Design:
| Type |
Gaming |
| weight |
2600 g |
| Uses a fanless design |
✕ |
| Has a backlit keyboard |
✓ |
| warranty period |
2 years |
| volume |
2088.303 cm³ |
| width |
359 mm |
| height |
277 mm |
| thickness |
21 mm |
| is weather-sealed (splashproof) |
✕ |
The Lenovo LOQ 16IRH8 is a gaming laptop with a footprint of 359 × 277 mm and a thickness of just 21 mm, giving it a relatively slim profile for its category, while its total volume comes in at 2088.303 cm³. It weighs 2600 g and is equipped with a backlit keyboard, making it usable in low-light environments. The unit does not use a fanless design, is not weather-sealed, and comes backed by a 2-year warranty.
Display:
| screen size |
16" |
| resolution |
2560 x 1600 px |
| pixel density |
188 ppi |
| Display type |
LCD, LED-backlit, IPS |
| has a touch screen |
✕ |
| brightness (typical) |
350 nits |
| refresh rate |
165Hz |
| has anti-reflection coating |
✓ |
| supported displays |
4 |
The laptop features a 16″ IPS LCD panel with LED backlighting and a resolution of 2560 × 1600 px, translating to a pixel density of 188 ppi. It runs at a 165Hz refresh rate, which benefits fast-paced content, and reaches a typical brightness of 350 nits. An anti-reflection coating is applied to the screen surface, though the display does not support touch input. The system can drive up to 4 displays simultaneously.
Performance:
| RAM |
16GB |
| RAM speed |
5200 MHz |
| Uses flash storage |
✓ |
| internal storage |
1024GB |
| CPU speed |
4 x 2.6 & 8 x 1.9 GHz |
| CPU threads |
16 threads |
| VRAM |
6GB |
| floating-point performance |
12.13 TFLOPS |
| GDDR version |
GDDR6 |
| texture rate |
204.8 GTexels/s |
| pixel rate |
113.76 GPixel/s |
| Is an NVMe SSD |
✓ |
| DirectX version |
DirectX 12 Ultimate |
| GPU clock speed |
1605 MHz |
| uses multithreading |
✓ |
| maximum memory amount |
32GB |
| DDR memory version |
5 |
| turbo clock speed |
4.7GHz |
| GPU turbo |
2370 MHz |
| memory slots |
2 |
| PCI Express (PCIe) version |
4 |
| semiconductor size |
4 nm |
| has XeSS (XMX) |
✕ |
| Supports 64-bit |
✓ |
The system is powered by a CPU running at 4 × 2.6 GHz and 8 × 1.9 GHz with a turbo clock of 4.7 GHz, 16 threads, multithreading support, and a 4 nm semiconductor size, while the GPU operates at a base clock of 1605 MHz and boosts up to 2370 MHz. It comes with 16GB of DDR5 RAM at 5200 MHz across 2 memory slots, expandable to a maximum of 32GB, paired with a 1024GB NVMe SSD using flash storage over a PCIe 4.0 interface. On the graphics side, the GPU carries 6GB of GDDR6 VRAM and delivers 12.13 TFLOPS of floating-point performance, a texture rate of 204.8 GTexels/s, and a pixel rate of 113.76 GPixel/s, with support for DirectX 12 Ultimate and 64-bit operation; XeSS (XMX) is not supported.
Benchmarks:
| PassMark (G3D) result |
17148 |
| PassMark result |
21330 |
| PassMark result (single) |
3393 |
In PassMark testing, the laptop achieves an overall score of 21,330 and a single-thread score of 3,393, reflecting the CPU's per-core capability. The GPU registers a PassMark G3D score of 17,148, providing a concrete measure of its graphics processing capacity.
Connectivity:
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (USB-C) |
1 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (USB-A) |
2 |
| USB 4 20Gbps ports |
0 |
| USB 4 40Gbps ports |
0 |
| Thunderbolt 4 ports |
0 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (USB-C) |
0 |
| USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (USB-A) |
1 |
| Thunderbolt 3 ports |
0 |
| has an HDMI output |
✓ |
| Has USB Type-C |
✓ |
| supports Wi-Fi |
✓ |
| Wi-Fi version |
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n) |
| has an external memory slot |
✕ |
| Bluetooth version |
5.2 |
| RJ45 ports |
1 |
| HDMI ports |
0 |
| HDMI version |
HDMI 2.1 |
| DisplayPort outputs |
0 |
| has AirPlay |
✓ |
| mini DisplayPort outputs |
0 |
| has a VGA connector |
✕ |
The laptop offers a practical range of wired ports, including one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C port, two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, one USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A port, and one RJ45 port for a wired network connection. Video output is handled via HDMI 2.1, while DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort, and VGA outputs are absent, as are Thunderbolt 3, Thunderbolt 4, USB 4, and USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-C ports. There is no external memory slot. For wireless connectivity, it supports Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) alongside Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 4, pairs over Bluetooth 5.2, and also includes AirPlay support.
