Detailed Specs Comparison

Lenovo Legion T730 vs. Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)

Here is a side by side comparison between Lenovo Legion T730 and Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD) specs including price, processors, memory, graphics, storage, ports, and more.

BY Evan Forrest December 08, 2021

Specs Comparison

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Key Features
What's new	Intel® Z370 Chipset. Supports 8th/9th Generation Intel® Coffee Lake Desktop Processors. Up to 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 95W TDP. Up to AMD Radeon™ RX 5700 XT with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX™ 2080 SUPER with 8GB GDDR6 VRAM. Up to 1 x 1TB NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 SSD. Up to 2 x 2TB 3.5” 7200 RPM HDD. Up to 32GB dual-channel 3200MHz DDR4 Memory. More Features Dolby Atmos® Effect and Sound Radar. Up to Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.1. Full internal RGB system lighting (over 16.8 million color combinations). Up to 130W Air-Cooler or 130W Liquid-Cooler.	Up to 23.8” FHD Touch Display. AMD B300 Chipset. Up to AMD Ryzen™ 7 4700GE 8C/16T, 3.10 → 4.30 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W TDP. Up to 512GB NVMe PCIe SSD. Up to 2TB 2.5” HDD. Up to 16GB dual-channel 2666MHz DDR4 Memory. More Features Optional built-in wireless charger. 2 x 3W stereo speakers + 5W Woofer. Up to Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.0. Optional 1080p front-facing camera. Optional Windows Hello IR camera.

Availability	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Released	2019	2019
Release Info	Announced on February 20, 2019.	Announced on August 29, 2019 (IFA 2019). Available starting September 2019.
Pricing		Starting at €799.00.
Applicable Models	Lenovo Legion T730 2019 Lenovo Legion T730 Lenovo Legion T730-28ICO	2019 Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 (AMD) Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 24API Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (AMD) Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 All-in-One 24in (AMD)

Lenovo Legion T730 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion Pro 7i – Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX – 16" 2.5K WQXGA OLED Display – 240Hz Refresh Rate – GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti GPU – 32 GB Memory – 1 TB Storage – 3-month PC GamePass By Lenovo $2,369.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700F Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $2,398.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion 5i – Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ i7-14700HX - 15" 2.5K WQXGA PureSight OLED Display–165Hz Refresh Rate–NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 – 16 GB Memory – 1 TB Storage – 3 Months of PC GamePass By Lenovo $1,599.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 (24”, AMD) Price
	Lenovo Ideacentre A540 All-in-One, 23.8" FHD Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650GE, 16GB RAM 512GB PCIe SSD, Webcam, Wi-Fi, Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 10 Pro, Black By Lenovo $739.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3 AMD All-in-One Computer, 24" FHD Display, Ryzen 5 5500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, DVD RW Drive, Windows 11 By Lenovo $899.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Ideacentre A540 23.8" FHD All-in-One Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650GE, 32GB RAM 1TB PCIe SSD, Webcam, HDMI, Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 10 Pro, Black By Lenovo $819.00	See at Amazon

Display	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Size		23.8 Inches
Info		23.8” FHD Non-touch Display 23.8” FHD Multi-touch Display All Configurations 1920 x 1080, 16:9, IPS panel, 250 nits brightness, 1000:1 contrast ratio, wide viewing angle, borderless design, anti-glare surface.

Exterior	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Size Comparison
Dimensions	14.29 x 16.06 x 7.26 inches (363 x 408 x 184.5 mm)	17.75 x 7.28 x 17.13 inches (450.9 x 185 x 435.19 mm)
Weight	26.46 lbs (12 kg)	23.14 lbs (23.14 lbs)
Colors	Raven Black	Industry 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	Keyboard Lenovo Premium Wireless Keyboard, grey Lenovo Calliope Keyboard (USB connector), black Lenovo Calliope Wireless Keyboard, black Mouse Lenovo Calliope Mouse (USB connector), black Lenovo Calliope Wireless Mouse (2.4GHz via USB receiver), black Lenovo Premium Wireless Mouse, grey
Ports	Top 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Microphone 3.5mm jack. 1 x Headset Headphone and microphone combo 3.5mm jack. Rear 6 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet port. 1 x Headset Headphone and microphone combo 3.5mm jack. 1 x Power Connector	Left 2 x USB-A USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x Headset jack 3.5mm combo jack. 1 x SD Card Reader Rear 3 x USB-A 2 x USB 2.0 (480 Mbps). 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps). 1 x HDMI-out 1.4 1 x HDMI-in 1 x RJ-45 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet. Bottom 1 x Power connector

