February 10, 2026
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Legion 7a with AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470
The Legion 7a comes packaged with AMD's newest Gorgon Point CPU which is a big downgrade from last year's Intel HX processor. The rest of the laptop? Fantastic.
16 Inches | 512 GB | 16 GB | Core Ultra 7 255HX | RTX 5060
On Sale
The Lenovo Legion 7a is an undeniably attractive machine. Especially in white. It keeps the premium design the Legion 7 line is known for while slimming things down into a lighter, more portable chassis. For a 16-inch gaming laptop, it’s impressively easy to carry, and still offers excellent build quality, a fantastic OLED display, and improved battery life compared to its predecessor. On the surface, it feels like a well-thought-out evolution of the Legion 7 formula.
The problem lies at the heart of the laptop: AMD’s new Gorgon Point processor. While the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 sounds like a meaningful update on paper, in practice it delivers little to no improvement over last year’s 370 chip—and in some cases, it performs worse. Worse still, it often draws more power and runs hotter than that chip, undermining the efficiency gains you’d expect in a new generation. Against Intel’s HX processors found in the Legion 7i and competing laptops, it consistently falls behind in both CPU benchmarks and CPU-limited gaming scenarios.
16 Inches | 512 GB | 16 GB | Core Ultra 7 255HX | RTX 5060
On Sale
Gaming performance is solid but unremarkable. With the Legion 7a capped at an RTX 5060, it trails laptops equipped with higher-wattage GPUs or stronger CPUs, including Lenovo’s own Legion 7i—which, at the time of review, can be found for slightly less while offering a faster Intel HX processor and an RTX 5070. Creator workloads like video editing are perfectly usable, but again, the weaker CPU holds the system back compared to similarly priced alternatives.
Where the Legion 7a redeems itself is in everyday usability. Battery life is strong for a gaming laptop, the keyboard and display are excellent, and the reduced size and weight make it far more travel-friendly than previous Legion models. If portability is your top priority and you can find it at a meaningful discount, it might make sense.
14 Inches | 1 TB | 32 GB | Core Ultra 7 255H
As it stands, the Legion 7a feels like a great laptop let down by its new, somehow slightly worse, processor. Without a significant price cut, it’s hard to recommend over faster, better-value options, including Lenovo’s own 7i from last year.