Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4
Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD (8 GB VRAM, AI Score 79) goes head-to-head with Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 (4 GB VRAM, AI Score 60). Below: specifications side by side, real VRAM, AI Scores, local prices and our verdict by use case.
Specifications compared
| Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 7 6800H | Intel Core i7-11800H |
| RAM | 32 GB | 16 GB |
| Storage | 512 GB NVME-GEN4 | 512 GB NVME-GEN4 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Laptop (8 GB GDDR6) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop (4 GB GDDR6) |
| Real VRAM | 8 GB | 4 GB |
| TDP | 45 W | 45 W |
| AI Score | 79/100 | 60/100 |
Why VRAM decides this
VRAM is the hard wall that decides which models load at all. The higher-VRAM laptop here runs larger LLMs, SDXL and FLUX more comfortably — always buy on the laptop VRAM figure, not the desktop GPU name. Read what VRAM means for AI .
Which wins, by use case
Better for Stable Diffusion
Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD
8 GB vs 4 GB VRAM
Better for local LLMs
Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD
AI Score 79 vs 60
Better for the budget
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4
620–880 GBP
Prices by market
| Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| en-GB | 700–950 GBP | 620–880 GBP |
| de | 740–980 EUR | 680–940 EUR |
| pl | 3200–4400 PLN | 2900–4100 PLN |
| fr | 740–980 EUR | 680–940 EUR |
| it | 720–960 EUR | 660–920 EUR |
| es | 700–940 EUR | 640–900 EUR |
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Lenovo Legion 5 Gen 7 AMD
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