Legion Go S

Lenovo

Legion Go S

123 positive 1 neutral 46 negative

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Steam Machine 16 GB of RAM vs Lenovo Legion Go S Steam OS 32 GB of RAM - which one is more powerful?

The Steam Machine has a far more powerful GPU in terms of CUs. It'll also have way higher clocks since it's not a handheld device. It also has 8GB of dedicated crazy high bandwidth VRAM that the Legion Go S's shared DDR5 pool could never compete with. The Steam Machine by a large margin.

AshleyAshes1984 in r/SteamOS

November 18, 2025 2:00 PM

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Two amazing deals - which one do I keep?

As a person who has both, yep, legion go s is defo better choice. Steam deck is great, but bigger screen and more power - better fps/graphics and less eye strain for longer game sessions

Kaquillar in r/SteamDeck

April 21, 2026 9:37 PM

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Made a pitstop after a work pickup to bless a new game.

Thats on a Legion Go S Z1E 32GB ram model. it runs insanely well on that, can do 120hz and keeps steady around like 80fps. Can probably squeeze out more fps if I drop the graphics down but it ran so well on the default settings I just left it lol

draggin_low in r/civ

April 7, 2026 5:37 PM

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If your Steam Deck Broke, Would You Buy Another One or a Different Handheld?

I sidegraded to the Legion Go S SteamOS version and I've sworn to never buy anything else but a Steam Deck again. While on paper it seems great, more power, better screen, steamOS, more ram, more everything. It also has it's downsides you realize when you actually use it daily. It's bulky and heavy

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SuperSaiyanIR in r/SteamDeck

April 26, 2026 9:28 PM

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Lenovo Legion Go with Z1 Extreme now costs $999 after launching at $699 two years ago

Quite by accident (I didn’t want to buy it and was just looking for a solution to stream from my PC, and I was leaning more toward Gamesir for my tablet) but I saw the Legion Go S in the base configuration for $568, and given the upward trend in prices, I thought it would be a good deal. After that,

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Vamly in r/Handhelds

May 1, 2026 4:27 PM

23

„Just get a Steam Deck“ is true

Performance is better?Right now i'm with a legion go z2go 32gb of ram and performance is 20-30% better on it.You're sure you was playing at 800p on it? Because if not, then yeah, 1200p on the go s will give you worse performance than a steam deck at 800p...

Manzoli in r/SteamDeck

September 20, 2025 2:00 PM

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How much more of a performance boost do you get if you install SteamOs on your Legion Go 2 ? I want to switch from Windows but I’m not to computer savvy so not sure if it’s even worth it

It's not just the performance increase, but the qol that makes a big difference. Especially if you're not computer savvy. I am computer savvy and went for a Legion Go S with SteamOS because I didn't want to deal with the Windows headaches, I just want to play games on something that works. SteamOS i

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tagtech414 in r/LegionGo

April 20, 2026 2:17 AM

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If your Steam Deck Broke, Would You Buy Another One or a Different Handheld?

I, too, side graded to a Legion Go S SteamOS. For me, it is the Steam Deck 2. The same thing, but better in every way. The bigger, higher resolution screen makes a huge difference to me, as does the much better performance. It can run everything at 1080p, so I regularly plug it into the TV. When I d

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bastibe in r/SteamDeck

April 27, 2026 4:34 AM

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To those with both of these, which one do you prefer, personally?

I'm actually in a similar situation rn. I scored a good deal on the XAX, but I miss Steam OS and the 16:10 screen ratio of my Deck. The XAX screen looks small even against my SD LCD. I have to squint often to see stuff clearly on screen. I know I could install Bazzite on it but it wouldn't fix the h

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evofender in r/SteamDeck

April 9, 2026 11:29 PM

12

I finally have one!

I've owned so many handhelds, from the Steam Deck to the Lenovo Legion Go S. But this device has impressed me with its performance and ergonomics.🤩

MarcelReads in r/XboxAlly

April 22, 2026 7:28 PM

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