX 4090 at 175W and leads this Legion by 39fps across the shared game set. That is the clearest supplied comparison showing that the Legion does not simply erase the advantage of substantially stronger graphics hardware. Yet even there, the evidence should be kept precise: the comparison establishes the shared-game average difference, not a detailed game-by-game explanation of how every watt, processor behaviour, or chassis design contributed.

The responsible conclusion is straightforward. The Lenovo’s measured 1080p High performance is good. Its RTX 4060 produces excellent results in some games and much more modest results in others. There is no confirmed GPU power-limit figure in the supplied information, so prospective buyers should base their decision on Notebookcheck’s actual frame-rate data rather than on assumptions about the implementation.

The screen

A strong specification, with sensible expectations required

The Legion Pro 5’s display is one of the most attractive parts of its specification. It is a 16in IPS panel with a 2560x1600 resolution and a 240Hz refresh rate. That is a high-end display specification for a machine with an RTX 4060, and it gives the laptop a clear advantage over a basic low-refresh screen when the games being played can make use of it.

The refresh rate is particularly well suited to the faster end of the benchmark list. Strange Brigade at 231fps comes very close to 240Hz. The Witcher 3 at 217fps also makes a serious case for the panel. Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps and GTA V at 185fps remain fast enough that the display’s high refresh capability is relevant rather than theoretical. These results were measured at 1920x1080, High preset, with upscaling off, but they show that the laptop has a genuine high-frame-rate side.

It is worth being exact about what the data does not show. None of the supplied game figures reaches 240fps. Strange Brigade is the nearest at 231fps, followed by The Witcher 3 at 217fps. That does not make the 240Hz panel pointless, but it does mean buyers should not interpret the refresh-rate figure as an assurance that the Legion Pro 5 will fully saturate the display in the supplied games and settings.

The more demanding titles make the mismatch between the panel’s ceiling and the GPU’s practical results clearer. Final Fantasy XV at 106fps, Skull & Bones at 98fps, Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps and Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps are nowhere near 240fps in Notebookcheck’s 1080p High measurements. In those games, the panel remains a premium feature, but the published data says the limiting factor is the game performance rather than the display refresh rate.

Native resolution needs caution

The central screen question is not whether 2560x1600 and 240Hz are desirable. They plainly make for an ambitious specification. The question is whether this RTX 4060 configuration can drive that screen in the games a buyer cares about. The supplied figures were measured at 1920x1080, while the panel is 2560x1600. No native-resolution benchmark results are provided.

That means there should be no invented claim that Cyberpunk 2077, Baldur’s Gate 3, Skull & Bones or any other game runs at a particular frame rate at 2560x1600. We do not have those figures. It also means it would be misleading to take the 231fps result in Strange Brigade or the 217fps result in The Witcher 3 and describe them as native-screen results. They are not; they are Notebookcheck’s figures at 1920x1080 High with upscaling off.

For a buyer who prioritises visual sharpness at the panel’s full resolution, the missing native-resolution data is a significant uncertainty. The laptop may still be a sensible choice, but the available evidence cannot establish exactly how close it will come to the display’s refresh limit at 2560x1600. For a buyer who is happy to use the benchmarked 1920x1080 setting in games where frame rate matters most, the data is much more concrete.

The IPS panel type is also worth noting because it distinguishes this machine’s display specification from a bare-minimum gaming panel. The fact sheet does not provide brightness, colour, contrast, response-time, HDR, or outdoor-use measurements, so those should not be assumed. The secure conclusion is limited but positive: this is a 16in IPS screen at 2560x1600 with a 240Hz refresh rate, and it is a premium display specification relative to the performance level shown by the RTX 4060 benchmarks.

Who will get the most from the panel

The most natural audience for this screen is a player whose game library includes the higher-frame-rate side of the results. Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps, GTA V at 185fps, The Witcher 3 at 217fps and Strange Brigade at 231fps give the panel a practical role. A fast display is easiest to appreciate when the system is regularly producing high frame rates, and these measurements show that the Legion can do that in several games.

