Lenovo has spent much of this year expanding its gaming laptop portfolio, introducing models like the Legion 7a 15ASH11 with AMD Strix Halo processors and the Intel-powered Legion 5 15IAX11, which launched in the US in June with Arrow Lake HX chips and a 1,000-nit OLED panel. Now, in a quiet but notable update, the company is revisiting its AMD-based Legion Pro 5 family with revised graphics hardware.
A Revised GPU Configuration
The Legion Pro 5 16AFR10 originally debuted in January 2025 during CES, alongside Intel-based counterparts, offering up to an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 with 8 GB of video memory. Lenovo has now refreshed that same 16-inch AMD laptop to incorporate the newer 12 GB variant of the RTX 5070, which Nvidia announced in April. This updated GPU provides 50 percent more VRAM compared to the original 8 GB configuration, though the rest of the core specifications remain consistent with the earlier release.
Consistent Core Hardware and Display
Beyond the graphics update, the Legion Pro 5 16AFR10 retains the Ryzen 9 9955HX processor, a 16-core Zen 5 part with a 55 W thermal design power. Memory configurations remain capped at 32 GB of RAM, and the system still relies on an 80 Wh battery. The laptop’s display specifications are unchanged as well, featuring a 1600p OLED panel with a 240 Hz refresh rate, 500 nits of standard brightness, and a peak HDR brightness of 1,100 nits.
Global Availability on the Horizon
Currently, the refreshed Legion Pro 5 16AFR10 with the 12 GB RTX 5070 appears only on Lenovo’s PSREF product reference site. Listings there confirm that Lenovo has prepared stock-keeping units for all major markets, indicating that a broader international rollout should commence later this year. The quiet nature of the update suggests Lenovo is positioning this variant as a straightforward mid-cycle spec improvement rather than a full generational shift.
Source: psref.lenovo.com