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Lenovo Legion 9i 18, Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus, 64GB, 2TB SSD, RTX 5090, Eclipse Black
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX
RAM 64 GB
Storage 2 TB
Screen 18" 2560x1600
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
OS Windows 11 Home
Weight 3.5 kg
Battery 100 Wh
70 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong port selection (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong cpu (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong gpu (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (97th percentile) 97th
Cons
- Below average affordability (1st percentile)
- Below average portability (1st percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX |
| Cores | 24 |
| Frequency | 1.8 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 36 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 24 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | SSD |
Display
| Size | 18" |
| Resolution | 2560x1600 (QHD) |
| Panel | IPS |
| Refresh Rate | 240 Hz |
| Brightness | 520 nits |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 3 |
| USB Ports | 3 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 x2 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | 2.5Gb LAN |
Physical
| Weight | 3.5 kg / 7.7 lbs |
| Battery | 100 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Home |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo Legion 9i 18 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | HP OMEN Transcend | MSI Raider RAIDERGE6814247 | Alienware Aurora LAC16251-9582BLU-PUS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core i9 14900HX | Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 4096 | 2048 | 1024 | 2048 | 2048 |
| Screen | 18" 2560x1600 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 3840x2160 | 16" 2560x1600 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| OS | Windows 11 Home | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 3.5 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Battery (Wh) | 100 | 72 | - | 71 | 100 | 96 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo Legion 9i 18 | 99.6 | 98.5 | 97 | 99.9 | 91 | 1 | 89.8 | 81.8 | 77 | 0.8 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 93.8 | 90.7 | 95.7 | 73.5 | 99.3 | 68.9 | 98.5 | 98.1 | 87.8 | 1.6 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 91.2 | 97.4 | 90.9 | 89.4 | 96.5 | 73.7 | 89.8 | 60.4 | 98.4 | 5.4 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 90.1 | 92.6 | 89.8 | 89.4 | 96.5 | 72.3 | 65.2 | 33.4 | 97.3 | 8.4 |
| MSI Raider RAIDERGE6814247 Compare | 93.2 | 94.5 | 86.4 | 98.6 | 98 | 9.3 | 93.9 | 60.4 | 51.3 | 10.2 |
| Alienware Aurora LAC16251-9582BLU-PUS Compare | 97.2 | 92.6 | 86.4 | 83.3 | 90.7 | 12.6 | 89.8 | 4 | 98.4 | 14.1 |
Usage Scores
- Overall69.7
- AI/LLM81.3
- Gaming81.6
- Portability44.7
- Creator87.8
- Student59.1
- Business64.2
- Developer85.4
- Entertainment74.7
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