Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8

  • Launched: September 2023
  • Screen-to-body ratio: ~74.7%
  • Dimensions: 357.7 x 277.7 x 18.99-22.7 mm (14.08 x 10.93 x 0.75-0.89 inches)
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Review

Evaluation of the main characteristics with the configuration selected for the Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8
Performance
98
Gaming
91
Display
93
Battery Life
60
Connectivity
89
Portability
55
BestCheck Score
81

Tests and Specifications

Detailed tests and technical specifications of the Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 8

Case

Weight 2.55 kg (5.62 lbs)
Dimensions 357.7 x 277.7 x 18.99-22.7 mm 14.08 x 10.93 x 0.75-0.89 inches
Area 993 cm2 (153.9 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~74.7%
Side bezels 6.5 mm
Colors Black
Material Aluminum
Transformer No
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active
Vapor chamber No
Liquid metal Yes
Number of fans 3
Max. fan speed (RPM) 5400 RPM
Noise level (max. load) 54.8 dB

Display

 
Size 16 inches
Type Mini LED
Refresh rate 165 Hz
PPI 236 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10
Resolution 3200 x 2000 pixels
HDR support Yes, Dolby Vision
Sync technology G-Sync
Touchscreen No
Coating Matte
Ambient light sensor No
Display tests
Contrast 16873:1
sRGB color space 99.9%
Adobe RGB profile 100%
DCI-P3 color gamut 100%
Response time 3 ms
Max. brightness
1200 nits

Battery

Capicity
Full charging time 1:20 hr
Battery type Li-Po
Replaceable No
Fast charging Yes
USB Power Delivery Yes
Charging port position Bottom
Charge power 330 W
Weight of AC adapter 974 grams

CPU

 
Base frequency 2.2 GHz
Turbo frequency 5.6 GHz
Cores 24 (8P + 16E)
Threads 32
L3 Cache 36 MB
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
Fabrication process 10 nm
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2998
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
18601
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
2341
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
32812

Graphics Card

 
TGP 175 W
Nvidia Optimus MUX
Type Dedicated
Fabrication process 4 nm
FLOPS 24.7 TFLOPS
Memory size 12 GB
Memory type GDDR6
Memory bus 192 bit
Memory speed ~16 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 7424
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 232
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 80
GPU performance
24.7 TFLOPS

RAM

 
Channels 2x16 GB
Clock 6400 MHz
Type DDR5
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
Max. ram size 64 GB

Storage

 
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2)
Channels 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes
Total slots 2
NVMe Yes

Sound

Audio chip Realtek ALC3306
Speakers 2.0
Power 2x2W
Dolby Atmos No
Loudness ~82.8 dB
Microphones 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7
Bluetooth v5.3
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 3x USB 3.2
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 4
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No
VGA No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) Yes
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 5.8 cm
Surface Glass
Windows Precision Yes