Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5 16 G9 review - The multimedia laptop with a 120 Hz display and Core Ultra 7

[Redaktion]

The IdeaPad Pro 5 16 is a large multimedia laptop fitted with one of the latest Meteor Lake processors, a 120-Hz display and modern connectivity options. However, Lenovo also offers an AMD model and we want to find out which one is the better choice.

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[Mr Majestyk]

Oh look Lenovo leading the way with another garbage class display that can't even get too 100% sRG coverage let alone offer decent AdobeRGB. Trails comeptiros enormously. Why would I want to put high end apu in this because you wouldn't use it for any photo video editing.

[NikoB]

The author clearly deliberately overestimated the results by 10-15%, because in this review (www.notebookcheck.com/Test-Lenovo-Yoga-Pro-7-14-Laptop-Intel-Arc-stellt-sich-der-Radeon-780M.808871.0.html)
The 55W 155H produced much less than the 50W here.
Again, the loss of the 155H to the outdated 7840U (at 2 times smaller PL1) is colossal in the AIDA64 RayTrace64 test, which only proves that some tests simply do not show reality.

Memory latency is depressing - it determines the response speed of the system and software. This is a shame for x86 at the memory controller level.

Again, the lack of power in the back or an angular round plug precludes comfortable use of the laptop in a relaxed state reclining on the sofa or bed - for right-handed people, the USB-C power plug will stick out strictly perpendicular to the body on the left, in the same place as the legs in this position - therefore spontaneous, accidental Breaking out the USB-C power socket is almost guaranteed. What prevented you from making the power supply in the back or a round corner plug, and leaving USB-C as a backup option on the road (although I doubt that anyone will carry a 2kg+ 16") laptop with them on business trips), for example through an adapter?

Again, the SD card test is outdated. Your "reference" card, author, is long outdated - buy a normal SD UHS3+ class with at least a read/write speed of 200MB/s.

It's also a complete shame that the business laptop obviously doesn't have RJ45 at 5Gbps for high-speed connection to home NAS/routers and corporate networks. And this is in 2024, in the middle!

The author himself noted that the noise is increased, and at the slightest serious load, the coolers begin to howl wildly. This means that during real surfing, and even more so during intensive work in 2-3 browsers (plus the background software constantly jerking the cores by 15-20%) - the coolers will constantly howl at an extremely unpleasant noise level, which will very quickly bring a normal worker out of a nervous state balance.

Even from the point of view of playing games that are 9-10 years outdated, this model is shameful. 16fps in Ultra quality in GTA V covered with moss and only 40fps in High! Despite the fact that the mobile GTX1050 from 2016 (8 years ago, damn it!) produced 55-60fps in High settings! Where is at least stable 60fps in GTV5 in Ultra quality from the mass-produced cheap ordinary igpu 2024?

The question is: why such a model, who is the target group? I don't understand! For business purposes everything is disgusting. For multimedia it's also bad. I see from our retail networks that this series is not popular (can be seen from the frequency of purchases and the number of reviews), which is obvious with such shortcomings and limitations.

Finally, someone make a normal 17-18" 4k 16:10 1500:1+ office/home multimedia laptop with a real IPS response time of 6-7 ms on G2G/B2W and multi-row backlighting without glare. And normal ports/power at the back and on the side, so that it is comfortable for everyone to use the laptop from the power supply 100% of the time.

[Trunks]

The author clearly deliberately overestimated the results by 10-15%, because in this review (www.notebookcheck.com/Test-Lenovo-Yoga-Pro-7-14-Laptop-Intel-Arc-stellt-sich-der-Radeon-780M.808871.0.html)
The 55W 155H produced much less than the 50W here.
Again, the loss of the 155H to the outdated 7840U (at 2 times smaller PL1) is colossal in the AIDA64 RayTrace64 test, which only proves that some tests simply do not show reality.

Memory latency is depressing - it determines the response speed of the system and software. This is a shame for x86 at the memory controller level.

