The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is a 32-inch 4k gaming-focused monitor with extra features to enhance office productivity. This monitor sits near the top of Lenovo's gaming lineup and is an upper mid-range monitor. It has several gaming features, including a high refresh rate, an integrated headset hook, FreeSync Premium variable refresh rate (VRR) support, and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth. However, it also provides several office-friendly features. It has a USB-C hub with 75W of power delivery for easy laptop connections and an integrated KVM switch for fast switching of monitor, mouse, and keyboard between two different computers. Finally, Lenovo claims the monitor comes from the factory with Delta E<2 color accuracy, allowing you to use it for a variety of creative purposes.
Our Verdict
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is a decent PC gaming monitor. Its 144Hz refresh rate is fine for most gamers, but it isn't ideal for competitive gaming. Luckily, it has low input lag for a responsive feel. While it has a good response time, especially at high refresh rates, its motion handling isn't the most consistent across its entire VRR range, as lower refresh rates have more blur. Unfortunately, it has limited picture quality as it has a low contrast ratio and terrible local dimming feature, so it can't deliver the most realistic images.
- Low input lag.
- Fast response time at 144Hz and 120Hz.
- Mediocre contrast.
- More motion blur at 60Hz.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is decent for console gaming. It works well with both the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S because it supports 4k signals up to 120Hz thanks to its HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, but it doesn't properly support 1440p signals from consoles. It delivers a decent enough gaming experience with low input lag for a responsive feel and a fast response time at 120Hz, but it has a slower response time at 60Hz, leading to more motion blur. It also can't deliver the most realistic images due to its limited picture quality.
- Low input lag.
- Fast response time at 144Hz and 120Hz.
- Supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth.
- Mediocre contrast.
- More motion blur at 60Hz.
- Doesn't support 1440p with consoles.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is great for office use. Its 32-inch size provides a large workspace, and its 4k resolution provides fantastic text clarity. While its reflection handling is only decent, it gets bright enough to fight glare in a well-lit room. It has very good ergonomics that make it easy to adjust. It also has decent viewing angles, allowing colleagues to view your screen easily. Finally, it has a USB hub and a KVM switch, allowing you to use the same keyboard and mouse with two different computers.
- Fantastic text clarity.
- KVM switch and USB-C hub with power delivery.
- Fantastic color accuracy in SDR.
- Good SDR brightness.
- Screen coating struggles with really bright light sources.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is good for media creation. Its 32-inch size and 4k resolution provide a large, detailed space for editing and superb text clarity. Even before calibration, it has fantastic color accuracy, making it a good choice for non-HDR content. However, it has mediocre contrast and poor black uniformity, making editing shadow details in darker rooms harder. Additionally, it doesn't fully cover the DCI-P3 HDR color gamut, making it less suitable for editing HDR video.
- Fantastic text clarity.
- KVM switch and USB-C hub with power delivery.
- Fantastic color accuracy in SDR.
- Good SDR brightness.
- Screen coating struggles with really bright light sources.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has decent brightness. It gets bright enough to fight glare if you want to use it in a well-lit room, but it doesn't get bright enough to make highlights pop in HDR.
- Good SDR brightness.
- Small highlights don't pop in HDR.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has a good response time. It performs best at high refresh rates, but there's still some motion blur, and it gets worse with lower refresh rates.
- Fast response time at 144Hz and 120Hz.
- More motion blur at 60Hz.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has poor picture quality in HDR. It fails to make colors look vivid, and highlights don't pop either. It also has a terrible local dimming feature that only turns on in certain picture modes, and it causes intense blooming around bright objects and blacks to look gray.
- Mediocre contrast.
- Terrible local dimming feature.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has okay SDR picture quality. Its biggest downside is that it has a low native contrast ratio that makes black look gray, and it has black uniformity issues with clouding throughout.
- Mediocre contrast.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has fantastic color accuracy. It has an sRGB mode with fantastic accuracy before calibration, and while calibrating, it improves accuracy, but it isn't necessary to do so. As it has great gray uniformity, the accurate image also remains consistent across the entire screen.
- Fantastic color accuracy in SDR.
- Great gray uniformity.
Performance Usages
Changelog
- Updated Jun 23, 2025:
Added that the BenQ MOBIUZ EX321UX has a much better local dimming system.
- Updated Feb 21, 2025: We've converted this review to Test Bench 2.0.1. This includes a new test result for DisplayPort 2.1 Transmission Bandwidth.
- Updated Jan 23, 2025:
Updated macOS Compatibility to include additional information.
- Updated Jun 17, 2024: Corrected a mistake in the VRR Table to clarify that G-SYNC works over HDMI.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
This model is unique in Lenovo's lineup and has no variants. The results are only valid for this model.
Model | Size | Resolution | Max Refresh Rate | BFI | Panel Type |
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Y32p-30 | 32" | 3840x2160 | 144Hz | Yes | IPS |
Our unit was manufactured in July 2023; you can see the label here.
