Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 vs E15 Gen 3 (AMD)
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Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Case
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 580 grams less (around 1.28 lbs)
- Around 40% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench R23 test
- Thinner bezels and 6% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Features a bigger (~27%) battery – 57 against 45 watt-hours
- Better webcam recording quality
- Display has support for touch input
- Provides 100% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 250 nits
- High-speed PCI Express Gen 4 interface
- Much smaller footprint: 20% more compact case (108.8 vs 135.8 square inches)
- 15% sharper screen – 162 versus 141 pixels per inch (PPI)
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad E15 Gen 3 (AMD)
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 24GB)
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Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.12 kg (2.47 lbs) | 1.7 kg (3.75 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 315.6 x 222.5 x 15.36 mm 12.43 x 8.76 x 0.6 inches |
365 x 240 x 18.9 mm 14.37 x 9.45 x 0.74 inches |
| Area | 702 cm2 (108.9 inches2) | 876 cm2 (135.8 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~80.9% | ~76.6% |
| Side bezels | 7.1 mm | 9.8 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 1 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 35.4 dB | 35 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | TN LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 141 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:9 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Contrast | 2067:1 | - |
| sRGB color space | 98.6% | - |
| Adobe RGB profile | 76.5% | - |
| DCI-P3 color gamut | 74.6% | - |
| Response time | 35 ms | - |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:08 hr | - |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| USB Power Delivery | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left |
| Charge power | 65 W | 65 W |
| Weigh of AC adapter | 297 grams | 365 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.3 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.4 GHz | 3.8 GHz |
| Cores | 10 (2P + 8E) | 4 |
| Threads | 12 | 8 |
| L3 Cache | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) | Radeon RX Vega 6 |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 15 W | 15 W |
| Type | Integrated | Integrated |
| Fabrication process | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | 0 MHz |
| GPU boost clock | 1100 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| FLOPS | 1.41 TFLOPS | - |
| Memory size | System Shared | System Shared |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | DDR4 |
| Memory speed | 5.2 Gbps | 3.2 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 640 | 384 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 40 | 24 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 20 | 8 |
GPU performance
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x4 GB | 1x4 GB |
| Clock | 5200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5 | DDR4 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 1 |
| Max. ram size | - | 24 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 3.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x128 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | Realtek ALC3287 |
| Speakers | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | 75 dB | 81.5 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v6E | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.2 | v5.2 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 1280 x 720 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | No |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.0 | 1x HDMI 1.4 |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | Yes |
| SD card reader | No | No |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | Yes |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.8 mm |
| Size | 11.0 x 5.6 cm | - |
| Surface | Glass | Plastic |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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