The least natural audience is a buyer expecting the 240Hz figure to transform every demanding game into an extremely high-frame-rate experience. Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps and Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps are not poor results in isolation, especially with upscaling disabled at the tested settings, but they make clear that the screen’s maximum refresh rate and the machine’s game performance are not always aligned.

There is also a financial point. At GBP 2,641, the display needs to be more than a nice specification line; it needs to be a feature you will actually value. A buyer who plays games where the measured figures are around 185fps, 192fps, 217fps or 231fps can reasonably value the 240Hz panel. A buyer mainly playing games closer to 71fps, 89fps or 98fps may still like the screen, but should not pay a large premium for refresh-rate headroom that the supplied results do not show being regularly used.

Build, size and portability

Weight is known; dimensions are not

The Legion Pro 5 weighs 2.461kg. That places it firmly in the category of a laptop that can be moved, but should not be treated as a casual carry-everywhere machine without thought. It is not an ultra-light system, and the combination of a 16in screen, Core i7-14700HX and RTX 4060 points towards a gaming laptop intended primarily for substantial performance rather than minimal mass.

The supplied information does not include dimensions. It would therefore be wrong to make a claim about chassis thickness, footprint, bag compatibility, desk space, or whether it is smaller or larger than a particular rival. The weight is the reliable portability figure available, and it is enough to say that 2.461kg is a meaningful load for regular travel.

For someone moving between a home desk, a university room, an office, or occasional trips, 2.461kg may be acceptable if gaming performance and a 16in 240Hz screen are priorities. For someone who expects to carry the laptop all day, every day, weight becomes a more serious part of the purchase decision. The Legion is not presented by the supplied specification as a lightweight gaming option, and buyers should not pretend otherwise.

Battery capacity is not battery-life evidence

The battery is rated at 80Wh. That is the battery-capacity figure supplied for this laptop. No measured battery-life result is included, so there is no basis for stating how long the Legion Pro 5 lasts away from mains power in gaming, video playback, office work, idle use, or any other scenario.

This is particularly important with a machine carrying a Core i7-14700HX, an RTX 4060 and a 240Hz 2560x1600 IPS display. Those components make the lack of measured battery-life information more noticeable, not less. It would be easy to make assumptions in either direction, but assumptions are not useful to somebody spending GBP 2,641. The only secure statement is that the laptop has an 80Wh battery and that battery endurance has not been provided in the fact sheet.

Buyers who need predictable untethered use should therefore seek battery-life measurements before treating this as a travel-first laptop. Buyers who mostly expect to use it plugged in for gaming can focus more confidently on the published frame-rate data and the screen specification. The distinction matters because this is a heavy enough laptop that its value as a portable machine depends on more than whether it technically has a battery.

Practical positioning

The overall specification makes the Legion Pro 5 look most sensible as a laptop that lives mainly on a desk but remains movable when needed. The 16in display is large enough to be a central part of the experience, the 240Hz refresh rate invites high-frame-rate gaming, and the 2.461kg weight makes clear that mobility comes with a compromise.

That is not a criticism unique to Lenovo. High-performance gaming laptops frequently make similar trade-offs. What makes the issue more important here is the price. At GBP 2,641, buyers are entitled to be selective. If you want a machine that combines an RTX 4060, 32GB of memory and a premium-looking display while largely staying in one place, the Legion’s shape makes sense. If you need a genuinely light laptop, the given weight is a reason to look elsewhere.

How it compares

Against the MSI Thin GF63

Against the MSI Thin GF63 with an RTX 4050, the Lenovo Legion Pro 5 averages +58fps across the shared game set. That is the largest positive result among the listed rivals and it is meaningful. It shows that the Legion’s measured gaming performance is not merely adequate for its class; it can create a substantial advantage over a lower-tier RTX 4050 rival in the games both machines hold.

