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ROG ALLY or Lenovo Legion Go: Which console to choose?
Screen
The ROG Ally features a 7-inch FHD touchscreen (1920 x 1080) with a 120Hz refresh rate and FreeSync™ Premium support, ensuring exceptional gaming display. The screen incorporates two major advantages: Gorilla Glass Victus technology for a thinner and more scratch-resistant screen and Gorilla Glass DXC technology to reduce reflections and fingerprints. Corning® Gorilla® Glass DXC coating allows you to see what's happening on the screen in bright or outdoor environments.
The Lenovo Legion Go has an 8.8-inch PureSight touchscreen with a Quad HD Plus resolution (2,560 x 1,600 pixels) and a refresh rate of up to 144Hz.
The Legion Go has a slight advantage in terms of screen size, resolution, and refresh rate, but this will affect battery life when you're gaming.
Performance and Cooling System
Both consoles are powered by the same processor, the AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, and an AMD RDNA graphics card, which means they offer similar performance. Both devices have 16GB of LPDDR5X RAM. The Legion Go offers more storage capacity.
The ROG console stands out with its ROG Intelligent Cooling system.
The ROG Ally is designed to let you game anywhere, its anti-gravity heat pipes significantly improve heat transfer using a tubular structure for the wick, allowing Ally's cooling solution to maintain its efficiency even when upside down.
Connectivity
Both consoles offer similar connectivity features, with USB-C ports, a 3.5mm audio jack, support for Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.2. Both consoles run on Windows 11, which means players will have access to a wide variety of games and applications.
The ROG Ally is specifically designed for travel, equipped with ultra-fast Wi-Fi 6E.
Wi-Fi 6E supports a network capacity four times greater and 75% lower latency than Wi-Fi 6, allowing the console to stream videos, access cloud gaming services, and download games effortlessly, even on crowded networks.
Portability
The ROG Ally is ideal in terms of portability, with a smaller screen that's perfect for outdoor use (suited for brightness, anti-glare) and a compact design. This makes it perfect for gamers looking for a gaming console that's easier to carry.
Regardless of your hand size, the shape of the ROG Ally console is perfectly adapted. Thanks to angles of 92 and 104 degrees, it allows for optimal wrist and palm comfort while maintaining an elegant appearance. Furthermore, the curved back fits perfectly in your palm, offering an extremely comfortable grip that ensures absolute comfort during long gaming sessions.
The Legion Go, although larger, offers a more immersive screen experience, but it can be less practical for on-the-go use due to its larger dimensions and weight.
Weight
The ROG Ally weighs only 608 grams, and it remains comfortable even during extended gaming sessions, never becoming a burden in your backpack.
In comparison, the Lenovo Legion Go console has a significantly higher weight than the ROG, at 640 grams.
ROG ALLY | Lenovo Legion Go | |
| Dimensions | 11.02x 4.37 x 0.83 inches | 8.27 x 5.16 x 0.79 inches |
| Weight | 1.34 lbs | 1.41 lbs |
| Processor | AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme (Zen4 architecture 4nm process, 8 cores / 16 threads, 24 MB cache, up to 5.1 GHz) | AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme, up to 5.1 GHz, 16 MB L3 cache |
| RAM | 16 Go LPDDR5 | 16 Go LPDDR5 x 7500MHz |
| Storage | Up to 512 GB of SSD | PCIe 4.0 NVMe M.2 2242 SSD of 256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB. |
| Graphics card | AMD Radeon (RDNA 3, up to 2.7 GHz, up to 8.6 Teraflops) | AMD RDNA 3 |
| Display | - Touchscreen - 7 inch - 120 Hz refresh rate - 500 nits | - Touchscreen - 8.8 inch - 120 Hz refresh rate - 97% DCI-P3 - 500 nits |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 home |
| Color | White | Black |
Warranty Duration | 24 months | 24 months |
| Ports | - 1 USB type-C, - 1 ROG XG mobile interface - 1 audio jack - 1 micro SD card reader | - 2 USB4 - 1 audio jack - 1 micro SD card reader |
In conclusion, the Lenovo Legion Go seems to offer an advantage in terms of screen size, larger storage capacity, and potentially longer battery life. However, the ROG Ally is more compact and portable, and it also delivers excellent performance. The choice between the two will depend on personal preferences regarding screen size, storage, and other specific features. Gaming performance should be comparable as both devices use similar components.
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