Compare ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 11 vs ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 9 vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold
Variants
2.2K
2.8K OLED
WUXGA Non-touch
WUXGA Touch
WUXGA Touch + Privacy Guard
4K
WUXGA Non-touch
WUXGA Touch
Connectivity
Ports
2x Thunderbolt™ 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Type-A Gen 1 + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Audio
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 + 1x HDMI 2.0 + 1x Audio combo
2x USB 3.2 Type C Gen 2 + 1x SIM
Wireless Connectivity
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 5G sub-6 (CAT20) / 4G LTE (CAT16) / 4G LTE (CAT4)
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, LTE 4G CAT4 / CAT12, 5G LTE CAT20 (optional)
WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5.1
Construction
Battery | Capacity
57 Wh
57 Wh
50Wh
Camera
FHD RGB or FHD IR Hybrid camera with webcam privacy shutter FHD + IR MIPI camera with webcam privacy shutter and Computer Vision
Camera | Front
HD RGB Camera with privacy shutter, HD RGB + IR camera with privacy shutter, or HPD with IR camera
5MP HD RGB + IR camera
Colors
Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover
Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Clamshell laptop computer
Material
Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber
Microphone
4x 360-degree Quad-Array Microphones
4x 360-degree Microphones
4x microphones
Speakers
Stereo speakers
Stereo speakers
Dolby Atmos Speaker System
Dimensions
Size | Depth
222.5 mm / 8.76 inch
221.6 mm / 8.72 inch
236 mm
Size | Height
14.96 mm / 0.59 inch
14.9 mm / 0.59 inch
27.8 mm Folded / 11.5 mm Unfolded
Size | Width
315.6 mm / 12.42 inch
314.5 mm / 12.38 inch
158.2 mm Folded / 299.4 mm Unfolded
Weight
1.12 kg / 2.48 lbs
1133 g / 2.49 lbs
999 g
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Brightness
300 nits
Display Diagonal
14"
14"
13.3 inch
Display Type
IPS anti-glare
Flexible OLED
Gamut
95% DCI-P3
Resolution
WUXGA / FHD+ (1920x1200) or 4K UHD+ (3840x2400)
QXGA 2048x1536
Function
Audio
Dolby ® Atmos, Dolby ® Voice
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Atmos Speaker System
Fast Charging
Rapid Charge
Rapid Charge
Graphics
Intel ® Iris ® Xe Graphics
Integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics
Integrated Intel UHD 11th Gen Graphics
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Yes
Operating System
Up to Windows 11 Pro, Linux Ubuntu, or Fedora
Windows 10
Windows 10, Windows 10 X
Processor
Intel vPro®, an Intel® Evo™ Design with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Core i5 processor P series
Up to 11th-gen Intel Core i7-1185G7 Tiger Lake
Intel Core i5-L16G7 Processor with Intel Hybrid Technology
SIM
1x Nano SIM or eSIM
Nano SIM for optional WWAN
5G sub 6Ghz with 4G LTE (CAT20) coverage
Security
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
Power-on Touch Fingerprint Reader, Match on Chip Touch Fingerprint Reader, dTPM 2.0 chip, HPD sensor with IR Camera
Touch Screen
Optional in WUXGA
Optional in WUXGA
Yes
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 16.7 hours
Up to 8.5 hours
Durability
MIL-SPEC 810G
Memory | Capacity
Up to 64GB
Up to 32 GB
8 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4x 4266MHz
LPDDR4X 4267MHz
Power Supply
Up to Type-C 65W, supports Rapid Charge
Type-C 65W
USB-C 65W
Storage
Up to 2TB Gen 4 performance PCIe NVMe SSD
Up to 2TB Gen 4 PCIe SSD
Up to 1TB PCIe-NVMe M.2 2242 SSD
Production
Accessory
Dock: ThinkPad USB-C Dock Gen 2 / Keyboard: Lenovo Fold Mini Keyboard
Availability
2021-02
2020-10
Debut
2023-01 (CES 2023)
2021-01-11 (CES 2021)
2020 CES
Reviews
Neofiliac score
80%
Pros
- Robust build quality
- Rather light
- Serious business look
- Excellent build quality
- Excellent battery life
- Excellent keyboard and touchpad
- Excellent display
- Versatile foldable screen
- Magnetic keyboard magnetically attaches to one half of the screen
- Long battery life
Cons
- Lack of innovation since two generations
- Slightly larger than before
- Not good on performance
- Display worse than previously
- Three logos on the lid
- Lower-powered Intel CPU is underwhelming
- Keyboard not as comfortable to type on as other ThinkPads
- Keyboard is not included
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