Popular Monitor Comparisons
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is an upper mid-range 4k, 32-inch monitor with decent gaming performance, but it has some motion blur and limited picture quality. However, unlike some gaming monitors, it has several productivity features, like a KVM switch, a USB-C hub with power delivery, and the ability to display multiple inputs at once, making it a versatile option. If you're willing to sacrifice productivity features, consider the LG 32GR93U-B, which is mainly used for console gaming but doesn't have a KVM switch or a USB-C port.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best 32-inch monitors, the best 4k gaming monitors, and the best gaming monitors.
The Gigabyte M32U and the Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 are 4k, 32-inch gaming monitors that perform similarly. Both monitors have several productivity features, such as a KVM switch and a USB-C hub with power delivery. However, the Lenovo delivers more power, making it a great choice if you're using a laptop with your monitor. They also perform very similarly for a range of different usages. However, the Gigabyte has substantially better HDR color volume and is a better choice if you watch a considerable amount of HDR content.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 and the Samsung Odyssey G70D S32DG70 are 32-inch, 4k gaming monitors. The Samsung is the better option for most people, as it displays a wider range of more vivid colors, has better motion handling, includes a smart OS and remote, and its local dimming function doesn't have bugs. However, if you care about connectivity, the Lenovo is a better choice, as it delivers up to 75W of power over its USB-C port and has a KVM switch.
The Dell G3223Q and the Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 are both good 4k, 32-inch gaming monitors. They perform similarly for gaming; however, the Lenovo has several extra productivity features. This includes a KVM switch and an integrated USB-C hub with power delivery. This makes the Lenovo a great choice in a hot-desking or work-from-home environment. However, the Dell has substantially better HDR color gamut and volume and is much brighter in both HDR and SDR, making it a better choice if you watch many videos or use the monitor in a bright room.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 and the Dell U3225QE are both 32-inch monitors. The Dell is the better option if you plan to use your monitor for work, as it gets brighter, displays a wider range of colors, and has better connectivity. However, the Lenovo is a better option if you plan to game with the monitor, as fast-moving objects look much crisper.
Test Results

The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 shares a common design with most Legion gaming monitors, including a wide ribbed base and silver "Legion" lettering in the bottom left corner. It also includes RGB lighting that you can customize with the monitor's software.
The ergonomics are very good on the Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 as you can adjust it in a few different ways. It also has a cable management loop in the back as well as a retractable headphone hook.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30's contrast is adequate. Deep blacks appear gray in a dark room. However, this isn't as noticeable in brighter environments. If you plan to use this in a darker room and contrast is important to you, consider a VA panel like the Gigabyte M32UC instead.
The local dimming performance is terrible. Lenovo doesn't list local dimming as a feature for this monitor, and there's no option for turning it on in settings. During our testing with Windows 11, it only activates when the monitor is sent an HDR signal and is in HDR 400 mode with Adaptive Sync off. However, local dimming activation varies between sources.
When local dimming does activate, it doesn't work properly. The backlight zones don't follow the object and light up sections of the screen with no content. Additionally, the object itself is inconsistently lit by the backlit zones. For this reason, in Windows 11, we suggest not using the HDR 400 mode if Adaptive Sync is turned off. Other modes like HDR Movie or HDR Game don't turn on backlight dimming; we suggest using them instead of HDR 400.
You can see this same test without local dimming, as well as a recording where we normalize the brightness of the object.
If you want a monitor with a far better local dimming system, take a look at the BenQ MOBIUZ EX321UX.
The monitor has good SDR brightness and overcomes glare in brighter rooms. If you want to use the monitor in darker rooms, you'll only reach the lowest minimum brightness level when Brightness Native is turned off. However, several functions like backlight strobing and dynamic contrast aren't available if you do this.
These results are from after calibration in the 'Standard' Game Mode, with Brightness set to max and Brightness Native turned 'On.'
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has fair HDR performance. However, if local dimming is on, the monitor has problematic and inconsistent HDR performance, so we used HDR Movie mode to ensure it's off. This mode is similar in brightness and EOTF and is only slightly worse in color performance than HDR 400. However, this mode doesn't cause any local dimming issues.
When used in HDR Movie, the screen is bright enough to overcome glare from light sources, but highlights won't pop. Darker scenes have proper brightness, but more brilliant scenes fall short of the creator's intended brightness, as the monitor has only decent brightness and the PQ EOTF has an early roll-off.
These results are from the 'HDR Movie' HDR mode.
This monitor has only a decent horizontal viewing angle. While it's fine if you're sharing content with a colleague next to you, someone seated at a wider angle will notice the colors getting washed out.
The Lenovo Y32p-30 has a great vertical viewing angle. This makes it a great choice if colleagues stand above you looking at content on your screen.
The monitor has disappointing black uniformity. When you turn off local dimming, the backlight bleed is visible in a darker room.
However, black uniformity with local dimming on is terrible. If you're using Windows 11 with local dimming and watching certain HDR content, some objects on the screen appear too dark, even as dimming zones with nothing in them are too bright.
The pre-calibrated color accuracy on the Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 is fantastic in the sRGB mode. However, darker and brighter areas are slightly over-brightened, and the monitor's color temperature is slightly too cold.