Again, the lack of power in the back or an angular round plug precludes comfortable use of the laptop in a relaxed state reclining on the sofa or bed - for right-handed people, the USB-C power plug will stick out strictly perpendicular to the body on the left, in the same place as the legs in this position - therefore spontaneous, accidental Breaking out the USB-C power socket is almost guaranteed. What prevented you from making the power supply in the back or a round corner plug, and leaving USB-C as a backup option on the road (although I doubt that anyone will carry a 2kg+ 16") laptop with them on business trips), for example through an adapter?

Again, the SD card test is outdated. Your "reference" card, author, is long outdated - buy a normal SD UHS3+ class with at least a read/write speed of 200MB/s.

It's also a complete shame that the business laptop obviously doesn't have RJ45 at 5Gbps for high-speed connection to home NAS/routers and corporate networks. And this is in 2024, in the middle!

The author himself noted that the noise is increased, and at the slightest serious load, the coolers begin to howl wildly. This means that during real surfing, and even more so during intensive work in 2-3 browsers (plus the background software constantly jerking the cores by 15-20%) - the coolers will constantly howl at an extremely unpleasant noise level, which will very quickly bring a normal worker out of a nervous state balance.

Even from the point of view of playing games that are 9-10 years outdated, this model is shameful. 16fps in Ultra quality in GTA V covered with moss and only 40fps in High! Despite the fact that the mobile GTX1050 from 2016 (8 years ago, damn it!) produced 55-60fps in High settings! Where is at least stable 60fps in GTV5 in Ultra quality from the mass-produced cheap ordinary igpu 2024?

The question is: why such a model, who is the target group? I don't understand! For business purposes everything is disgusting. For multimedia it's also bad. I see from our retail networks that this series is not popular (can be seen from the frequency of purchases and the number of reviews), which is obvious with such shortcomings and limitations.

Finally, someone make a normal 17-18" 4k 16:10 1500:1+ office/home multimedia laptop with a real IPS response time of 6-7 ms on G2G/B2W and multi-row backlighting without glare. And normal ports/power at the back and on the side, so that it is comfortable for everyone to use the laptop from the power supply 100% of the time.

You forgot 1 thing, the review of Yoga Pro 7 was written 2 months ago. Now, the driver (including BIOS update) for Intel Core Ultra is more stable.

Can you name some multimedia laptops with "power supply in the back"? It is unnecessary to equip 2 charging ports in a laptop consuming not much power, especially a quite thin laptop like this.

Ideapad Pro 5 is a multimedia laptop, not a business laptop, requiring it to have a RJ45 port is redundant.

I'm using this laptop. I can confirm that the fans only make loud noise under heavy load in a long time (gaming, rendering...). In every day office tasks (using 5-10 browser tabs, Microsoft office apps, various messaging apps...), you can't even hear a thing from the fans.

Everyone knows that Intel still has lots of work to improve their driver for Arc Graphics in gaming. Even with a big and experienced GPU manufacturer like AMD, you will often hear about the unstable of their driver.

But in contrast to the poor gaming experience, Arc Graphic has a advantage in rendering, 3D performance, AV1 encoding. This laptop is much suitable for who often works with Adobe apps, than the AMD version.

So, this laptop is for one looking for a light multimedia laptop. It can also do light tasks such as office, entertaiment very well, with a good battery life. Of course, if you don't work with Adobe apps or want better gaming performance, you can choose the AMD version.

[ArsLoginName]

Author starts with " However, Lenovo also offers an AMD model and we want to find out which one is the better choice.' and compares the CB R15 scores between this new 16" and the smaller 14" AMD based version. But then does not compare them again in terms of idle characteristics or battery life since they both use an 84 WHr battery. Wi-fi test AMD loses by 5% but in terms of video playback, the AMD version outlasted this Intel MTL version by 75 minutes. and that is with a higher pixel density OLED display. Also, AMD had about 2 W of lower idle power consumption.

If you are going to compare them, compare them completely. Don't mislead the reader writing things like " In our WLAN test with an adapted brightness of 150 cd/m² (.....) and a 60-Hz refresh rate, the test device managed 12:36 hours (11:28 hours at 120 Hz) and a good 09:46 hours at full brightness (08:11 hours at 120 Hz). In the video test at 150 cd/m², the new Meteor Lake chips' advantage again became apparent and we noted just under 16 hours." when the competitor is just as good if not better even with a more power hungry OLED display.