Chasis	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Form Factor	Tower (28L)	All-in-One
Power Supply	450W 500W 625W	120W Power Adapter 150W Power Adapter
Bays	1 x slim ODD bay 2 x 3.5" disk bay	1 x 2.5" disk bay
Optical Drives	Optional Tray load DVD Drive Reads and Writes to DVD/CD
Chasis Information	Cooling System (Fan&Cooler) (Optional) Front system fan, rear system fan for airflow or liquid (Optional) 65W Air-Cooler with Legion cooler light, 130W Air-Cooler or 130W Liquid-Cooler System Lighting Full internal RGB system lighting (over 16.8 million color combinations)	Buttons Power button PC / monitor mode switcher Stand Monitor stand supports -5° to +25° tilt Special Features Optional Wireless charger

Internal Specs	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Chipset	Intel Z370 Chipset	AMD B300 Chipset
Processor	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 6C/6T, 2.80 → 4.00 GHz, 9MB SmartCache, 65W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700 6C/12T, 3.20 → 4.60 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K 6C/12T, 3.70 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 95W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 8C/8T, 3.00 → 4.70 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700K 8C/8T, 3.60 → 4.90 GHz, 12MB SmartCache, 95W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 8C/16T, 3.10 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 65W 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K 8C/16T, 3.60 → 5.00 GHz, 16MB SmartCache, 95W	AMD Athlon™ PRO 300GE 2C/4T, 3.40 GHz, 1MB L2, 4MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 3 PRO 3200GE 4C/4T, 3.50 → 3.80 GHz, 2MB L2, 4MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 3 4300GE 4C/8T, 3.50 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 4MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 3400GE 4C/8T, 3.30 → 4.00 GHz, 2MB L2, 4MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600GE 6C/12T, 3.30 → 4.20 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 4650GE 6C/12T, 3.30 → 4.20 GHz, 3MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W AMD Ryzen™ 7 4700GE 8C/16T, 3.10 → 4.30 GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 8MB L3 Cache, 35W
Integrated Graphics	8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8400 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1050 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-9700K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900 Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz 9th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-9900K Intel® UHD Graphics 630 24 Execution Units, 350 → 1200 MHz	AMD Athlon™ PRO 300GE AMD Radeon™ Vega Graphics 3 Graphics Cores, 1100 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 3 PRO 3200GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 1200 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 3 4300GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 6 Graphics Cores, 1700 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 3400GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 11 Graphics Cores, 1300 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 4600GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, 1900 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 5 PRO 4650GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 7 Graphics Cores, 1900 MHz AMD Ryzen™ 7 4700GE AMD Radeon™ RX Vega Graphics 8 Graphics Cores, 2000 MHz
Discrete Graphics	NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060 - 3GB GDDR5 GTX 1060 - 6GB GDDR5 RTX™ 2060 CD - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 - 6GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2060 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 CD - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2070 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 - 8GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 Ti - 11GB GDDR6 RTX™ 2080 SUPER - 8GB GDDR6 AMD® Radeon™ RX 570 - 4GB GDDR5 RX 5700 XT - 8GB GDDR6
Memory	4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB Memory Slots: 2 DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz 2666 MHz XMP 3200 MHz XMP Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB 16GB	4GB 8GB 16GB Memory Slots: 2 x SO-DIMM slots Memory Type: Single or Dual Channel Non-ECC DDR4 Memory Memory Speed: 2666 MHz Memory Per Slot: 4GB 8GB
Storage	128GB 256GB 512GB 1TB M.2 PCIe 3.0 NVME SSD 1TB 2TB 7200 rpm 3.5" SATA Hard Drive	128GB 256GB 512GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 NVME SSD. 1TB 2TB 5.4K rpm 2.5” SATA Hard Drive.
Slots	1 x PCIe 3.0 x16 Full-length (< 312mm) full-height (< 111mm) 1 x M.2 2230 slot for WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2230/2280 slot for PCIe solid-state drive	1 x M.2 2230 slot For WiFi and Bluetooth combo card 1 x M.2 2242/2080 slot For SSD

Connectivity	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Wi-Fi	No Wireless LAN Card Wi-Fi 5 Dual band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz WiFi-5 (802.11ac) Bluetooth 4.1	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) M.2 card.
Bluetooth	Optional Bluetooth 4.1	Bluetooth 4.0 Optional.
Ethernet	Realtek RTL8118AS Gigabit Ethernet controller 10/100/1000 Mbps.	Gigabit Ethernet controller Speed: 10/100/1000 Mbps.

