Detailed Specs Comparison

ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC vs. Lenovo Legion Tower 5i

Here is a side by side comparison between ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC and Lenovo Legion Tower 5i specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest February 22, 2022

Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	11th Generation Intel Rocket Lake Processors. Intel® B560 Chipset Up to 65W Intel Core i9-11900 (8 cores, 16 threads, 16MB Cache, Up to 5.2 GHz) Up to 128GB of 3200 MHz Dual-Channel DDR4 Memory Up to NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 3070 (8GB GDDR6) Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A2000 (6GB GDDR6) Up to 700W 80+ Bronze PSU 2 x M.2 slots and 6 x SATA ports ASUS Lumiwiz LED indicators - Embedded in the front chassis, which illuminates a pair of light bars to indicate the status of the CPU, VGA, and more. ProArt Creator Hub - is your personal portal for monitoring your PD5’s status, personalizing settings, or optimizing your workflow. ISV Certified - To ensure ProArt Station PD5 works as expected with professional applications from the world’s leading software companies. More Built-in handle for mobility Physical latch for the power button Tool-free HDD tray for easy upgrade Dolby Atmos® support ASUS AI noise-canceling technology Wi-Fi 6

Availability	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Released	2021	2021
Release Info	Announced on September 2, 2021	Announced on January 13, 2021.
Applicable Models	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - 28IMB05 2021 Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Lenovo Legion Tower 5 (Intel 10th Gen) Lenovo Legion Tower 5 (Intel B460)

ASUS ProArt Station PD5 Price
	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 prebuilt Desktop, Intel Core i7 Processor, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Nvidia RTX 3070, Windows 11 Home, PD500TC-PH778, Black By ASUS $2,999.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Station PD500TE Desktop, Intel i9-13900, NVIDIA RTX A4000(Beats RTX 4060), Multizone Cooling, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Win11P, for Designing, Work Station Bundle with TUF Gaming VP4700 Backpack By ASUS $2,049.97 Was: $2,299.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Display 27” 5K HDR Professional Monitor (PA27JCV) - 5K (5120 x 2880), IPS, 99% DCI-P3, 100% sRGB, ΔE < 2, USB-C PD 96W, Calman Verified, Color Accurate, Auto KVM, LuxPixel, 3 yr Warranty By ASUS $1,118.06	See at Amazon
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Price
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700F, GeForce RTX 3070, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD + 8TB HDD, RJ-45, Display Port, HDMI, Wired Keyboard & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Lenovo $2,299.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo LOQ i5 RTX 4060 Premium Gaming Tower Desktop, i5-14400F(Beats Intel i7-13700H), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Pro By Lenovo $1,249.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 6 Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700, GTX 1660 Super, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD + 2TB HDD, HDMI, DP, Wi-Fi 6, Wired KB&Mouse, RJ-45, Windows 11 Home, Black By Lenovo $799.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Size Comparison
Dimensions	16.05 x 16.42 x 7.09” (407.6 x 417 x 18 mm)	17.99” x 17.94” x 7.26” (457 x 455.8 x 184.5 mm)
Weight	22.05 lbs. (10.0 kg)	27.6 lbs (12.5 kg)
Colors	Black	Phantom Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Wireless optical mouse Wired optical mouse Wireless keyboard Wired keyboard	Keyboard Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Keyboard (USB connector), black Mouse Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black Lenovo Mouse (USB connector), black
Ports	Front 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) 1 x 2-in-1 SD/MMC card reader 1 x Combo audio jack 3.5mm Rear 6 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps) 2 x DisplayPort 1.2 1 x HDMI 1.4 1 x RJ-45 Killer™ E3000 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet 2 x PS2 3 x Audio port 7.1 channel audio	Top 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps). 1 x Headset Headphone/Microphone combo 3.5mm jack. 1 x Microphone 3.5mm jack. 1 x Power button Rear 2 x USB-A USB 2.0 (480Mbps). 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps). 1 x USB-C USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5Gbps). 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet. 3 x Audio jack 3.5mm Microphone/Headphone/Line-out jack. 1 x Power connector

