Compare ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 9 vs ThinkPad X13 GEN 2 AMD vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 3

2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo

2x USB-C 3.2 GEN2 + 2x USB 3.2 GEN1 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo + 1x Optional smart card reader

2x thunderbolt 3, 2x USB 3.2 Gen1, DisplayPort, HDMI 2.0, RJ45 via USB-C adapter, 4-in-1 SD card reader, audio combo

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, LTE 4G CAT4 / CAT12, 5G LTE CAT20 (optional)

WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 + optional WWAN (4G / LTE / 5G) + optional NFC

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1

57 Wh

41 or 54.7 Wh

80 Wh

HD RGB Camera with privacy shutter, HD RGB + IR camera with privacy shutter, or HPD with IR camera

HD IR hybrid camera or FHD IR camera with webcam privacy shutter

720p HD with ThinkShutter, optional Hybrid Infrared (IR)

Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover

Black or Storm Grey

Black or Black with Carbon-Fiber Weave on top cover (4K UHD only)

Clamshell laptop computer

Clamshell laptop computer

Carbon fiber

Black: Carbon fiber or plastic top + Magnesium chassis + Aluminum bottom / Storm Gray non-WWAN: Aluminum / Storm Gray WWAN: Aluminum top & bottom + Magnesium chassis

4x 360-degree Microphones

Opitonal 2x far-field microphones

4x 360-degree microphones

Stereo speakers

2x 2W stereo speakers

Dolby Atmos speakers (3x)

221.6 mm / 8.72 inch

217.06 mm / 8.55 inch ~ 217.89 mm / 8.58 inch

245.7 mm

14.9 mm / 0.59 inch

18.6 mm / 0.71 inch ~ 18.97 mm / 0.75 inch

18.7 mm Touch / 18.4 mm Non-touch

314.5 mm / 12.38 inch

305.8 mm / 12.04 inch

361.8 mm

1133 g / 2.49 lbs

1.21 kg / 2.67 lbs ~ 1.38 kg / 3.04 lbs

Starting at 1.81 kg Touch / Starting at 1.7 kg Non-touch

16:10

16:10

14"

13.3 inch

15.6"

IPS anti-glare

IPS

IPS or OLED

WUXGA / FHD+ (1920x1200) or 4K UHD+ (3840x2400)

WUXGA (FHD+, 1920x1200) or WQXGA (QHD+, 2560x1600)

170°

Dolby Atmos

Realtek® ALC3287 codec

Rapid Charge

65W RapidCharge

Yes

Integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics

Integrated AMD Radeon graphcis

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 4GB

Yes

Optional

Windows 10

Windows 10 or Linux

Windows 10

Up to 11th-gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U, Ryzen 5 5600U, Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, or Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U

Up to 10th gen Intel Core i9-10885H

Nano SIM for optional WWAN

Optional 4G, LTE, or 5G nano SIM

Power-on Touch Fingerprint Reader, Match on Chip Touch Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip, HPD sensor with IR Camera

Power-on MoC Touch Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip, ThinkPad PrivacyGuard

Fast Identity Online (FIDO) authentication capabilities, dTPM 2.0, Match-on-chip touch fingerprint reader

Optional in WUXGA

Available in WUXGA

Available

Up to 16.7 hours

41Wh: Up to 10.7 hours / 54.7Wh: Up to 15.4 hours

Up to 15 hours

MIL-SPEC 810G

1.5 mm

Up to 32 GB

Up to 32 GB soldered

Up to 64GB

LPDDR4x 4266MHz

LPDDR4x 4266MHz

DDR4 2933MHz

Type-C 65W

45 or 65 W Type-C

65W

Up to 2TB Gen 4 PCIe SSD

Up to 2TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD (1x M.2 2242 + 1x M.2 2280)

Up to 4TB PCIe SSD

2021-02

2021-01-11 (CES 2021)

2021-09

2020 CES