Lenovo Ideapad 5 (15) review – the GeForce MX350 brings the low-voltage gaming to a new level
As soon as Lenovo introduced their new Ideapad series, everyone wanted to see one device – the Ideapad 5. Essentially, it can be viewed as a successor to the Ideapad S540, which was a very solid machine. Again, it comes in 14-inch and 15-inch variants, and Lenovo offers it with both Intel and AMD processors.
Today, we have the 15-inch model, equipped with Ice Lake CPUs. However, this review won’t be only a debut for this laptop, but also for the GeForce MX350 for our website. Unsurprisingly all of the rumors were true, and it uses a GP107 chip – the one used on the GTX 1050. However, it is downclocked, uses less than half of the power of the GTX 1050, and has only 2GB of GDDR5. Surely, this keeps the price down, but we’re yet to see how does it impact the performance.
In addition to that, there are other goodies featured in this notebook – some of them include a choice between TN and IPS panels, a fingerprint reader, embedded into the power button, a fancy color choice and interesting build material choice.
You can check the prices and configurations in our Specs System: https://laptopmedia.com/series/lenovo-ideapad-5-15/
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Specs Sheet
Lenovo Ideapad 5 (15) review – the GeForce MX350 brings the low-voltage gaming to a new level - Specs
- GPU
- Intel UHD Graphics G1 #100 in Top GPUs Intel UHD Graphics #102 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) #78 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (80EU) #82 in Top GPUs Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 #98 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (R4000/5000, 15W) #83 in Top GPUs AMD Radeon RX Vega 7 (R4000,5000 15W) #90 in Top GPUs
- HDD/SSD
- up to 2000GB SSD + up to 1000GB HDD
- M.2 Slot
- 1x 2280 PCIe NVMe 3.0 x4 See photo
- RAM
- up to 20GB
- OS
- Windows 10 Home, Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro
- Battery
- 57Wh, 45Wh, 3-cell, 57Wh, 3-cell, 75Wh, 4-cell
- Body material
- Plastic / Polycarbonate, Aluminum
- Dimensions
- 356.6 x 233.1 x 16.9-17.9 mm (14.04" x 9.18" x 0.67")
- Weight
- 1.66 kg (3.7 lbs)
- Ports and connectivity
- 2x USB Type-A
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
- 1x USB Type-C
- 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps), Power Delivery (PD), DisplayPort
- HDMI
- 1.4b
- Card reader
- MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC
- Ethernet LAN
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11ax
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
- Audio jack
- 3.5 mm combo
- Features
- Fingerprint reader
- optional
- Web camera
- HD
- Backlit keyboard
- optional
- Microphone
- Dual-Array Microphone
- Speakers
- 2x 2W, Dolby Audio
- Optical drive
- Security Lock slot