Detailed Specs Comparison

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

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

BY Evan Forrest February 22, 2022

Specs Comparison

	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it Lenovo Legion Tower 5i See at Amazon	Compare With Please enter device name or part of it ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC See at Amazon
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	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Released	2021	2021
Release Info	Announced on January 13, 2021.	Announced on September 2, 2021
Applicable Models	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 PD500TC

Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Price
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - 2022 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - Intel i7-12700F - RTX 3070-16GB RAM - 1TB SSD - Win 11 - Black - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3-Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $1,327.98	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop PC \| Intel Core i5-10400 \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB NVMe M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD \| Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 \| Windows 10 Home (Renewed) By Lenovo $499.99 Was: $529.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - 2023 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA RTX 4060 LHR - Intel Core i7-13700F - 16GB RAM - 1 TB HDD + 512GB SSD - Win 11 - Storm Grey - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3 Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $1,379.00	See at Amazon
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 $1,049.99 Was: $1,999.99	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 prebuilt Desktop, Intel Core i7 Processor, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Nvidia RTX 3070, Windows 11 Home, PD500TC-PH778, Black (Renewed) By ASUS $1,049.99	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Display 27” 4K HDR Professional Monitor (PA279CRV) - IPS, UHD (3840 x 2160), 99% DCI-P3/Adobe RGB, ΔE < 2, Calman Verified, USB-C PD 96W, DisplayPort, Daisy-Chain, Height Adjustable By ASUS $419.00 Was: $469.00	See at Amazon

Exterior	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Size Comparison
Dimensions	17.99” x 17.94” x 7.26” (457 x 455.8 x 184.5 mm)	16.05 x 16.42 x 7.09” (407.6 x 417 x 18 mm)
Weight	27.6 lbs (12.5 kg)	22.05 lbs. (10.0 kg)
Colors	Phantom Black	Black
Keyboard and Trackpad	Keyboard Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Keyboard (USB connector), black Mouse Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black Lenovo Mouse (USB connector), black	Wireless optical mouse Wired optical mouse Wireless keyboard Wired keyboard
Ports	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	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

Chasis	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Form Factor	Tower (28L)	Mid Tower
Power Supply	350W 80+ Bronze 85% Efficiency 100 - 240V 400W 80+ Gold 90% Efficiency 100 - 240V 650W 80+ Gold 90% Efficiency 100 - 240V	550W 80+ Bronze peak 550W 550W 80+ Gold peak 550W 700W 80+ Bronze peak 750W
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	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Chipset	Intel B460 Chipset	Intel® B560 Chipset
Processor	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	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
Integrated Graphics	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	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
Discrete Graphics	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	NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 3060 - 12GB GDDR6 RTX™ 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 LHR NVIDIA RTX™️ A2000 - 6GB GDDR6
Memory	8GB 16GB 32GB 64GB 128GB Single or dual-channel DDR4 2933 or 3200 MHz. 4 x DDR4 UDIMM slots, dual-channel capable	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.
Storage	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe 4.0 x4 (Gen 4) NVME SSD. 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5” SATA Hard Drive.	256GB 512GB 1TB 2TB M.2 PCIe NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 RPM 3.5” SATA HDD
Slots	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.	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

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Wi-Fi	Intel® Wi-Fi 5 2 x 2 802.11 AC Intel® Wi-Fi 6 2 x 2 802.11 AX	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
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.1	Bluetooth 5.0
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
OS	Windows 10 Home Windows 10 Pro	Windows 11 Home Windows 11 Pro
Built-in Apps	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	ProArt Creator Hub My ASUS Office 30-day Trial

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

Misc	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC
Security	BIOS Security Power-on password Administrator password	BIOS Booting User Password Protection HDD User Password Protection and Security McAfee LiveSafe™ 30-day trial Trusted Platform Module (Firmware TPM)
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

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

The Lenovo Legion Tower 5i and the ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC 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 Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, you have options to configure it 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.

While ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC has configurations 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.

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 Lenovo Legion Tower 5i up to 64GB of 3200MHz or 128GB of 2933MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC, it supports up to 128GB of 3200MHz 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 7 USB ports available on the Lenovo Legion Tower 5i, two less than the ASUS ProArt Station PD5 - PD500TC that has 9 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 Lenovo Legion Tower 5i has six USB Type-A ports and one USB Type-C port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and five ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

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

Pricing

Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Price
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - 2022 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - Intel i7-12700F - RTX 3070-16GB RAM - 1TB SSD - Win 11 - Black - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3-Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $1,327.98	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i Gaming Desktop PC \| Intel Core i5-10400 \| NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super \| 16GB DDR4 RAM \| 256GB NVMe M.2 SSD + 1TB HDD \| Wi-Fi 6 + Bluetooth 5.1 \| Windows 10 Home (Renewed) By Lenovo $499.99 Was: $529.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion Tower 5i - 2023 - Gaming Desktop - NVIDIA RTX 4060 LHR - Intel Core i7-13700F - 16GB RAM - 1 TB HDD + 512GB SSD - Win 11 - Storm Grey - Mouse & Keyboard - Free 3 Month Xbox GamePass By Lenovo $1,379.00	See at Amazon
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 $1,049.99 Was: $1,999.99	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Station PD5 prebuilt Desktop, Intel Core i7 Processor, 32GB DDR4, 1TB PCIe SSD, Nvidia RTX 3070, Windows 11 Home, PD500TC-PH778, Black (Renewed) By ASUS $1,049.99	See at Amazon
	ASUS ProArt Display 27” 4K HDR Professional Monitor (PA279CRV) - IPS, UHD (3840 x 2160), 99% DCI-P3/Adobe RGB, ΔE < 2, Calman Verified, USB-C PD 96W, DisplayPort, Daisy-Chain, Height Adjustable By ASUS $419.00 Was: $469.00	See at Amazon