Compare MSI Summit E16 Flip Evo 2023 vs ThinkPad X1 Yoga GEN 8 vs ThinkPad T15g GEN 2

Variants
4K OLED
WUXGA
WUXGA + Privacy Guard
WUXGA ARAS
4K IPS
4K OLED
FHD

Connectivity

Ports
2x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 1x HDMI + 1x MicroSD Card + 1x Audio
2x Thunderbolt™ 4 + 2x USB 3.2 Type-A Gen 1 + 1x HDMI 2.0b + 1x Audio
2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 2x Thunderbolt 4 + 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen1 + 1x HDMI 2.1/2.0 + 1x SD + 1x 3.5mm Audio combo + 1x RJ45 + 1x optional Smart card reader
Wireless Connectivity
Intel® Killer™ AX Wi-Fi 6E + Bluetooth 5.3
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.1, NFC, 5G sub-6 (CAT20) / 4G LTE (CAT16)
WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.2, optional Quectel EM160R-GL 4G LTE CAT16 WWAN

Construction

Battery | Capacity
4-Cell 82Wh
57 Wh
94 Wh
Battery | Type
Lithium-ion polymer battery
Camera
IR FHD type (30fps@1080p)
FHD RGB or FHD IR Hybrid camera with webcam privacy shutter FHD + IR MIPI camera with webcam privacy shutter and Computer Vision
Camera | Front
720p HD camera with webcam privacy shutter, optional Hybrid IR camera for Windows Hello
Colors
Ink Black
Storm Grey
Black
Form Factor
2-in-1 convertible laptop
2-in-1 laptop computer
Material
Aluminum
Microphone
4x 360-degree Quad-Array Microphones
Dual far-field microphones
Speakers
2x 2W Speaker
Stereo speakers
2x 2W, up-firing Dolby Atmos Speaker System

Dimensions

Size | Depth
259 mm
222.3 mm / 8.75 inch
252.3 mm / 9.93 inch
Size | Height
16.9 mm
15.53 mm / 0.61 inch
24.5-31.4 mm / 0.9-1.2 inch
Size | Width
358 mm
314.4 mm / 12.38 inch
375.4 mm / 14.78 inch
Weight
2.1 kg
1.38 kg / 3.0 lbs
2.87kg / 6.32lbs

Display

Aspect Ratio
16:10
16:10
Display Diagonal
16 inch
14"
15.6 inch
Display Type
IPS
Refresh Rate
165 Hz
Resolution
FHD+ (1920x1200) / QHD+ (2560 x 1600)
FHD (1920x1080) or 4K UHD (3840x2160)

Function

Audio
Dolby ® Atmos, Dolby ® Voice
Dolby Atmos Speaker System
Digitizer
Lenovo Integrated Pen
Fast Charging
Rapid Charge
Rapid Charge
Graphics
Intel® Iris® Xe graphics
Intel ® Iris ® Xe Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 8GB Max-Q or RTX 3080 16GB Max-Q
Keyboard Backlight
White
Yes
Yes
Operating System
Windows 11 Home
Up to Windows 11 Pro or Linux Ubuntu
Windows 10
Processor
Up to 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 Processor
Intel vPro®, an Intel® Evo™ Design with 13th Gen Intel® Core™ i7 processor and Core i5 processor P series
11th-gen Intel Xeon W-11955M or i9-11950H Tiger Lake
SIM
1x Nano SIM or eSIM
Optional Nano SIM 4G LTE
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
Discrete Trusted Platform Module (dTPM) 2.0, Match-on-chip touch fingerprint reader, Self-healing BIOS, optional Windows Hello
Touch Screen
Yes
Yes
Available with OLED

Performance

Battery Life
10.3 hours
Durability
MIL-STD-810H
Memory | Capacity
Max 32GB
Up to 64GB
Up to 128GB (4x SO-DIMMs)
Memory | Type
LPDDR5-4800MHz dual channel
LPDDR5
DDR4 3200MHz, ECC available with Xeon processor
Power Supply
65W adapter
Up to Type-C 65W, supports Rapid Charge
230W slim adapter
Storage
1x M.2 SSD slot (NVMe PCIe Gen4)
Up to 2TB Gen 4 performance PCIe NVMe SSD
Up to 3 x 2TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen 4 SSD, RAID 0/1

Production

Accessory
Digitizer: Optional ThinkPad Pen Pro with Wacom AES 2.0 pen support
Availability
2021
Debut
2023-01 (CES 2023)

Reviews

Neofiliac score
60%
84%
Pros
  • Better port selection than the non-Evo model
  • Decent construction
  • Serious business look
  • High build quality
  • More compelling than the X1 Carbon G11
  • Good ergonomics
Cons
  • Soldered memory + single M.2
  • Has numeric keypad
  • Average styling
  • Weak performance
  • No major innovation

Price

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