Compare ThinkPad T14s GEN 2 AMD vs ThinkPad X1 Extreme GEN 4 vs ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 9

Variants
4K
FHD
WQUXGA
WQXGA
4K
WUXGA Non-touch
WUXGA Touch

Connectivity

Ports
2x USB-C 3.2 GEN2 + 2x USB 3.2 GEN1 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo + 1x micro SD card reader + 1x optional Smart card reader
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x HDMI 2.0/2.1 + 1x SD + 1x Audio combo
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.2 + optional 4G / 4G LTE / 5G WWAN + optional NFC
WiFi 6/6E + Bluetooth 5.2 + NFC + optional 5G / 4G LTE WWAN
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, LTE 4G CAT4 / CAT12, 5G LTE CAT20 (optional)

Construction

Battery | Capacity
57 Wh
90 Wh
57 Wh
Camera | Front
Optional HD, HD IR, or FHD IR camera with Privacy Shutter, fixed focus
FHD camera with webcam privacy shutter, optional FHD hybrid IR camera with webcam privacy shutter
HD RGB Camera with privacy shutter, HD RGB + IR camera with privacy shutter, or HPD with IR camera
Colors
Black or Storm Grey
Deep Black, optional Carbon-Fiber Weave on top cover
Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Material
Black: Carbon fiber top + magnesium chassis + aluminum bottom / Storm Grey: Aluminum
Carbon fiber
Microphone
Optional 2x far-field microphones
Dual far-field mic
4x 360-degree Microphones
Speakers
2x 2W stereo speakers
User-facing Dolby ATMOS Speaker System
Stereo speakers

Dimensions

Size | Depth
224 mm / 8.82 inch to 224.4 mm / 8.83 inch
253.8 mm / 9.99"
221.6 mm / 8.72 inch
Size | Height
16.14 mm / 0.64 inch to 16.81 mm / 0.66 inch
17.7 mm / 0.78"
14.9 mm / 0.59 inch
Size | Width
327.5 mm / 12.89 inch
359.5 mm / 14.13"
314.5 mm / 12.38 inch
Weight
1.28 kg / 2.83 lbs to 1.62 kg / 3.57 lbs
From 1.814 kg / 3.999 lbs
1133 g / 2.49 lbs

Display

Aspect Ratio
16:9
16:10
16:10
Display Diagonal
14 inch
16"
14"
Display Type
IPS anti-glare
IPS matte or touch, low blue light
IPS anti-glare
Resolution
FHD (1920x1080) or 4K UHD (3820x2160)
WQXGA / QHD+ (2560x1600) or WQUXGA / UHD+ (3840x2400)
WUXGA / FHD+ (1920x1200) or 4K UHD+ (3840x2400)

Function

Audio
Dolby Audio Speaker System
Dolby Atmos
Fast Charging
65W, 80% in 1h
Rapid Charge
Rapid Charge
Graphics
Integrated AMD Radeon graphics
Integrated Intel UHD, NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti, RTX 3060, RTX 3070, or RTX 3080
Integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics
Keyboard Backlight
Optional
Yes
Yes
Operating System
Windows 10 or Linux
Windows 10
Windows 10
Processor
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U, Ryzen 5 5600U, Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U, or Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U Cezanne
Up to 11th-gen Intel Core i9 Tiger Lake
Up to 11th-gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake
SIM
Optional 4G LTE or 5G
Nano SIM for optional WWAN
Security
Optional Power-On Touch MoC Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip
DTPM 2.0, Touch Fingerprint Reader, Self-healing BIOS, Webcam privacy shutter, optional Windows Hello
Power-on Touch Fingerprint Reader, Match on Chip Touch Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip, HPD sensor with IR Camera
Touch Screen
Available in FHD
Optional in WUXGA
Touchpad
Redesigned TouchPad (115mm x 61mm / 4.53" x 2.40")

Performance

Battery Life
Up to 14.9 hours
Up to 10.7 hours
Up to 16.7 hours
Durability
MIL-STD 810H
MIL-STD-810G
MIL-SPEC 810G
Key Travel
1.5 mm
1.5 mm
Memory | Capacity
Up to 32 GB (soldered)
Up to 64 GB (2x SO-DIMMs)
Up to 32 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR4x 4266MHz
DDR4 3200 MHz
LPDDR4x 4266MHz
Power Supply
45 or 65 W USB-C
135, 170, or 230 W
Type-C 65W
Storage
Up to 2TB PCIe 3 x4 SSD
Up to 4TB total, 2x M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD
Up to 2TB Gen 4 PCIe SSD

Production

Accessory
Optional ThinkPad Pen Pro with Wacom AES 2.0 pen support
Availability
2021-08
2021-02
Debut
2021
2021-06 (MWC 2021)
2021-01-11 (CES 2021)
Made In
China

Price

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