Chasis	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Form Factor	Mid Tower	Tower (28L)
Power Supply	550W 80+ Bronze peak 550W 550W 80+ Gold peak 550W 700W 80+ Bronze peak 750W	350W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 100 - 240V 400W 80+ Gold 90% Efficiency 100 - 240V 650W 80+ Gold 90% Efficiency 100 - 240V
Bays		2 x 3.5" disk bay
Optical Drives		Optional DVD burner DVD±RW, SATA 1.5Gb/s, slim (9.0mm)
Chasis Information		System Lighting Front panel light; Optional ARGB cooler light and ARGB system fan light Cooling System (Optional) Front system fan, rear system fan for airflow or liquid (Optional) 65W Air-Cooler, 95W Air-Cooler, 150W Air-Cooler, or 150W Liquid-Cooler Chasis Features Carry handle

Internal Specs	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Chipset	Intel® B560 Chipset	Intel B460 Chipset
Processor	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500 6C/12T, 2.70 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700 8C/16T, 2.50 → 4.90 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900 8C/16T, 2.50 → 5.20 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F 6C/12T, 2.90 → 4.30 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F 8C/16T, 2.90 → 4.80 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700K 8C/16T, 3.80 → 5.10 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 125W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 10C/20T, 2.80 → 5.20 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 65W 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900F 10C/20T, 2.80 → 5.20 GHz, 20MB SmartCache, 65W
Integrated Graphics	11th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-11500 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Intel® UHD Graphics 750 32 Execution Units, 350 → 1300 MHz	10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1100 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-10400F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700F Not Available 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-10700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 10th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-10900F Not Available
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3060 - 12GB GDDR6 RTX™ 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 LHR NVIDIA RTX™️ A2000 - 6GB GDDR6	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1650 SUPER™ - 4GB GDDR6 1660 SUPER™ - 6GB GDDR6 NVIDIA GeForce RTX™️ 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 2070 - 8GB GDDR6 2070 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 2080 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 3060 - 12GB GDDR6 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 AMD Radeon™ RX 5500 - 4GB GDDR6 5700XT - 8GB GDDR6
Memory	Memory Slots: 4 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 3200MHz Memory Per Slot: 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Configurations 8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB 3200 MHz Dual-Channel DDR4 memory.	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Single or dual-channel DDR4 2933 or 3200 MHz. 4 x DDR4 UDIMM slots, dual-channel capable
Storage	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 RPM 3.5” SATA HDD	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 (Gen 4) NVME SSD. 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5” SATA Hard Drive.
Slots	Expansion Slots 1 x PCIe x16 slot PCIe Gen 4.0, Full-height 2 x PCIe x1 slot PCIe Gen 3.0, Full-height SATA 6 x SATA slots For HDD and SSD. M.2 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 2 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For NVMe PCIe SSD	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 2 x PCIe 3.0 x1 1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card. 2 x M.2 2230/2280 slot For PCIe solid-state drive.

Connectivity	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 5 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 5.2 Wi-Fi 6 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-6 (802.11ax) Bluetooth 5.2	Intel® Wi-Fi 5 2 x 2 802.11 AC Intel® Wi-Fi 6 2 x 2 802.11 AX
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.0	Bluetooth 5.1
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
OS	Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro
Built-in Apps	ProArt Creator Hub My ASUS Office 30-day Trial	Legion Vantage McAfee LiveSafe™ Microsoft Office Trial XBOX Game Pass PowerDVD/Power2Go Lenovo PC Manager Lenovo Antivirus Microsoft Office 2016 Home and Student Microsoft LinkedIn

Camera & Audio	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Audio	Audio controller High Definition 7.1 Channel Audio External Ports 1 x Combo audio port Front 3 x Audio ports 7.1 channel audio	Dolby Atmos® Gaming Effect