There is no confirmed UK price for the MSI Thin GF63 in the supplied data, so this cannot become a direct value comparison. It would be irresponsible to claim that the Lenovo is better or worse value without a confirmed competing price. The correct reading is narrower: the Legion has a substantial shared-game performance lead, while its own GBP 2,641 price remains hard to justify on performance alone.

For a buyer choosing only between these two machines on game speed, the Lenovo has the clear evidence advantage. For a buyer choosing on spending, the absence of a confirmed UK price for the MSI prevents a final value verdict. The Legion’s 32GB memory and 2560x1600 240Hz IPS screen are also part of its supplied configuration, but the shared benchmark average is the strongest direct performance evidence.

Against the MSI Sword 16 HX

The MSI Sword 16 HX has an RTX 4070, yet the Legion Pro 5 averages +0fps across the shared game set. This is exactly the kind of result that needs explanation rather than repetition. It does not mean that the RTX 4060 and RTX 4070 are identical gaming GPUs in every situation. The supplied comparison notes state that lighter titles in the shared 1080p set can be CPU-bound, compressing genuine GPU gaps.

The shared-game result is still useful. It says that, in the particular games both laptops hold and at the stated measurement context, the Lenovo does not give up performance to the MSI Sword 16 HX on average. For someone mainly interested in those lighter shared games, that is a practical result. It supports the idea that platform behaviour and game demands matter as much as the GPU label in some cases.

It does not, however, rescue the Legion’s price position. No confirmed UK price is supplied for the MSI Sword 16 HX, so there is no direct pound-for-pound comparison available. More importantly, a tie in a limited shared set is not the same as a broad declaration that this RTX 4060 laptop matches every RTX 4070 laptop in every modern game. Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps and Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps remain the Lenovo’s own measured results and should continue to anchor expectations.

Against the Aorus 17X AZF

The Aorus 17X AZF is listed with an RTX 4090 at 175W, yet the Legion Pro 5 averages +0fps across the shared games. Again, this near-zero result is real within the shared set, but it cannot sensibly be treated as proof that the Lenovo’s RTX 4060 is broadly equal to an RTX 4090 at 175W. The supplied notes give the reason: at 1080p, lighter titles in the shared games can be CPU-bound, and that can compress otherwise genuine GPU differences.

This comparison is valuable precisely because it warns against simplistic ranking by GPU name. In games that are not exposing the graphics hardware difference strongly at 1920x1080, a higher-tier GPU does not automatically turn into a higher measured average. The Lenovo’s Core i7-14700HX and overall platform are clearly capable of delivering very high frame rates in suitable titles.

But a careful buyer should keep the comparison in proportion. The shared result covers only the games both systems hold. The supplied data does not provide a confirmed UK price for the Aorus, and it does not provide a full game-by-game account of why the shared average is level. It would be a mistake to use the tie as a reason to pay GBP 2,641 for the Lenovo on the assumption that it has RTX 4090-class gaming performance. Notebookcheck’s own figures of 89fps in Cyberpunk 2077 and 71fps in Baldur’s Gate 3 give a much more grounded view of where the RTX 4060 configuration stands.

Against the Schenker XMG Neo 16

The Schenker XMG Neo 16, listed with an RTX 4090 at 175W, is the rival that beats the Legion Pro 5 most clearly. Across the shared game set, the Lenovo averages -39fps. This is the comparison that restores the expected hierarchy most visibly: in a broader shared set, substantially stronger graphics hardware produces a meaningful frame-rate advantage.

The Schenker result is particularly useful because it prevents the near-zero comparisons with the MSI Sword 16 HX and Aorus 17X AZF from being over-interpreted. The Lenovo can match stronger systems in shared lighter 1080p games where CPU limits compress the differences, but that does not mean it has the same performance reserve when the benchmark selection reveals more of the GPU gap.

