Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (16″ Gen 8)

  • Launched: December 2022
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~81.7%
  • Dimensions: 357.8 x 253.9 x 18.7 mm (14.09 x 10 x 0.74 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (16″ Gen 8)
Performance
63
Gaming
20
Display
34
Battery Life
62
Connectivity
67
Portability
65
BestCheck Score
52

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 (16″ Gen 8)

Case

Weight 2.1 kg (4.63 lbs)
Dimensions 357.8 x 253.9 x 18.7 mm 14.09 x 10 x 0.74 inches
Area 908 cm2 (140.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~81.7%
Side bezels 6.6 mm
Colors Gray, Blue
Material Top: Aluminum Middle: Plastic Bottom: Plastic
Transformer Yes
Opening angle 360°
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal No
Number of fans 1
Noise level (max. load) 41.8 dB

Display

 
Size 16 inches
Type IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz
PPI 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No
Sync technology No
Touchscreen Yes
Coating Glossy
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 1568:1
sRGB color space 57.6%
Adobe RGB profile 41.3%
DCI-P3 color gamut 40%
Response time 27 ms
Max. brightness
300 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 1:15 hr
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Left
Charge power 65 W
Weight of AC adapter 316 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 1.3 GHz
Turbo frequency 4.6 GHz
Cores 10 (2P + 8E)
Threads 12
L3 Cache 12 MB
Integrated GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2301
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
7605
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1715
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
9038

Graphics Card

 
TGP 15 W
Type Integrated
Fabrication process 10 nm
GPU base clock 300 MHz
GPU boost clock 1100 MHz
FLOPS 1.41 TFLOPS
Memory size System Shared
Memory type LPDDR4X
Memory speed 4.27 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 640
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 40
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 20
GPU performance
1.41 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x4 GB
Clock 4266 MHz
Type LPDDR4X
Upgradable No

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 1
NVMe Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3287
Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes
Loudness ~83.2 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v6
Bluetooth v5.2
Fingerprint Yes
Infrared sensor No
Optical drive No
Webcam Above the display
Webcam resolution 1920 x 1080
Ports
USB-A 2x USB 3.2
USB Type-C 1x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 1.4
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No
SD card reader Yes
Proprietary charging port Yes

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island
Numpad Yes
Backlight Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm
Touchpad
Size 12.0 x 7.5 cm
Surface Plastic
Windows Precision Yes