The 'sRGB' Color Temp mode locks out a few settings, like contrast, dynamic contrast ratio, and game mode. You can adjust the locked settings in an alternative picture mode that's less accurate, as you can see here in 'Standard.'
The monitor has truly outstanding color accuracy post-calibration. Additionally, some features that were locked in sRGB mode, like Dynamic Contrast Ratio, are accessible.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has superb SDR color gamut overall. However, it has only decent Adobe RGB coverage. Greens are notably undersaturated in Adobe RGB, making this monitor a poor choice for color-sensitive work in this color space.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30's HDR color gamut is good, particularly in the DCI-P3 gamut used by most HDR content. Like most monitors, it doesn't cover a significant portion of the Rec. 2020 color space.
The HDR color volume on this monitor is decent. However, it can't reproduce bright, vibrant colors with the DCI-P3 content often found in movies. Additionally, it can't reproduce deep blacks, showing only darker gray instead.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has a fast refresh rate, with the maximum rate available over both HDMI and DisplayPort.
NVIDIA | VRR Min | VRR Max |
DisplayPort | <20Hz | 144Hz |
HDMI | <20Hz | 144Hz |
AMD | VRR Min | VRR Max |
DisplayPort | <20Hz | 144Hz |
HDMI | <20Hz | 144Hz |
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 supports all VRR types, including HDMI Forum VRR.
Refresh Rate | CAD Heatmap | RT Chart | Pursuit Photo |
143 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
120 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
100 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
80 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
60 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has good motion handling with VRR enabled. Besides the 'Level 4' setting, most of the Overdrive settings perform similarly, but 'Level 3' is consistently the best. That said, it has more inverse ghosting at low refresh rates.
The refresh rate compliance is decent. Like other LCD monitors, its response time isn't fast enough to keep up with its max refresh rate, and it only gets better at lower frame rates .
Overdrive Mode | CAD Heatmap | RT Chart | Pursuit Photo |
Off | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 1 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 2 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 3 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 4 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
The CAD at the max refresh rate of 144Hz is good. While there's some blur and smearing, the 'Level 3 Overdrive setting doesn't have any inverse ghosting as it has less overshoot than 'Level 4.'
Overdrive Mode | CAD Heatmap | RT Chart | Pursuit Photo |
Off | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 1 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 2 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 3 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 4 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
The CAD at 120Hz is good. It performs similarly to its max refresh rate, as 'Level 3' has the fastest total response time without noticeable inverse ghosting, but it still has some motion blur.
Overdrive Mode | CAD Heatmap | RT Chart | Pursuit Photo |
Off | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 1 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 2 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 3 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
Level 4 | Heatmap | Chart | Photo |
The CAD at 60Hz is decent. There's noticeable blur, but unlike at higher refresh rates, the recommended Overdrive setting is 'Level 2' because the higher settings have too much overshoot that causes inverse ghosting.
The input lag is excellent on this monitor, and games feel very responsive. Backlight strobing slightly increases the input lag, and you may want to leave it off if you're playing a game where low input lag is critical.
Although the Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth to take advantage of the PS5, it doesn't support 1440p at all, as you can see here.
The monitor only supports 1440p with the Xbox Series X|S if you enable the console's HDMI override setting, which disables VRR. Keep in mind that the console doesn't support HDR with signals lower than 4k, so this isn't a limitation of the monitor.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has four video-in ports, allowing you to connect to two game consoles, a desktop computer, and a laptop simultaneously. You can use the audio output with headphones or speakers when connected to consoles and computers.
The monitor has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth support, though only up to 24Gbps. Therefore, you can play games at 4k 120Hz over HDMI, but unless the device supports Display Stream Compression, content will have 4:2:0 chroma subsampling. However, this will have a minimal impact on most games.
A KVM switch is integrated into the monitor, allowing quick keyboard and mouse switching between multiple connected computers. When Smart Power is off, the monitor delivers 45W of power over USB-C but provides as much as 75W when turned on.
Connection HDMI 2.0 HDMI 2.1 USB-C to DisplayPort Max Refresh Rate 60Hz 144Hz 144Hz VRR Range N/A Up to 144Hz 48-144Hz HDR Yes Yes Yes
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 works well with macOS. Some flickering can occur after VRR is used with DisplayPort, though you can stop this by pressing the Alt + Tab keys. HDR looks acceptable on both HDMI and DisplayPort.
If you're using a MacBook, windows return to their original places after opening and closing the lid, and the Lenovo display stays on while the MacBook is closed.
The Lenovo Legion Y32p-30 has several additional gaming and productivity features, including:
- KVM Switch: Switches between multiple inputs in 2–5 seconds.
- USB Hub with Power Delivery: Provides up to 75W of power over USB-C.
- Picture-in-Picture and Picture-by-Picture: Allows multiple inputs to be visible on the screen at once in several configurations.
- Smart Light: Adjusts monitor brightness based on ambient light levels.
- RGB Lighting: Adjustable RGB lighting at the bottom of the monitor.
- Dark Boost: Brightens darker scenes to assist in gaming.