There is no confirmed UK price for the Schenker in the supplied data, so it cannot be used to state whether the Legion is a cheaper alternative, an expensive alternative, or anything between those positions. What it does establish is performance context. A buyer paying GBP 2,641 for the Lenovo should be aware that its gaming results do not place it beyond challenge from much stronger graphics hardware.

The comparison verdict

The rival spread produces a nuanced result. The Legion is far ahead of the RTX 4050 MSI Thin GF63 in the shared games. It is level in the shared results with the RTX 4070 MSI Sword 16 HX and the RTX 4090 at 175W Aorus 17X AZF, where lighter 1080p titles can suppress GPU differences. It trails the RTX 4090 at 175W Schenker XMG Neo 16 by 39fps in the shared set.

The practical lesson is that this Lenovo is not weak, but neither is it a machine whose GBP 2,641 price can be defended by pretending that the RTX 4060 naming matters less than measured results. The measured results are good in several games, modest in others, and mixed against stronger rivals depending on the shared titles. That is a respectable performance profile. It is not a compelling premium-price performance profile.

Who it’s for

Buy it if the screen and configuration fit your actual use

The Legion Pro 5 makes most sense for a buyer who specifically wants a 16in IPS display at 2560x1600 and 240Hz, wants 32GB of memory, and plays enough of the lighter or higher-frame-rate games in the supplied list to take advantage of that screen. Strange Brigade at 231fps, The Witcher 3 at 217fps, Dota 2 at 192fps, F1 24 at 185fps and GTA V at 185fps show a laptop capable of providing a genuinely fast gaming experience under Notebookcheck’s 1920x1080 High test with upscaling disabled.

It also suits a buyer who understands that the laptop will most likely be used mainly from a desk, with occasional transport rather than continuous carrying. At 2.461kg, it is portable in the literal sense but not light. The 80Wh battery is a reasonable specification detail to note, but there is no supplied battery-life measurement, so it should not be purchased on the assumption of a particular unplugged runtime.

A buyer who has found the Legion Pro 5 at a substantially different price may reasonably reassess it, because price is the central weakness in the supplied configuration. At GBP 2,641, though, the recommendation has to be cautious. The screen is appealing and the performance is credible, but the asking price is too high for a straightforward endorsement.

Buy something else if value or demanding-game performance is the priority

Buy something else if your first priority is the best gaming performance available for GBP 2,641. The Legion’s benchmark data does not support a claim that it dominates the class. The scoring-suite mean is 134fps, but the individual game figures range from 231fps to 71fps. That range is too wide for a buyer to rely on the average alone, especially if their preferred games resemble Cyberpunk 2077 at 89fps or Baldur’s Gate 3 at 71fps more than Dota 2 at 192fps.

Buy something else if your primary goal is to drive demanding games close to 240fps. The 240Hz screen is excellent in specification terms, but none of the supplied measured results reaches 240fps. Strange Brigade gets closest at 231fps, while the heaviest results are far lower. There is also no 2560x1600 benchmark data in the fact sheet, so a buyer targeting native-resolution high-refresh gaming lacks the confirmation they would need.

Buy something else if low carrying weight is a major requirement. The 2.461kg figure does not make the Legion unusable on the move, but it does make it a considered choice for frequent travel. The fact sheet provides no dimensions and no battery-life measurement, so there is not enough evidence to build a travel-first recommendation around it.

Finally, buy something else if you are being persuaded mainly by the RTX 4060 badge alongside a premium price. The right way to assess this laptop is not through the GPU name, but through its actual measured performance. Notebookcheck’s numbers show a capable system that shines in some games, performs sensibly in others, and falls well short of its 240Hz screen’s ceiling in demanding titles. The Legion Pro 5 16IRX9 G9 is a good RTX 4060 gaming laptop specification attached to a price that makes it hard to recommend without a strong personal reason to want this exact screen, memory configuration and chassis class.

How it compares