Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 Gen 9 16"

The Lenovo IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1 Gen 9 16″ is classified as a productivity laptop with a physical footprint of 356 mm wide, 255 mm deep, and 18 mm thick, with a total volume of 1634.04 cm³. It weighs 2000 g and features a backlit keyboard, making it comfortable to use in lower-light environments. The device does not use a fanless design, nor does it carry weather-sealed or rugged construction. A one-year warranty is included with the machine.

The display on this laptop measures 16″ and uses an IPS LCD panel with LED backlighting, delivering a resolution of 1920 x 1200 px at a pixel density of 141 ppi. Typical brightness is rated at 300 nits, and the panel refreshes at 60Hz. Touch input is supported, though the screen does not include an anti-reflection coating. The system is capable of driving up to four displays simultaneously.

This laptop is powered by a processor built on a 10 nm semiconductor and configured with 12 threads across two core types running at 2 x 1.8 GHz and 8 x 1.2 GHz, with a turbo clock speed reaching 5.4 GHz. It supports 64-bit operation and multithreading, and pairs with 16GB of DDR5 RAM clocked at 5200 MHz — the maximum supported memory capacity. Storage is handled by a 1024GB NVMe SSD over a PCIe 4 interface, using flash storage technology for fast data access. The integrated GPU reaches a turbo frequency of 1300 MHz but does not support XeSS acceleration.

In benchmark testing, the processor returns a Geekbench 6 multi-core score of 7404 and a single-core score of 2142, reflecting its threaded and single-threaded processing capabilities respectively. PassMark results follow a similar pattern, with an overall score of 15289 and a single-thread score of 3556.

The laptop's port selection includes two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports and two USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, with no Thunderbolt 3 or 4, USB 4, DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, RJ45, VGA, or USB 2.0 ports present. Video output is handled by a single HDMI 1.4 port, and an external memory slot is also available. Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) alongside backwards-compatible Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 4 standards, paired with Bluetooth 5.2. AirPlay is supported as well.

The laptop houses a 57 Wh battery and supports sleep-and-charge via its USB ports, allowing connected devices to be charged even when the machine is not in active use. It does not include a MagSafe power adapter.

The laptop includes stereo speakers, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and a dual-microphone setup, though it does not feature Dolby Atmos or an S/PDIF output. A front camera is built in, and security is handled by a fingerprint scanner; 3D facial recognition and voice commands are not supported. The machine ships with a stylus included, complementing its touchscreen capability. On the sensor and navigation side, it lacks a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, and GPS. Graphics features such as ray tracing and DLSS are not available, and there is no optical disc drive.

The laptop-class processor carries a clock multiplier of 18, a 15W TDP, and a maximum operating temperature of 100 °C, with a locked multiplier and no ECC memory support. It uses big.LITTLE technology to manage its core configuration and includes a 12 MB L3 cache, along with NX bit support for hardware-level security. The supported instruction sets span MMX, F16C, FMA3, AES, AVX, AVX2, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2. Memory runs across two channels with a maximum supported speed of 6400 MHz. Graphics are handled by the integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 with 96 execution units, supporting OpenCL 3 and OpenGL 4.6.