Lenovo’s Laptops: Think for Work, Legion and LOQ for Games

Lenovo sells its laptops under six main names: IdeaPad for everyday use, Yoga for creative work and 2-in-1s, ThinkBook and ThinkPad for business, and LOQ and Legion for gaming. In the business and gaming pairs, Lenovo pitches one as the budget line: ThinkBook is the cheaper business family and LOQ the cheaper gaming family. On Lenovo’s US store on 24 October 2026 the lowest prices shown ran from $629.99 for an IdeaPad on a deal to $1,499.99 for a Legion.

Lenovo was running a sale when we read its store, and it shows most prices as cuts from a higher “Est Value”, which is not a list price. The prices below are what Lenovo showed that day; we mark the ones Lenovo labelled as a deal or sale.

The families at a glance

Family	What Lenovo says it is	Lowest price shown, 24 Oct 2026	Model at that price
IdeaPad	“Affordable, reliable laptops for everyday tasks”	$629.99, featured deal; $749.99 without one	IdeaPad Slim 3x (15-inch, Snapdragon); IdeaPad Slim 3 (15-inch, AMD)
Yoga	“Versatile laptops, with tablet mode, to boost creativity”	$799.99, featured deal	Yoga Slim 7x (14-inch, Snapdragon)
ThinkBook	“Durable, budget-friendly laptops built for business”	$939.00	ThinkBook 16 Gen 9 (Intel)
ThinkPad	“Laptops & workstations for business on the go”	$1,219.00	ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (Intel)
LOQ	“Budget-friendly gaming laptops for new & casual players”	$1,101.99 with a weekend eCoupon; $1,199.99 without	LOQ 15-inch AMD, RTX 5050; LOQ 15-inch Intel, RTX 5050
Legion	“Sleek, powerful gaming laptops for bold players”	$1,499.99	Legion 5i Gen 10 (15-inch Intel), RTX 5060

Lenovo’s store also has a seventh filter, plain Lenovo and Lenovo Slim, which on 24 October held Chromebooks and the Lenovo Googlebook 15; our Googlebook comparison sets that one against Acer’s and Dell’s.

The letters and numbers in the names

Letter	Chip, as Lenovo’s store pairs it	Example on the store
i	Intel	IdeaPad Slim 5i (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) (16-inch Intel)
a	AMD	IdeaPad Slim 5a (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) (16-inch AMD)
x	Qualcomm Snapdragon	IdeaPad Slim 5x (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) (15-inch Snapdragon)
n	NVIDIA	Yoga 9n 2-in-1 (16-inch NVIDIA)

The letter after the number names the chip maker, and Lenovo repeats it in brackets on each listing. Not every model follows it: the IdeaPad Vibe and one AMD IdeaPad Slim 3 carry no letter. “Aura Edition”, on many Yoga and some ThinkPad models, has a filter of its own on Lenovo’s store.

IdeaPad: four series for everyday use

Series	Lenovo’s description	Lowest “Starting at” on the IdeaPad page
Slim	“Designed for Mobility & Portability”	$779.99 (Slim 3i, 15-inch Intel)
Vibe	“The Smarter Choice for Personality”	$799.99 (14-inch and 15-inch)
2-in-1	“Designed for Versatility & Immersion”	$999.99 (IdeaPad 5i 2-in-1, 14-inch)
Pro	“Designed for Performance & Productivity”	$2,399.99 (Pro 5i, 16-inch Intel)

The IdeaPad page and the filtered listing disagree at the bottom: the page’s Slim tiles started at $779.99, while the listing showed a Slim 3x (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) on a featured deal and a Slim 3 below that. Lenovo lists the 16-inch Pro 5i (affiliate link to Amazon, opens in a new tab) with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics chip.

The Vibe is the newest series. Lenovo launched it at IFA on 3 September 2026 in seven colours developed with the Pantone Institute, with swappable keycaps sold separately; its release names Snapdragon X chips, and the US store also lists AMD versions.