Misc	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i
Security	BIOS Booting User Password Protection HDD User Password Protection and Security McAfee LiveSafe™ 30-day trial Trusted Platform Module (Firmware TPM)	BIOS Security Power-on password Administrator password
In the box	Optional Wireless optical mouse Wired optical mouse Wireless keyboard Wired keyboard 3.5" HDD assembly kit
Warranty		1-year depot service 1-year limited onsite service 2-year depot service

ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC vs. Lenovo Legion Tower 5i

The ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC and the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i were released in the same year, 2021. Both systems share the same full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution.

Processor

The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is like the brains of your desktop computer. Its performance determines how fast and responsive your PC is. Generally, a processor with newer architecture, more CPU cores, higher TDP (measured in W), and faster clock speed (measured in GHz) tends to be more expensive and run faster than others with older architecture, fewer CPU cores, lower TDP, and lower clock speed.

For ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC, you have options to configure it with a 65W 11th Generation Intel Rocket Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-11500 up to a 65W 8-core Intel Core i9-11900 with a boost speed up to 5.20 GHz.

While Lenovo Legion Tower 5i has configurations with a 65W 10th Generation Intel Comet Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-10400 up to a 65W 10-core Intel Core i9-10900F with a boost speed up to 5.20 GHz.

Memory

The Random Access Memory or RAM is the super-fast and temporary storage used to handle all active tasks, apps, and games that will go away when your PC turns off. The more memory your PC has, the better multitasking your PC can handle without having to reload data from slower permanent storage that includes the hard disk drive or solid-state drive.

Both PCs have the same amount of four RAM slots meaning that you upgrade later if you are unsatisfied with the amount of memory on your PC. You can upgrade memory on ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC up to 128GB of 3200MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, it supports up to 64GB of 3200MHz or 128GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory.

Ports

Computer ports are the interface for connecting your PC to its peripheral devices or other PCs. The most common peripherals are keyboard, mouse, monitor, flash drive, speaker, and printer. Most of them use Universal Serial Bus (USB) as their connection to your computer. So the PC with more USB ports can connect to more peripherals at the same time.

There is a total number of 9 USB ports available on the ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC, two more than the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i that has only 7 USB ports. On top of the number of USB ports, the type and version of each USB port are also necessary for determining how fast it is.

The ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC has eight USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and seven ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, it has six USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

ASUS ProArt Station PD5 Price
	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 prebuilt Desktop, Intel Core i7 Processor, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Nvidia RTX 3070, Windows 11 Home, PD500TC-PH778, Black By ASUS $2,999.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Station PD500TE Desktop, Intel i9-13900, NVIDIA RTX A4000(Beats RTX 4060), Multizone Cooling, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD, Win11P, for Designing, Work Station Bundle with TUF Gaming VP4700 Backpack By ASUS $2,049.97 Was: $2,299.00	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Display 27” 5K HDR Professional Monitor (PA27JCV) - 5K (5120 x 2880), IPS, 99% DCI-P3, 100% sRGB, ΔE < 2, USB-C PD 96W, Calman Verified, Color Accurate, Auto KVM, LuxPixel, 3 yr Warranty By ASUS $1,118.06	See at Amazon
Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Price
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700F, GeForce RTX 3070, 64GB RAM, 2TB SSD + 8TB HDD, RJ-45, Display Port, HDMI, Wired Keyboard & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Pro, Black By Lenovo $2,299.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo LOQ i5 RTX 4060 Premium Gaming Tower Desktop, i5-14400F(Beats Intel i7-13700H), NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Wired KB & Mouse, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Pro By Lenovo $1,249.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gen 6 Gaming Desktop, Intel Core i7-11700, GTX 1660 Super, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD + 2TB HDD, HDMI, DP, Wi-Fi 6, Wired KB&Mouse, RJ-45, Windows 11 Home, Black By Lenovo $799.00	See at Amazon