The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is a lower-priced option that's also larger and heavier, making it less portable but it comes with a full-size keyboard with a number pad. It has a longer battery life and hardware suitable for light to moderate gaming. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16", on the other hand, is lighter and slimmer, making it more portable, with a higher-resolution screen that's better for professional or engineering use. It also has a more powerful processor and graphics card, which makes it more suitable for high-end gaming and intensive 3D rendering or machine learning tasks, but it's a bit more expensive. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the ASUS TUF Gaming F17
The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 has no clear advantages over the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16".
Advantages of the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16"
Very good for general use
Very good for engineering and design
Very good for gaming and AI
Very good for software development
Very good for content creation
Very good overall display quality
Good portability
Good battery life
Very good speakers
Very good keyboard
Key differences
General Use
7.1/10
8.2/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
264.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
502.0 nits
4.5 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
7.0 Hours
7.0/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
6.4/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
7.5/10
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" is very good for general use, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is good.
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" offers a more powerful CPU and double the RAM of the ASUS TUF Gaming F17, contributing to better overall performance. Additionally, the Legion Slim 7 has a higher resolution and brighter screen, alongside a significantly larger battery and lighter weight, making it better for general use with enhanced screen quality and portability.
Gaming and AI
6.6/10
8.2/10
5.2/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
144Hz
REFRESH RATE
240Hz
Yes
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
Yes
7.5/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
7.5/10
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" is very good for gaming and AI, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is only fair.
PerfectRec’s Gaming and AI Score strongly emphasizes graphics processing capability, while also taking into account other factors that impact suitability for gaming and AI work.
Engineering and Design
6.9/10
8.6/10
6.2/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
5.2/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
8.3/10
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" is very good for engineering and design, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is only fair.
The ASUS TUF Gaming F17, with its mid-range CPU and GPU, offers adequate performance for engineering and design, but the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" has a more powerful CPU and GPU, paired with double the RAM and higher screen resolution, providing superior performance necessary for more advanced engineering and design tasks. While both laptops feature quality IPS displays, the Legion's screen also boasts a higher refresh rate and better color coverage, making it more suited for design precision, albeit it is less portable than the more compact ASUS due to the larger screen and heavier build.
Content Creation
7.1/10
8.3/10
6.2/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" is very good for content creation, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is good.
PerfectRec’s Content Creation Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for photo editing, video editing and other content creation tasks.
Software Development
6.7/10
8.0/10
6.2/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.1/10
8.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
7.0/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" is very good for software development, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 is only fair.
PerfectRec’s Software Development Score takes into account the many different features of the laptop that make it more or less suitable for software developers.
Screen Quality
6.9/10
8.7/10
17.3in
SIZE
16.0in
1920 x 1080
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
IPS
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
144Hz
REFRESH RATE
240Hz
264.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
502.0 nits
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 has a better screen than the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 for general use, gaming and AI, engineering and design, content creation, and software development.
The ASUS TUF Gaming F17's screen provides respectable resolution and brightness, yielding a pleasant viewing experience for browsing, reading, or watching videos, which is adequate for general use. However, for engineering and design tasks that demand a wide range of colors, its limited color gamut coverage might not render colors as accurately as desired. When it comes to gaming and 3D applications, its lower refresh rate can hinder the fluidity and responsiveness that gamers and 3D designers rely on, despite having a decent panel type and resolution.
Battery
4.5 Hours
7.0 Hours
The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 has 4.5 hours of battery life. The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 has 7 hours of battery life.
Battery life estimate is based on a mix of common use patterns. More portable and higher performing laptops tend to have less battery life.
Portability
Fair
Good
17.3in
SIZE
16.0in
5.7 lbs
WEIGHT
4.4 lbs
0.9in
THICKNESS
0.6in
The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" has good portability, while the ASUS TUF Gaming F17 has only fair portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Cost
$1,000
$1,680
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
The ASUS TUF Gaming F17 has a price of $1,000 and the Lenovo Legion Slim 7 16" costs $1,680.
"One of the Asus TUF Gaming F17’s highlights is without a doubt its excellent gaming performance. The fact that Asus configured the RTX 3060 GPU for its specified maximum of 140 W is became immediately noticeable in our benchmarks. For a 17-inch notebook the F17 also offers a very long battery life, which makes it somewhat portable. On the flip side is the display. It may be saved by its good overall contrast ratio, but its overall brightness is simply too low, and its response times are too slow for a gaming device. The F17’s successor needs to improve upon this."
"The Lenovo Legion Slim 7 is a slim Legion notebook that is just as excellent with Nvidia & Intel. However, the Legion Slim 7i slightly sullied by lacklustre battery life. You get a slim aluminium chassis, great input devices, decent port selection, fast high-quality WQXGA display and great performance. Supporting Thunderbolt 4 is one advantage of the Intel/Nvidia model tested in this review. Moreover, this variant has slightly higher CPU performance as well as better GPU performance in certain applications (e.g. CUDA-based apps). The Lenovo Legion S7i is thin, premium and performant – but less efficient than its AMD counterpart."
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About ASUS
ASUS, a Taiwanese electronics brand, is one of the largest personal computer vendor by market share. The majority of their laptops are targeted towards personal use or gaming. Their most popular product lines include the budget-friendly VivoBook, more premium ZenBook, and their TUF and ROG gaming laptops, the latter of which has a reputation for excellent gaming performance.
About Lenovo
Lenovo is a Chinese technology company, and one of the largest personal computer vendor. They are well known for a variety of technology products, including laptops. Their consumer series include their entry level IdeaPad and LOQ series and mid-to-high-end Yoga and Legion series. On the business-oriented side, their series include their entry-level ThinkBook series and mid-to-high-end ThinkPad series. Lenovo laptops offer strong performance for reasonable prices, and are often on sale.
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