The Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has launched the IdeaPad 5, a notebook with a new AMD Ryzen 4000 APU under the hood. Accordingly, the IdeaPad 5 is particularly suitable for business users who are looking for a slim, affordable notebook for demanding applications.
AMD's Ryzen 4000 contests Intel's Ice Lake laptop market
Lenovo offers the IdeaPad 5 from a price of 359 euros. The cheapest model arrives naked at the customer, that is: without a pre-installed Windows version. The IdeaPad 5 including Windows 10 is available from 459 euros.
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What does the IdeaPad 5 do in detail? AMD has explicitly designed the Ryzen 4000, which is the processor for the computing power of the IdeaPad 5, as a competitor to Intel's 10th generation notebook CPUs. The top model Ryzen 7 4800U delivers around 25 percent more single-core performance than the predecessor Ryzen 7 3700U and 59 percent more performance per graphics core.
As a 7nm CPU, the Ryzen 7 4800U also scores in direct performance comparison with Intel's 10nm Ice Lake Core i7-10710U significantly higher multi-core and GPU performance:
AMD has also improved the energy efficiency of the Ryzen 4000 APUs compared to the previous series – a clear advantage for thin notebooks such as the IdeaPad 5. Therefore, the IdeaPad 5 from Lenovo is particularly suitable for users who are looking for a cheap, efficient and yet powerful notebook .
In what versions does Lenovo offer the IdeaPad 5? Interested customers can purchase the IdeaPad 5 of a basic configuration with a 15-inch TN display, Ryzen 3 4300U, integrated graphics card, 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD. If that's not enough, you can upgrade the individual components when configuring the laptop:
- CPU: Ryzen 5 4500U with up to 4.00 GHz (+30 euros), Ryzen 5 4600U with up to 4GHz (+60 euros), Ryzen 7 4700U with up to 4.1 GHz (+130 euros), Ryzen 7 4800U with up to 4.2 GHz (+210 euros)
- operating system: Windows 10 Home (+ 60 euros), Windows 10 Pro (+90 euros)
- random access memory: 8GB DDR 3,200 MHz (+25 euros)
- hard disk: 1TB HDD (+50 euros), 256 GB SSD M.2 2242 (+20 euros), 512 GB SSD M.2 2242 (+70 euros), 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 QLC (+75 euros), 512 GB SSD M.2 2280 TLC (+85 Euro)
- Display: 15.6-inch Full HD IPS (+ € 15), 15.6-inch Full HD IPS multitouch (+ € 45), 15.6-inch Full HD IPS with a smaller bezel (+ € 55)
- keyboard: with backlight (+10 euros)
- Fingerprint sensor (+10 euros)
- power adapter: 65 watt power supply (standard), 95 watt power supply (+10 Euro)
According to the manufacturer, the delivery time for a configured IdeaPad 5 is official Lenovo shop currently at two to three weeks.
