Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 vs P1 Gen 6
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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
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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Key Differences
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
- Significantly easier to carry: weighs 690 grams less (around 1.52 lbs)
- Thinner bezels and 4% higher screen-to-body ratio
- Display has support for touch input
- Provides 67% higher max. screen brightness: 500 vs 300 nits
- Much smaller footprint: 26% more compact case (104.2 vs 141.4 square inches)
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
- Features a much bigger (~58%) battery – 90 against 57 watt-hours
- Can run popular games at about 6-8% higher FPS
- Around 14% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
- User-upgradable RAM (up to 96GB)
- Better webcam recording quality
Tests and Specifications
Comparison table of test results and technical specsCase
| Weight | 1.09 kg (2.4 lbs) | 1.78 kg (3.92 lbs) |
| Dimensions | 312.8 x 214.75 x 14.96 mm 12.31 x 8.45 x 0.59 inches |
359.5 x 253.8 x 17.3 mm 14.15 x 9.99 x 0.68 inches |
| Area | 672 cm2 (104 inches2) | 912 cm2 (141.4 inches2) |
| Screen-to-body ratio | ~84.6% | ~81.4% |
| Side bezels | 5.7 mm | 7.4 mm |
| Colors | Black | Black |
| Material | Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Aluminum |
Top: Carbon fiber Middle: Aluminum Bottom: Aluminum |
| Transformer | No | No |
| Opening angle | 180° | 180° |
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 | 48 dB |
Display
| Size | 14 inches | 16 inches |
| Type | IPS LCD | IPS LCD |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | - |
| PPI | 162 ppi | 142 ppi |
| Aspect ratio | 16:10 | 16:10 |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1200 pixels | 1920 x 1200 pixels |
| HDR support | No | No |
| Sync technology | No | No |
| Touchscreen | Yes | No |
| Coating | Matte | Matte |
| Ambient light sensor | Yes | No |
Screen space comparison
ThinkPad P1 Gen 6
16″ (16:10 ratio) = 115.1 in2
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
14″ (16:10 ratio) = 88.1 in2
~30% more screen space
| Contrast | - | 1200:1 |
| sRGB color space | 100% | 100% |
Max. brightness
Battery
Capacity
| Full charging time | 2:00 hr | 1:30 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 |
| Charge power | 45 / 65 W | 170 / 230 W |
| Weight of AC adapter | 252 grams | 558 grams |
CPU
CPU name
| Base frequency | 1.2 GHz | 2.4 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.5 GHz | 5 GHz |
| Cores | 14 (4P + 10E) | 14 (6P + 8E) |
| Threads | 18 | 20 |
| L3 Cache | 18 MB | 24 MB |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics (7-Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) |
| 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 | 35 W |
| Nvidia Optimus | - | MUX |
| Type | Integrated | Dedicated |
| Fabrication process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| GPU base clock | 300 MHz | - |
| GPU boost clock | 2200 MHz | - |
| FLOPS | 3.9 TFLOPS | 4.3 TFLOPS |
| Memory size | System Shared | 6 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | - | 128 bit |
| Memory speed | 6.4 Gbps | ~11 Gbps |
| Shading units (cores) | 896 | 2048 |
| Texture mapping units (TMUs) | 56 | 64 |
| Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) | 24 | 32 |
| GPU performance | 3.9 TFLOPS | 4.3 TFLOPS |
GPU Benchmarks
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Blender GPU | - | 805 |
| Solar Bay | - | 14246 |
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
RAM
RAM size
| Channels | 2x8 GB | 2x8 GB |
| Clock | 6400 MHz | 5600 MHz |
| Type | LPDDR5X | DDR5 |
| Upgradable | No | Yes |
| Total slots | - | 2 |
| Max. ram size | - | 96 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 | 1x256 GB |
| Upgradable | Yes | Yes |
| Total slots | 1 | 2 |
| NVMe | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Audio chip | Realtek ALC3306 | Realtek ALC3306 |
| Speakers | 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers) | 2.0 |
| Power | 2x2W | 2x2W |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
| Loudness | ~86 dB | ~81.8 dB |
| Microphones | 4 | 2 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | v7 | v6E |
| Bluetooth | v5.4 | v5.3 |
| Fingerprint | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared sensor | Optional | Optional |
| Optical drive | No | No |
| Webcam | Above the display | Above the display |
| Webcam resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2560 x 1440 |
| USB-A | 2x USB 3.2 | 2x USB 3.2 |
| USB Type-C | 2x USB 4.0 | 2x USB 4.0 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 4 | Thunderbolt 4 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 | 1x HDMI 2.1 |
| 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 | Yes |
Input
| Keyboard type | Island | Island |
| Numpad | No | No |
| Backlight | Yes | Yes |
| Key travel | 1.5 mm | 1.5 mm |
| Size | 12.0 x 5.7 cm | 11.5 x 6.7 cm |
| Surface | Glass | Glass |
| Windows Precision | Yes | Yes |
Further details
Notes on ThinkPad P1 Gen 6:
- Models with NVIDIA RTX 3500/4000/5000 Ada or RTX4060/4080/4090 support a single M.2 SSD (up to 4TB), while versions with RTX A1000/2000 Ada – two M.2 SSDs.
*Disclaimer! Ports, speakers, display, and other specifications can vary depending on the laptop's specific configuration or region.
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