Yoga: creative laptops, and a naming split

Model on the Yoga page	Starting at
Yoga Slim 7x (14-inch Snapdragon)	$799.99
Yoga 7i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (14-inch Intel)	$949.99
Yoga Slim 7i Ultra Aura Edition (14-inch Intel)	$2,049.99
Yoga 9i 2-in-1 Aura Edition (14-inch Intel)	$2,379.99
Lenovo Pro 9i Aura Edition (16-inch Intel)	$2,449.99
Yoga Pro 7a (15-inch AMD)	$2,569.99
Yoga 9n 2-in-1 (16-inch NVIDIA)	$2,999.99
Lenovo Pro 9n (15-inch NVIDIA)	$2,999.99

Lenovo says Yoga devices “are designed around the creative process”. The range covers thin clamshells (Slim), convertibles (2-in-1) and the Pro creator models, at prices that start above IdeaPad’s.

Lenovo’s US store and its newsroom use different names for the same creator laptop. Lenovo’s 3 September release calls it the Yoga Pro 9n, with NVIDIA’s RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of unified memory; the US store’s Yoga page lists it as the Lenovo Pro 9n. Search for both names when comparing prices.

ThinkPad and ThinkBook: the business pair

Lenovo’s ThinkPad page calls it “the brand for business excellence”, built for “reliability, security, and long-term performance”. Its US store sorts ThinkPads into the X1, X9, X, T, E, L and P series, and names its P14s a mobile workstation. ThinkBook is Lenovo’s budget-friendly business line, and its cheapest model cost less than the cheapest ThinkPad on the day we read them.

Durability testing is not the dividing line between the business and home families: Lenovo claims MIL-STD-810H testing on its IdeaPad page too. The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 is the Lenovo in our best-laptops shortlist, which averages outlets’ review scores.

LOQ and Legion: the gaming pair

On the LOQ listing we read, the graphics ran from an RTX 3050 in the LOQ Essential to up to an RTX 5060, in 15-inch and 17-inch sizes. The cheapest Legions we saw started at an RTX 5060, with RTX 5070 models above them, across the Legion 5, Legion 7 and Legion Pro 5.

The GPU name is half of it: the same RTX 5070 runs at different wattages, and that piece finds Lenovo’s PSREF listing 100W for one in a Yoga Pro 9 and 115W in a Legion Pro 5. Legion is also the name on Lenovo’s handhelds, which our Legion Go guide covers.

Questions people ask

What is the difference between ThinkPad and ThinkBook?

Both are Lenovo business laptops. Lenovo calls ThinkBook “durable, budget-friendly laptops built for business” and ThinkPad “laptops & workstations for business on the go”, with security and long-term reliability as its pitch. On Lenovo’s US store the cheapest ThinkBook cost less than the cheapest ThinkPad.

What is the difference between Lenovo LOQ and Legion?

Both are Lenovo gaming laptops. Lenovo calls LOQ “budget-friendly gaming laptops for new & casual players” and Legion “sleek, powerful gaming laptops for bold players”. The LOQ models we saw ran from an RTX 3050 up to an RTX 5060; the cheapest Legions we saw started at an RTX 5060.

Is IdeaPad or Yoga better?

They are built for different jobs rather than ranked. Lenovo calls IdeaPad its line for everyday tasks and Yoga its line for creativity, with tablet mode on its 2-in-1s. Yoga’s cheapest models cost more than IdeaPad’s on Lenovo’s US store.

What does the i, a or x mean in Lenovo laptop names?

The chip maker. On Lenovo’s US store the letter after the number matches the chip in brackets: i for Intel, a for AMD, x for Qualcomm Snapdragon and n for NVIDIA. A few models, such as the IdeaPad Vibe, carry no letter.

What is the IdeaPad Vibe?

A colourful everyday IdeaPad Lenovo launched at IFA on 3 September 2026, in 14-inch and 15-inch sizes and seven colours chosen with the Pantone Institute, with swappable keycaps sold separately. Lenovo’s release names Snapdragon X chips; its US store also lists AMD versions.

Is a ThinkPad more durable than an IdeaPad?

Lenovo claims MIL-STD-810H testing for both: its IdeaPad page says IdeaPads meet that standard, and ThinkPad pages say “MIL-SPEC tested durability”. Those are Lenovo’s own claims; we have not tested either.