Compare Yoga Slim 7i Carbon GEN 8 vs ThinkPad X1 Extreme GEN 4 vs ThinkPad X1 Carbon GEN 9
Variants
WQUXGA
WQXGA
4K
WUXGA Non-touch
WUXGA Touch
Connectivity
Ports
1 x Thunderbolt™ 4.0 + 1 x Type-C™ Full-Functio
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 6E, Bluetooth 5.1
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
50 Wh
90 Wh
57 Wh
Camera
HD Webcam / IR Camera
Camera | Front
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
Moon White / Storm Grey
Deep Black, optional Carbon-Fiber Weave on top cover
Black, optional woven carbon fiber top cover
Form Factor
Clamshell laptop computer
Clamshell laptop computer
Material
Aluminum
Carbon fiber
Microphone
Dual far-field mic
4x 360-degree Microphones
Speakers
2 x 2W Harman Kardon® Speakers
User-facing Dolby ATMOS Speaker System
Stereo speakers
Dimensions
Bezels
Top : 6.74 mm, Left/Right : 2.8 mm, Bottom : 9.5 mm
Size | Depth
206 mm / 8.11 inch
253.8 mm / 9.99"
221.6 mm / 8.72 inch
Size | Height
from 14.8 mm / 0.58 inch
17.7 mm / 0.78"
14.9 mm / 0.59 inch
Size | Width
301 mm / 11.85 inch
359.5 mm / 14.13"
314.5 mm / 12.38 inch
Weight
from 0.99 kg / 2.18 lbs
From 1.814 kg / 3.999 lbs
1133 g / 2.49 lbs
Display
Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
16:10
Brightness
400 nits
Display Diagonal
13.3"
16"
14"
Display Type
IPS
IPS matte or touch, low blue light
IPS anti-glare
Refresh Rate
90 Hz
Resolution
2.5K (2560 x 1600)
WQXGA / QHD+ (2560x1600) or WQUXGA / UHD+ (3840x2400)
WUXGA / FHD+ (1920x1200) or 4K UHD+ (3840x2400)
Function
Audio
Dolby Atmos
Fast Charging
Rapid Charge
Rapid Charge
Graphics
Intel® Iris® Xe
Integrated Intel UHD, NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti, RTX 3060, RTX 3070, or RTX 3080
Integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics
Keyboard Backlight
Yes
Yes
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11 Home / Windows 11 Pro
Windows 10
Windows 10
Processor
Intel® Core™ i7-1360P / i5-1340P
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
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
Optional
Optional in WUXGA
Touchpad
Redesigned TouchPad (115mm x 61mm / 4.53" x 2.40")
Performance
Battery Life
Up to 10.7 hours
Up to 16.7 hours
Durability
MIL-STD-810G
MIL-SPEC 810G
Key Travel
1.5 mm
Memory | Capacity
8 GB / 16 GB
Up to 64 GB (2x SO-DIMMs)
Up to 32 GB
Memory | Type
LPDDR5 Dual Channel; 4800 MHz
DDR4 3200 MHz
LPDDR4x 4266MHz
Power Supply
135, 170, or 230 W
Type-C 65W
Storage
PCIe Gen 4 M.2 : 512 GB / 1 TB
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
2023-01 (CES 2023)
2021-06 (MWC 2021)
2021-01-11 (CES 2021)
Made In
China
Reviews
Neofiliac score
70%
Pros
- Beautiful construction
- Very light
- Great performance for a 15-inch laptop
- Bright 16:10 display with Dolby Vision
- Comfortable keyboard
- Good battery life
- Excellent build quality
- Excellent battery life
- Excellent keyboard and touchpad
- Excellent display
Cons
- Poor port selection
- Low power
- Not upgradable
- Not as powerful as the XPS 15
- Lower-powered Intel CPU is underwhelming
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