The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is often less expensive and offers a portable design with a unique OLED touchscreen, making it suitable for creative workflows that benefit from vivid colors and pen input. However, the Lenovo Legion 7i Pro, while more expensive and heavier, houses a more powerful processor and top-notch graphics card, making it better for intensive gaming, 3D rendering, and engineering applications that demand superior performance. The Legion also has a higher battery capacity but trades off some portability and might be less suitable for general use due to its gaming-oriented design. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo
Good portability
Good battery life
Advantages of the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i
Excellent for engineering and design
Excellent for gaming and AI
Very good overall build quality
Excellent keyboard
Key differences
Gaming and AI
6.7/10
9.1/10
3.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
9.8/10
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
240Hz
No
SUPPORTS DLSS
Yes
No
MUX SWITCH / ADVANCED OPTIMUS
Yes
8.7/10
FAN NOISE SCORE
6.5/10
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is excellent for gaming and AI, while the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is only fair.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo, with its less powerful integrated GPU, is good for gaming and 3D applications but cannot match the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i, which boasts a superior dedicated Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU, delivering excellent performance for these demanding tasks.
Engineering and Design
8.5/10
9.3/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
3.8/10
OVERALL GPU SCORE
9.8/10
32.0 GB
RAM
32.0 GB
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i is excellent for engineering and design, while the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is very good.
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i outshines the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo for engineering and design tasks primarily due to its more powerful Intel i9 processor and superior Nvidia RTX 4080 graphics card, offering exceptional computational and graphical performance needed in demanding applications.
Screen Quality
8.6/10
8.7/10
14.5in
SIZE
16.0in
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
240Hz
357.0 nits
BRIGHTNESS
469.0 nits
The ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo has a better screen than the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i for general use, and engineering and design, while the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i has a better screen for gaming and AI.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i have crisp, high-resolution displays with excellent brightness and panel types that make them great for general use and detail-oriented work like engineering and design, providing vivid colors and sharp text. Their wide color gamuts ensure accurate color representation crucial for professional design tasks, but both laptops may not cater well to gaming or 3D applications due to their lower refresh rates. Higher refresh rates are preferred for gaming to ensure smoother motion and better responsiveness, which these laptops lack, making them less suitable for fast-paced, graphics-intensive activities.
Portability
Good
Fair
14.5in
SIZE
16.0in
3.7 lbs
WEIGHT
6.1 lbs
0.7in
THICKNESS
0.9in
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo has good portability, while the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i has only fair portability.
The most portable laptops are small, thin, and light.
Build Quality
7.6/10
8.5/10
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i has very good build quality, while the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo has good build quality.
PerfectRec’s Build Quality Score incorporates case materials, display and keyboard flex, hinge quality, and overall reliability.
Cost
$1,299
$2,000
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo has a price of $1,299 and the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i costs $2,000.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i are both very good for general use.
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo is favored for general use due to its high-resolution OLED touchscreen offering vibrant colors and contrast, combined with a lightweight and thin design enhancing portability and a good battery life. On the other hand, the Lenovo Legion 7i Pro also stands out for general use with its powerful processor and high frame rate screen, although it's heavier and bulkier which might affect portability, but it compensates with better speaker and keyboard quality, and excellent heat management despite its more robust gaming appearance.
Content Creation
8.6/10
8.5/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
32.0 GB
RAM
32.0 GB
OLED
DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY
IPS
The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo and Lenovo Legion Pro 7i are both very good for content creation.
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
8.2/10
9.1/10
OVERALL CPU SCORE
9.9/10
32.0 GB
RAM
32.0 GB
2880 x 1800
RESOLUTION
2560 x 1600
7.5/10
KEYBOARD QUALITY SCORE
9.0/10
The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i and ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo are both very good for software development.
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.
Battery
6.0 Hours
5.0 Hours
The ASUS Zenbook Pro 14 Duo has 6 hours of battery life. The Lenovo Legion Pro 7i has 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.
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How the ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo and the Lenovo Legion Pro 7i compare to other laptops
"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."
"Passionate gamers who want to play demanding modern titles with maximum details and don't mind spending the moolah will find the Lenovo Legion 7 Pro to be the right choice. The bright, sharp, and color-accurate 16:10 QHD 240 Hz display makes for an immersive viewing experience. The hardware is housed in a stylish chassis that feels premium and scores well in terms of workmanship and stability. Other aspects such as sound quality, input devices, and connectivity also seem to be near-perfect."
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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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