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

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

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

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

WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1

41 or 54.7 Wh

57 Wh

80 Wh

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

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

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

Black or Storm Grey

Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover

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

Clamshell laptop computer

Clamshell laptop computer

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

Carbon fiber

Opitonal 2x far-field microphones

4x 360-degree Microphones

4x 360-degree microphones

2x 2W stereo speakers

Stereo speakers

Dolby Atmos speakers (3x)

217.06 mm / 8.55 inch ~ 217.89 mm / 8.58 inch

221.6 mm / 8.72 inch

245.7 mm

18.6 mm / 0.71 inch ~ 18.97 mm / 0.75 inch

14.9 mm / 0.59 inch

18.7 mm Touch / 18.4 mm Non-touch

305.8 mm / 12.04 inch

314.5 mm / 12.38 inch

361.8 mm

1.21 kg / 2.67 lbs ~ 1.38 kg / 3.04 lbs

1133 g / 2.49 lbs

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

16:10

16:10

13.3 inch

14"

15.6"

IPS

IPS anti-glare

IPS or OLED

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

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

170°

Realtek® ALC3287 codec

Dolby Atmos

65W RapidCharge

Rapid Charge

Yes

Integrated AMD Radeon graphcis

Integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q 4GB

Optional

Yes

Windows 10 or Linux

Windows 10

Windows 10

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

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

Up to 10th gen Intel Core i9-10885H

Optional 4G, LTE, or 5G nano SIM

Nano SIM for optional WWAN

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

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

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

Available in WUXGA

Optional in WUXGA

Available

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

Up to 16.7 hours

Up to 15 hours

MIL-SPEC 810G

1.5 mm

Up to 32 GB soldered

Up to 32 GB

Up to 64GB

LPDDR4x 4266MHz

LPDDR4x 4266MHz

DDR4 2933MHz

45 or 65 W Type-C

Type-C 65W

65W

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

Up to 2TB Gen 4 PCIe SSD

Up to 4TB PCIe SSD

2021-02

2021-09

2021-01-11 (CES 2021)

2020 CES