Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3(i) 15″ and 16″ 165Hz Specs and Details

Lenovo announces 4 new 7th generation creator-oriented gaming laptops running Windows 11 at MWC 2022, the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 of 15 and 16 inches under AMD Rembrandt and Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i of 15 and 16 inches under Intel Alder Lake. The program includes a 165Hz screen, an NVIDIA Ampere or Intel Arc graphics card, SSD storage or Wi-Fi ax, USB-C and Thunderbolt 4 connectivity.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15-inch Gen 7 is built around an AMD APU (Accelerated Processing Unit) Rembrandt processor up to the Ryzen 7 6800H (3.2 GHz) Octo Core with integrated graphics Radeon 680M.

The latter is supported by a dedicated NVIDIA Ampere graphics card up to the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti ray tracing 4 GB GDDR6 dedicated (1485 MHz, 85W).

At the heart of this laptop targeting gamers and creators also take place up to 32 GB DDR5 4800MHz of RAM as well as M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD storage with a maximum capacity of 1 TB.

The new 15-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7 also features 6-ax Wi-Fi connectivity, Bluetooth 5.0, HDMI 2.0, headphone/mic combo audio, Gigabit Ethernet, 2 USB 3.2 (Gen1) and 1 USB 3.2 Type-C (Gen2).

This new laptop is also equipped with 2 Nahimic Audio speakers, a backlit chiclet keyboard with numeric keypad and an HD webcam with microphone.

It entrusts its display to a 15.6-inch screen up to the IPS Full HD (1920×1080) 16/9th 165Hz 100% sRGB 300cd/m².

Expected in white Glacier White and grey Onyx Grey, it weighs 2.4 Kg and measures 21.8 mm.
It runs on Windows 11 (Pro) with a battery either 3 cells 45Whr or 4 cells 60Whr and in any case rechargeable 40% in just 15 minutes thanks to the Rapid Charge technology.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7 of 16 inches stands out for its greater finesse established at 20.9 mm and its higher weight of 2.5 Kg.

It adopts 16 inch 16/10th IPS 2.5K WQHD (2560×1600) 165Hz sRGB 500cd/m² screen.
In addition, it is only in Onyx Grey and is equipped with a higher capacity 4-cell 70Whr battery that can be recharged by 50% in 30 minutes.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Gen 7 of 15 and 16 inches are distinguished by the fact that they run under Intel Alder Lake processor and more precisely Alder Lake-H up to the Core i7-12700H (14 cores, 2.3 GHz, 6P 8E) with iris Xe integrated graphics solution.

In addition they adopt a DDR4 memory 3200MHz (up to 32 GB) and can be equipped with a graphics card either Intel Arc A370M or NVIDIA Ampere up to the GeForce RTX 3060 ray tracing 6 GB GDDR6 dedicated (1425 MHz, 105W).

In addition, their USB-C port is also Thunderbolt 4 under editions equipped with an Intel Arc and AMD Ampere graphics card from the GeForce RTX 3050.

The Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Gen 7 of 15 inches also planned in Glacier White and Onyx Grey is expected with a 15.6-inch screen up to IPS 2.5K WQHD (1920×1080) 16/9th 165Hz 100% sRGB 350cd/m².

Against a 16-inch 16/10th IPS 2.5K WQHD (2560×1600) 165Hz sRGB 500cd/m² panel for the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Gen 7 16-inch edition.

If the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Gen 7 of 15 inches is scheduled for May 2022 from 999 euros, it will be necessary to wait until next June to get your hands on a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7 of 15 inches (again from 999 euros) or a Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3i Gen 7 of 16 inches (from 1099 euros) while the Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 Gen 7 of 16 inches is planned for July 2022 from 1099 euros.