Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 7 (2022, Intel) vs MSI Pulse 17 (2023)
Performance Scores
Metric
Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 7 (2022, Intel)
MSI Pulse 17 (2023)
Battery Life
60.00
62.00
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
20366.00
16034.00
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
1800.00
1889.00
Connectivity
89.00
60.00
Display
68.00
50.00
GPU performance
18.00
13.00
Gaming
58.00
48.00
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
14103.00
12873.00
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
2474.00
2608.00
Max. brightness
500.00
250.00
NanoReview Score
69.00
57.00
Performance
82.00
78.00
Portability
59.00
42.00
Specifications
Specification
Lenovo Legion 7i Gen 7 (2022, Intel)
MSI Pulse 17 (2023)
Adobe RGB profile
70.8%
39.7%
Ambient light sensor
No
No
Area
944 cm2 (146.2 inches2)
1087 cm2 (168.5 inches2)
Aspect ratio
16:10
16:9
Audio chip
Realtek ALC3306
N/A
Audio jack (3.5 mm)
Yes
Yes
Backlight
Yes
Yes
Base frequency
2.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
Battery type
Li-Po
Li-Po
Bluetooth
v5.2
v5.2
Bus
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
CPU
Intel Core i7 12800HXIntel Core i9 12900HX
Intel Core i7 13620HIntel Core i7 13700H
Channels
1x512 GB
1x512 GB
Charge power
300 W
240 W
Charging port position
Bottom
Left
Charging via USB (Power Delivery)
Yes
No
Clock
4800 MHz
5200 MHz
Coating
Matte
Matte
Colors
Gray
Black, Gray
Contrast
1243:1
1814:1
Cooling system
Active
Active
Cores
16 (8P + 8E)
10 (6P + 4E)
DCI-P3 color gamut
69.3%
38.4%
Dimensions
358.1 x 263.5 x 19.4 mm 14.1 x 10.37 x 0.76 inches
398 x 273 x 27.2 mm 15.67 x 10.75 x 1.07 inches
Display
-
2560 x 1600 (165Hz)2560 x 1600 (240Hz)2560 x 1600 (Mini LED)
-
1920 x 10802560 x 1440 (165Hz)2560 x 1440 (240Hz)
DisplayPort
No
No
Dolby Atmos
No
No
Ethernet (RJ45)
Yes
Yes
FLOPS
18.5 TFLOPS
13.4 TFLOPS
Fabrication process
8 nm
5 nm
Fast charging
Yes
Yes
Fingerprint
Yes
No
Full charging time
1:20 hr
2:00 hr
GPU
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile 16GB
GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile 6GBGeForce RTX 4060 Mobile 8GBGeForce RTX 4070 Mobile 8GB
GPU base clock
1035 MHz
2070 MHz
GPU boost clock
1485 MHz
2370 MHz
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
HDR support
Yes, Dolby Vision
No
Infrared sensor
No
No
Integrated GPU
Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
Intel UHD Graphics (64EU)
Key travel
1.5 mm
1.7 mm
Keyboard type
Island
Island
L3 Cache
25 MB
24 MB
Liquid metal
No
No
Loudness
~83 dB
~85 dB
Material
Aluminum
Plastic
Max. fan speed (RPM)
N/A
6000 RPM
Max. ram size
32 GB
64 GB
Memory bus
256 bit
96 bit
Memory size
8 GB
6 GB
Memory speed
~14 Gbps
~16 Gbps
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Microphones
2
2
NVMe
Yes
Yes
Noise level (max. load)
54.2 dB
46.5 dB
Number of fans
2
2
Numpad
Yes
Yes
Nvidia Optimus
MUX
MUX
Opening angle
180°
180°
Optical drive
No
No
PPI
189 ppi
127 ppi
Power
2x2W
2x2W
Proprietary charging port
Yes
Yes
RAM
-
16GB32GB
-
16GB32GB64GB
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs)
80
32
Refresh rate
165 Hz
144 Hz
Replaceable
No
No
Resolution
2560 x 1600 pixels
1920 x 1080 pixels
Response time
3 ms
28 ms
SD card reader
No
No
Screen-to-body ratio
~78.7%
~75.9%
Shading units (cores)
5632
2560
Side bezels
6.8 mm
7.5 mm
Size
12.0 x 7.5 cm
17.3 inches
Speakers
2.0
2.0
Storage
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
-
512GB1024GB2048GB
Storage type
SSD (M2)
SSD (M2)
Surface
Plastic
Plastic
Sync technology
G-Sync
No
TGP
150 W
140 W
Texture mapping units (TMUs)
176
80
Threads
24
16
Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt 4
No
Total slots
2
2
Touchscreen
No
No
Transformer
No
No
Turbo frequency
4.8 GHz
4.9 GHz
Type
DDR5
DDR5
USB Type-C
4x USB 3.2
1x USB 3.2
USB-A
2x USB 3.2
3x USB 3.2
Upgradable
Yes
Yes
VGA
No
No
Vapor chamber
Yes
No
Webcam
Above the display
Above the display
Webcam resolution
1920 x 1080
1280 x 720
Weight
2.5 kg (5.51 lbs)
2.7 kg (5.95 lbs)
Weight of AC adapter
846 grams
N/A
Wi-Fi standard
v6E
v6
Windows Precision
Yes
Yes
sRGB color space
98.2%
57.5%