The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo offers great colors and brightness with OLED touchscreen, longer battery life, and higher portability, making it ideal for content creation and general use. The Lenovo Legion 5 17" has a more powerful graphics card and a larger screen, better suited for intensive gaming and engineering tasks despite its heavier build and shorter battery life. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo
Very good for general use
Very good for engineering and design
Very good for software development
Very good for content creation
Very good overall display quality
Good portability
Good battery life
Best in class speakers
Advantages of the Lenovo Legion 5 17"
Good for gaming and AI
Very good keyboard
Key differences
General Use
8.6/10
7.2/10
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
357.0 nits
DISPLAY BRIGHTNESS
305.0 nits
6.0 Hours
BATTERY LIFE
4.5 Hours
7.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
7.9/10
PORTABILITY SCORE
5.8/10
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is very good for general use, while the Lenovo Legion 5 17" is good.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo excels in general use with its high-quality OLED screen, more RAM, and superior CPU, which result in better multitasking and visual experience, but with reduced portability due to lower battery life and higher weight compared to some other options. On the other hand, the Lenovo Legion 5 17" offers a larger screen and high-quality keyboard which are beneficial for productivity, but its heavier weight and poorer battery life make it less portable, though it still delivers a strong performance for general tasks.
Gaming and AI
6.7/10
7.4/10
3.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
7.5/10
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
144Hz
No
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
Yes
8.7/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
6.5/10
The Lenovo Legion 5 17" is good for gaming and AI, while the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo 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
8.5/10
7.6/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
7.4/10
3.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
7.5/10
32.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is very good for engineering and design, while the Lenovo Legion 5 17" is good.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo stands out for engineering and design with its high-resolution OLED touchscreen, making it great for detailed visual work, combined with a powerful CPU and ample RAM that aid multitasking and demanding computational tasks.
Content Creation
8.6/10
7.2/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
7.4/10
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
32.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is very good for content creation, while the Lenovo Legion 5 17" 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
8.2/10
7.0/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
7.4/10
32.0 GB
RAM
16.0 GB
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
7.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
8.5/10
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is very good for software development, while the Lenovo Legion 5 17" is good.
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
8.6/10
7.3/10
14.5in
SIZE
17.3in
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
1920 x 1080
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
144Hz
357.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
305.0 nits
The ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo has a better screen than the Lenovo Legion 5 17" for general use, gaming and AI, engineering and design, software development, and content creation.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo's excellent screen quality for general use and engineering is due to its high resolution and panel type that delivers sharp visuals, as well as its color gamut coverage which ensures accurate color reproduction crucial for design work. However, for gaming and 3D applications, the lower refresh rate of the ZenBook makes it less suitable as it may not keep up with fast-paced visuals. In contrast, the Lenovo Legion 5 17" provides an adequate screen quality for general and engineering tasks with decent resolution and panel quality but falls short for gaming and 3D due to its poor refresh rate.
Battery
6.0 Hours
4.5 Hours
The ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo has 6 hours of battery life. The Lenovo Legion 5 17" has 4.5 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
Good
Poor
14.5in
SIZE
17.3in
3.7 lbs
WEIGHT
6.5 lbs
0.7in
THICKNESS
1.0in
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo has good portability, while the Lenovo Legion 5 17" has poor portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Cost
$1,299
$1,200
$600
$800
$1,000
$1,200
$1,400
$1,600
$1,800
$2,000
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo has a price of $1,299 and the Lenovo Legion 5 17" costs $1,200.
"The Zenbook Pro 14 Duo OLED is a well-tuned instrument for content creators, excelling at a range of general office tasks as well as tasks that require a little more grunt like encoding and 3D rendering. The big attraction is the laptop’s dual displays. They’re the best ones we’ve used in an Asus Zenbook Duo laptop to date with a spate of year-on-year improvements that make the visuals more striking and the cross-screen integration easier than ever before."
"The Lenovo Legion 5 17 is a current-gen 17-inch gaming laptop and equipped with the latest AMD CPU and a powerful GPU, that manages to reach its full potential. The AMD Ryzen 5 5600H is a very good choice for this laptop and able to maintain its performance level for long periods of time. Our test model only falls behind consistently in a direct comparison with its competitors that are often equipped with eight cores and 16 threads. Despite this, the Legion 5 17 leaves an excellent impression and is almost able to keep up with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 mobile GPU in synthetic benchmarks."
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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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