Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i 16 Gen 10 (16" 2025) review

The $765 machine this batch's value shoppers should see first

The IdeaPad Pro 5i 16 Gen 10 (16", 2025) at $765 stacks a Core Ultra 5 225H, a GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop with 8GB, 32GB of RAM and an 84Wh battery — and the scoring responds with the best value index in this batch: 84, high-band, against a general-class field mostly mired in the 40s.

Where it holds up

Every axis that matters clears its bar. Overall performance at 66.12 is high-band; the CPU score of 94.51 sits in the enthusiast tier, 60.2 percent above the class median; office at 84.85, photo design at 82 and engineering CAD at 67 are all high-band; gaming at 72 is high-band too. The flag sheet is among the fullest in this batch: Overwatch, Grand Theft Auto V and Rainbow Six Siege at recommended levels, Photoshop at minimum, Visual Studio Code at recommended, and AutoCAD clearing its minimum — one of only two listings in this batch to carry a CAD flag.

The 84Wh battery runs 75 percent above the class median and reliability at 89 is top-quartile. This is a complete machine, not a single-axis specialist.

Where it falls short

Against classmates no axis lands in the low band — the peer comparison returns no weakness worth flagging. The honest middles: portability at 45.4 (mid) is the price of the 16-inch frame and the discrete card's heat, 3D modeling at 49 is mid rather than strong, and the 15 percent yearly depreciation rate is this batch's steeper side for a 2025 machine.

Price and depreciation

No launch anchor is recorded; the class-derived rate computes to 15 percent per year — steeper than the 2021-2023 machines here, as expected for recent silicon. At $765 the entry point is low enough that even that slope leaves comfortable margin: this is the rare listing where capability-per-dollar and recency point the same direction.

Alternatives to consider

The IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 16 (listing 1865) at $900 asks $135 more for a newer platform without improving the value case (46.15). The ThinkPad T1g Gen 9 (listing 1896) at $1,300 moves to an RTX 5060 with 96GB — a real step up at a real step up in price. And the 2023 pairing (listings 1866/1867) at $553 offers the RTX 3050 generation for $212 less, if older silicon is acceptable.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class — and the best capability-per-dollar in the batch. Enthusiast-tier CPU, high-band everything, an 84Wh battery, one of the batch's two AutoCAD flags, and no measured weak axis for $765. The trade is mid-band portability and a steeper modern depreciation curve, and it is an easy one to accept.