The Lenovo Legion Go joins our comparison of the best portable consoles!

Looking for a console to accompany you on your travels? This is good: the Lenovo Legion Go joins our comparison of the best portable consoles! Discover it in detail.

A beautiful screen and high performance

One of the good reasons to include the Legion Go in our comparison of the best portable consoles is undoubtedly its screen. With a diagonal of 8.8 inches, it is the largest screen ever seen on a portable console. This generous size, combined with a QHD definition (2560 x 1600) and a refresh rate of 144 Hz, offers an immersive and fluid visual experience.

The IPS panel ensures vivid colors and wide viewing angles, while the high brightness allows comfortable gaming even in bright environments. The 144 Hz refresh rate, particularly useful for action and competitive games, ensures exceptional image fluidity.

The performance is on par with the screen. The Legion Go is equipped with an AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme processor, with 8 cores and 16 threads, and an AMD Radeon 700M Series graphics card. This powerful configuration allows you to play the latest video games at high settings. Its specifications also allow you to use your Lenovo console as a real laptop PC; a nice 2-in-1 for the price.

You also benefit from faster execution and reduced loading times thanks to the 16 GB of LPDDR5 RAM and the 512 GB NVMe SSD (expandable up to 2 TB). In performance mode, the Legion Go is capable of running demanding games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Shadow of the Tomb Raider with satisfactory fluidity.

What is the Legion GO worth compared to competition of the same price?

Even though it is around €200 cheaper than the Legion Go, the ASUS ROG Ally portable console is comparable in certain respects.

In terms of screen quality, the two models are relatively equivalent, even if the ASUS device has the advantage of greater contrasts. For its part, the Legion Go offers a more generous screen, at 8.8 inches compared to 7 inches for the Ally.

And on the performance side? Here again, these two portable consoles play in the same league and allow you to play demanding games fluidly.

In our eyes, the ASUS ROG Ally nevertheless wins on the pure “portable console” level. In addition to the significant price difference, this model is also quieter, has better autonomy and offers superior ergonomics than its rival. When considering versatility, however, the Legion Go has the advantage of acting as a portable PC when needed.

IT specialist Lenovo takes on portable consoles

Nintendo’s Switch has been emulated on the portable console side, and since Valve’s Steam Deck, several manufacturers have joined in the exercise. This is the case for ASUS and Lenovo.

Lenovo is using its experience in computing on this occasion and offers us the very recent Legion Go. It’s a first version, but one that doesn’t lack panache. If improvements are possible (such as ergonomics or autonomy), this model remains convincing.