Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 vs Dell XPS 15 9530 (2023)
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Performance
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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
Portability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
- Includes an old-school USB-A port
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 770 grams less (around 1.7 lbs)
- Better webcam recording quality
- Display has support for touch input
- Much smaller footprint: 15% more compact case (104.2 vs 122.9 square inches)
Advantages of the Dell XPS 15 9530 (2023)
- Higher number of cutting-edge USB Type-C ports: 3 versus 2
- Features a much bigger (~51%) battery – 86 against 57 watt-hours
- Thinner bezels and 5% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Around 14% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 64GB)
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.09 kg (2.4 lbs) | 1.86 kg (4.1 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 312.8 x 214.75 x 14.96 mm 12.31 x 8.45 x 0.59 inches |
344.72 x 230.14 x 18 mm 13.57 x 9.06 x 0.71 inches |
| Area | 672 cm2 (104 inches2) | 793 cm2 (122.9 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.6% | ~88.9% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 4.4 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black, Silver |
| Material | Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Aluminum |
Top: Aluminum Middle: Carbon fiber Bottom: Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 140° |
Size comparison
| Cooling system | Active | Active |
| Vapor chamber | No | No |
| Liquid metal | No | No |
| Number of fans | 2 | 2 |
| Noise level (max. load) | 37.8 dB | 44.6 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 15.6 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 145 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Matte | Glossy (Antireflective) |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | Yes |
Screen space comparison
XPS 15 9530 (2023)
15.6″ (16:10 ratio) = 109.4 in2
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~24% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1650:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Voltage | - | 11.4 V |
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 2:30 hr |
| Battery type | Li-Po | Li-Po |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes | Yes |
| Charging via USB (Power Delivery) | Yes | Yes |
| Charging port position | Left | Left, Right |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 130 W |
| Cable length | - | 1 meters |
| Weight of AC adapter | 252 grams | 463 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 2.6 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 4.7 GHz |
| Cores | 14 (4P + 10E) | 12 (4P + 8E) |
| Threads | 18 | 16 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 18 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (80EU) |
| Fabrication process | 7 nm | 10 nm |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
Graphics Card
GPU name
| TGP | 28 W | 50 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | - | Yes, Advanced Optimus |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 6 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS | 4.2 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 64 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps | ~12 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 1024 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 3.9 TFLOPS | 4.2 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 349 |
| Solar Bay | - | 11534 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 1x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 64 GB |
Storage
Storage size
| Bus | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) | PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) |
| Storage type | SSD (M2) | SSD (M2) |
| Channels | 1x256 GB | 1x512 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | Realtek ALC3281 |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W, 2x3W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | No |
| Loudness | ~86 dB | ~83.4 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6 |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Yes |
| 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 | No |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 3x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | No |
| DisplayPort | No | No |
| VGA | No | No |
| Audio jack (3.5 mm) | Yes | Yes |
| Ethernet (RJ45) | No | No |
| SD card reader | No | Yes |
| Proprietary charging port | No | No |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.3 mm |
| Size | 12.0 x 5.7 cm | 15.0 x 9.0 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| 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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