Battery:
| battery size |
80 Wh |
| Has sleep-and-charge USB ports |
✓ |
| Has a MagSafe power adapter |
✕ |
The laptop houses an 80 Wh battery and includes sleep-and-charge USB ports, allowing connected devices to be charged even when the system is powered off or in sleep mode. It does not use a MagSafe power adapter.
Features:
| has stereo speakers |
✓ |
| has a socket for a 3.5 mm audio jack |
✓ |
| supports ray tracing |
✓ |
| supports DLSS |
✓ |
| has Dolby Atmos |
✕ |
| Stylus included |
✕ |
| Has a fingerprint scanner |
✕ |
| number of microphones |
2 |
| Uses 3D facial recognition |
✕ |
| has voice commands |
✕ |
| has a front camera |
✓ |
| Has S/PDIF Out port |
✕ |
| has a gyroscope |
✕ |
| has GPS |
✕ |
| has an accelerometer |
✕ |
| has a compass |
✕ |
| Has an optical disc drive |
✕ |
On the audio side, the laptop includes stereo speakers, a 3.5 mm headset jack, and two microphones, though it lacks Dolby Atmos and an S/PDIF output. A front camera is present for video calls, but there is no fingerprint scanner, 3D facial recognition, or voice command support. The GPU supports both ray tracing and DLSS, adding to its gaming-oriented feature set. Sensor-wise, the device does not include a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, or GPS, and neither a stylus nor an optical disc drive is included.
Miscellaneous:
| clock multiplier |
26 |
| number of transistors |
18900 million |
| AMD SAM / Intel Resizable BAR |
Intel Resizable BAR |
| has LHR |
✕ |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) |
115W |
| Supports 3D |
✓ |
| Supports multi-display technology |
✓ |
| OpenCL version |
3 |
| OpenGL version |
4.6 |
| Supports ECC memory |
✓ |
| memory bus width |
96-bit |
| effective memory speed |
16000 MHz |
| maximum memory bandwidth |
192 GB/s |
| render output units (ROPs) |
48 |
| texture mapping units (TMUs) |
80 |
| shading units |
2560 |
| Has Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP) |
✓ |
| GPU memory speed |
2000 MHz |
| GPU architecture |
Ada Lovelace |
| PassMark result (overclocked) |
23897 |
| GPU name |
Iris Xe Graphics 80EU |
| Type |
Laptop |
| Has an unlocked multiplier |
✕ |
| L2 cache |
10 MB |
| L3 cache |
18 MB |
| Has NX bit |
✓ |
| CPU temperature |
100 °C |
| GPU execution units |
80 |
| Has integrated graphics |
✓ |
| memory channels |
2 |
| Uses big.LITTLE technology |
✓ |
| instruction sets |
SSE 4.2, SSE 4.1, AVX, AES, FMA3, F16C, MMX |
| RAM speed (max) |
5200 MHz |
The CPU is a laptop-type processor with a clock multiplier of 26, a maximum temperature of 100 °C, a TDP of 115W, and 18,900 million transistors, featuring big.LITTLE technology, an NX bit, L2 and L3 caches of 10 MB and 18 MB respectively, and support for instruction sets including SSE 4.1, SSE 4.2, AVX, AES, FMA3, F16C, and MMX; the multiplier is not unlocked. It also includes integrated graphics in the form of an Iris Xe Graphics 80EU unit with 80 execution units. The discrete GPU is built on the Ada Lovelace architecture and features 2560 shading units, 80 TMUs, 48 ROPs, a 96-bit memory bus, a GPU memory speed of 2000 MHz, an effective memory speed of 16,000 MHz, and a maximum memory bandwidth of 192 GB/s, with Double Precision Floating Point support and no LHR limitation. The system supports OpenCL 3, OpenGL 4.6, ECC memory, stereoscopic 3D, multi-display output, and Intel Resizable BAR, while RAM is supported across 2 memory channels at up to 5200 MHz. An overclocked PassMark result of 23,897 is also recorded.
