Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 10 (16IAX10, 2025) review

Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 10: the arrow-flagship that reads like a workstation

The Legion 7i Gen 10 (16IAX10, 2025) at $1,440 pairs an Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX with a GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop GPU and 32GB of memory. The 255HX posts a perfect 100 CPU score — the joint-best processor figure in this batch — and the sheet around it reads less like a pure gaming rig and more like a fast everything machine.

Where it holds up

Five axes land in the top band: gaming at 89, modeling at 94, engineering CAD at 94, photo design at 90 and office at 90.31. Mobility posts 55 against a gaming median of 29 — nearly double the class norm, top quartile — and reliability at 93 clears the median by 75.5%. Every recommended-bar check passes: Overwatch, GTA V and Rainbow Six Siege at recommended, Premiere and Visual Studio Code at recommended for the creative and dev rows, Photoshop at minimum. Value at 68.7 (high) rounds out a sheet with no soft spot outside portability's 36.7 (mid).

Where it falls short

Memory is the named weakness: 32GB against a 64GB gaming-class median, a 50% shortfall at a price where peers ship more. Portability at 36.7 (mid) is the 16-inch tax. The RTX 5060 is mainstream-tier for the bracket — strong everywhere, exceptional nowhere, a constraint that matters only against higher-tier cards.

Price and depreciation

At $1,440 the class rate reads 20% per year with no cohort anchor for a projection — the steepest curve in this batch, rate-only framing for 2025 gaming flagships. High capability and fast depreciation are the same coin; the buyer pays the first-year premium knowingly.

Alternatives to consider

The Legion Pro 5i Gen 10 posts a matching axis sheet at the same $1,440 outside the carry axes — the choice between them is chassis and aesthetics, not data. The Legion Pro 7i Gen 10 at the same price adds an RTX 5070 Ti, 64GB of memory and the batch's only perfect gaming score, the clear upgrade path if the memory weakness bothers you.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The 7i Gen 10 is the balanced flagship — perfect CPU score, five top bands, doubled mobility — held back only by a half-median memory ceiling and a steep 20% depreciation curve that early adopters sign up for.