Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) vs Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7

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Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026)
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7
Performance
58
62
Gaming
38
34
Display
74
34
Battery Life
68
70
Connectivity
72
82
Portability
71
72
QuickComparisons Score
55
53
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Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages between Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) and Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7

Reasons to consider the Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026)

  • + AMD Ryzen 7 250
  • + GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8GB graphics
  • + 8GB/512GB
  • + 15.3 inches display
  • + 80 Wh battery

Reasons to consider the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7

  • + Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
  • + GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB graphics
  • + 16GB/512GB
  • + 16 inches display
  • + 90 Wh battery

Pros & Cons

Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026)
  • Reliable everyday laptop
  • No significant drawbacks for its tier

"A mid-range Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) laptop with standard performance. Suited for productivity, content creation and gaming."

Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7
  • Thunderbolt connectivity
  • No significant drawbacks for its tier

"A mid-range Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 laptop with standard performance. Suited for productivity, content creation and gaming."

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Benchmarks

Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) +11%
2550
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7
2289
Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) 11126 11682
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core) 206 100 103
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core) 827 776

Specifications

Case
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Weight 1.87 kg (4.12 lbs) 1.82 kg (4.01 lbs)
Dimensions 344 x 244.5 x 18.95-19.95 mm 13.54 x 9.63 x 0.75-0.79 inches 354.4 x 241.2 x 17.05 mm 13.95 x 9.5 x 0.67 inches
Area 841 cm 2 (130.4 inches 2 ) 855 cm 2 (132.5 inches 2 )
Screen-to-body ratio ~80.7% ~86.8%
Side bezels 7.3 mm 4.9 mm
Colors Black Black
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic Aluminum
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° 180°
Cooling Solution
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No No
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 53.3 dB
Display
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Size 15.3 inches 16 inches
Type OLED IPS LCD
Refresh Rate 165 Hz 60 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No
PPI 197 ppi 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 2560 x 1600 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision No
Sync technology G-Sync No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Glossy Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1000000:1 1200:01:00
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Adobe RGB profile
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
Response time 1 ms
Max. brightness 500 nits 400 nits
Battery
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Capacity 80 Wh 90 Wh
Full charging time 1:38 hr
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 100 W Yes
Charging port position Left, Bottom Left, Right
Charge power 245 W 135 / 170 W
Cable length
Weight of AC adapter 488 / 548 grams
CPU
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
CPU name AMD Ryzen 7 250 Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
Base frequency 3.3 GHz 1.7 GHz
Cores 8 14 (4P + 10E)
Threads 16 18
Integrated GPU Radeon 780M Arc Graphics (8-Cores)
Fabrication process 4 nm 7 nm
Graphics Card
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
GPU name GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop 8GB GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GB
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
GPU boost clock 1740 MHz
FLOPS 14.9 TFLOPS 10.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 3072
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 96
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 48
GPU performance 14.9 TFLOPS 10.7 TFLOPS
Blender GPU
Solar Bay
RAM
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
RAM size 8GB 16GB
Channels 1x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 5600 MHz 7467 MHz
Type DDR5 LPDDR5X
Upgradable Yes Yes
Storage
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Storage size 512GB 512GB
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
NVMe Yes Yes
Sound
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Speakers 2 2
Dolby Atmos No Yes
Loudness ~81.4 dB
Microphones 2 2
Connectivity
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Wi-Fi v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint No Yes
Infrared sensor Optional Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1440
Ports
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
USB-A 3x USB 3.2 1x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 2x USB 4.0 3x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt No Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes No
SD card reader No Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes Yes
Input
Specification Lenovo Legion 5a Gen 11 (2026) ↗ Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 7 ↗
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad Yes No
Backlit Yes Yes
Key Travel 1.6 mm 1.5 mm
Size 12.0 x 7.5 cm 13.5 x 8.5 cm
Surface Plastic Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes

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