The Lenovo Legion Go is a handheld gaming computer developed by Lenovo and released in October 2023, as part of their Lenovo Legion line. The device ships with Windows 11 and with the Lenovo Space game launcher.[1][2]
Technology
It has an 8.8 inch touch screen. Its CPU is an Ryzen Z1 APU chipset with RDNA integrated graphics. It has 16GB of 7500Mhz LPDDR5X RAM & 256GB - 1 TB of PCIe Gen4 SSD storage, hall effect analog sticks and a 49.2-watt-hour battery. Its starting cost is US$599.99 at launch.[3][4][5][6]
The display is a QHD+ screen with a 2560×1600 resolution, 16:10 ratio, 144 Hz and 500 nits.
There is an accessory line-up for the product, including VR glasses, surround sound wired headphones and a backpack. It is supplied with a carrying case, a power adapter, a controller base and an Xbox Game Pass.[7] It weighs 854 g with controllers and 650 g without them. Its cooling component features a liquid-crystal polymer 79-blade fan.
Reception
Gizmodo wrote that because of the Windows 11 software and the size of the handheld, it is at a disadvantage. They called it bulky and unwieldy.[8]
Notes
^Zen 4 with 4 nm process, 6-cores/12-threads, 22 MB cache, up to 4.90 GHz boost
^Zen 4 with 4 nm process, 8-cores/16-threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5.10 GHz boost
^Only when utilizing dual-issue instructions; de facto performance ~1.28 TFLOPS
^Only when utilizing dual-issue instructions; de facto performance ~4.14 TFLOPS
See also
Asus ROG Ally - Windows based handheld gaming device