Software	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
OS	Windows 10 Home \| Pro FreeDOS	Windows 10 Home \| Pro No operating system
Built-in Apps	Lenovo Vantage McAfee LiveSafe™ Microsoft Office Trial2 Microsoft LinkedIn PowerDVD/Power2Go Lenovo PC Manager Lenovo Antivirus Microsoft Office 2016 Home and Student Microsoft LinkedIn	Lenovo Vantage Microsoft Office 2016

Camera & Audio	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Camera		HD Front-facing camera. 720p with fixed focus. Optional FHD Front-facing camera. 1080p with fixed focus. Optional Windows Hello IR support.
Audio	Realtek ALC233 codec High Definition (HD) Audio Dolby Atmos® Effect and Sound Radar No speakers	High Definition (HD) Audio 2 x 3W stereo speakers. 1 x 5W woofer. Dual array microphone.

Misc	Lenovo Legion T730	Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)
Sensors		IR Camera
Security	BIOS Security Power-on password Administrator password	BIOS Security Administrator password Power-on password Windows Hello Facial Authentication
Warranty	1-year mail-in service 1-year depot service 1-year limited onsite service 2-year depot service	1-year mail-in service 1-year depot service 2-year depot service

Lenovo Legion T730 vs. Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD)

The Lenovo Legion T730 and the Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD) were released in the same year, 2019. The Lenovo Legion T730 has a full-tower form factor that can accommodate a large motherboard, multiple graphics cards, extra storage, and better cooling solution. The Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD) has an all-in-one form factor that combines all components and a built-in monitor into one package.

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 T730, you have options to configure it with a 65W 8th Generation Intel Coffee Lake 6-core Intel Core i5-8400 up to a 95W 8-core Intel Core i9-9900K with a boost speed up to 5.00 GHz.

While Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD) has configurations with a 35W AMD Athlon™ Desktop dual-core AMD Athlon 300GE up to a 35W 8-core AMD Ryzen7 4700GE with a boost speed up to 4.30 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 two 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 T730 up to 32GB of 2666MHz dual-channel DDR4 memory. For Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD), it supports up to 16GB of 2666MHz 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 8 USB ports available on the Lenovo Legion T730, three more than the Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD) that has only 5 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 T730 has eight USB ports USB ports that all of them are Type-A port. It has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and six ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

For Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 AIO (24”, AMD), it has five USB ports that all of which are USB Type-A. The PC has two ports that support USB 2.0 (480 Mbps) and three ports that support USB 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps).

Pricing

Lenovo Legion T730 Desktop Price
	Lenovo Legion Pro 7i – Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX – 16" 2.5K WQXGA OLED Display – 240Hz Refresh Rate – GeForce RTX™ 5070 Ti GPU – 32 GB Memory – 1 TB Storage – 3-month PC GamePass By Lenovo $2,369.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion T5 Gen 8 Gaming Tower Desktop, 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13700F Processor, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070, 64GB DDR5 RAM, 4TB SSD, HDMl, DP, RJ-45, Wi-Fi 6, Windows 11 Home, Grey By Lenovo $2,398.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Legion 5i – Gaming Laptop - Intel® Core™ i7-14700HX - 15" 2.5K WQXGA PureSight OLED Display–165Hz Refresh Rate–NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 5070 – 16 GB Memory – 1 TB Storage – 3 Months of PC GamePass By Lenovo $1,599.99	See at Amazon
Lenovo IdeaCentre A540 (24”, AMD) Price
	Lenovo Ideacentre A540 All-in-One, 23.8" FHD Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650GE, 16GB RAM 512GB PCIe SSD, Webcam, Wi-Fi, Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 10 Pro, Black By Lenovo $739.00	See at Amazon
	Lenovo IdeaCentre AIO 3 AMD All-in-One Computer, 24" FHD Display, Ryzen 5 5500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, DVD RW Drive, Windows 11 By Lenovo $899.99	See at Amazon
	Lenovo Ideacentre A540 23.8" FHD All-in-One Desktop, AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 4650GE, 32GB RAM 1TB PCIe SSD, Webcam, HDMI, Wireless Keyboard & Mouse, Windows 10 Pro, Black By Lenovo $819.00	See at Amazon