Compare ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 11 vs Alienware x16 vs ThinkPad X1 Nano GEN 3

2x Thunderbolt™ 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Type-A Gen 1 + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Audio

2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 + 3x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.1 + 1x mini-DisplayPort + 1x SD Card + 1x RJ45 + 1x Audio

2x Thunderbolt™ 4 + 1x Audio

WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 5G sub-6 (CAT20) / 4G LTE (CAT16) / 4G LTE (CAT4)

Intel® Killer™ Wi-Fi 6E AX1675 / AX1690 with Bluetooth 5.3

WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 4G LTE (CAT4) optional

57 Wh

90 WHr

49.6 Wh

Lithium-ion polymer battery

FHD RGB or FHD IR Hybrid camera with webcam privacy shutter FHD + IR MIPI camera with webcam privacy shutter and Computer Vision

FHD (1920 x 1080 resolution) camera, supports Windows Hello IR

FHD RGB or FHD IR Hybrid camera with webcam privacy shutter FHD + IR MIPI camera with webcam privacy shutter and Computer Vision

Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover

Lunar Silver

Deep Black

Clamshell laptop computer

Clamshell laptop computer

Carbon fiber

Full Metal Chassis constructed with Anodized Aluminum and Magnesium Alloy

Magnesium

4x 360-degree Quad-Array Microphones

Dual-array microphone

4x 360-degree Quad-Array Microphones

Stereo speakers

6-Speaker Spatial Sound

Stereo speakers

222.5 mm / 8.76 inch

289.81 mm / 11.41"

208.0 mm / 8.19 inch

14.96 mm / 0.59 inch

18.57 mm / 0.73"

14.47 mm / 0.57 inch

315.6 mm / 12.42 inch

364.74 mm / 14.36"

293.2 mm / 11.5 inch

1.12 kg / 2.48 lbs

2.72 kg / 6 lbs

967 kg / 2.13 lbs

16:10

16:10

16:10

300 nits

450 nits

1000:1

14"

16 inch

13"

IPS

IPS

100% sRGB

2160 x 1350

3 ms

Dolby ® Atmos, Dolby ® Voice

Dolby ® Atmos, Dolby ® Voice

Rapid Charge

Rapid Charge

Intel ® Iris ® Xe Graphics

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4050 mobile graphics, 6GB GDDR6 / 4070 8GB GDDR6 / 4080 12GB GDDR6 / 4090 16GB GDDR6

Intel ® Iris ® Xe Graphics

Yes

Per-key AlienFX RGB / CherryMX ultra low-profile mechanical laptop keyboard with per-key AlienFX lighting and N-key rollover

Yes

Up to Windows 11 Pro, Linux Ubuntu, or Fedora

Windows 11 Home

Windows 11 Pro

Intel vPro®, an Intel® Evo™ Design with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Core i5 processor P series

13th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-13900HK / i7-13700H / i7-13620H

Intel vPro®, an Intel® Evo™ Design with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Core i5 processor P series

Stadium loop, logo on lid, and power button

1x Nano SIM or eSIM

1x Nano SIM or eSIM

Intel vPro security, Firmware Shield, MoC Power-on Touch Fingerprint Reader, IR Hybrid camera, Privacy Guard display option, PrivacyAlert with Glance App, dTPM 2.0 chip, Webcam privacy shutter, Nano Kensington Lock slot, Lock on leave with presence detect

Intel vPro security, Firmware Shield, MoC Power-on Touch Fingerprint Reader, IR Hybrid camera, Privacy Guard display option, PrivacyAlert with Glance App, dTPM 2.0 chip, Webcam privacy shutter, Nano Kensington Lock slot, Lock on leave with presence detect

Vapor Chamber Cooling

Optional in WUXGA

Optiona

Multi-touch gesture touchpad with integrated scrolling / Multi-touch AlienFX touchpad with integrated scrolling

NVIDIA G-SYNC and AMD FreeSync + Dynamic Display Switching

MIL-STD-810H

1.8 mm

Up to 64GB

16 GB / 32 GB

Up to 16GB

LPDDR5

LPDDR5 5200MHz / 6000MHz

LPDDR5

Up to Type-C 65W, supports Rapid Charge

240W Small Form Factor GaN FET adapter (Standard) / 330W Small Form Factor GaN FET adapter

Up to Type-C 65W, supports Rapid Charge

Up to 2TB Gen 4 performance PCIe NVMe SSD

2x M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs, up to 4TB

Up to 1TB PCIe SSD

2023-01 (CES 2023)

2023-01 (CES 2023)