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MagyarDynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 review - Business laptop weighs only 900 grams
With the Portégé X30 series, Dynabook (formerly Toshiba) offers particularly compact business laptops with 13-inch displays. Our test device, the X30L, is a standard clamshell, but with the X30W, Dynabook also caters to those interested in convertibles. With a weight of just over 900 grams, the Portégé X30L is primarily aimed at customers who want to use a notebook that is as light as possible on the go without sacrificing many ports or performance. Our test device (X30L-K-139) offers a modern Core i5 processor from Intel, 16 GB RAM, and a fast PCIe 4.0 SSD from Samsung in addition to the IGZO 1080p display from Sharp. The manufacturer charges around 1,600 Euros for this.
Possible competitors in comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Best Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85.1 % | 08/2022 | Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 i5-1240P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 905 g | 17.9 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 89.8 % | 02/2021 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE i7-1160G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 946 g | 16 mm | 13.00" | 2160x1350 | |
| 89 % | 07/2022 | Dell Latitude 13 7330 i7-1265U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1 kg | 16.96 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 90.1 % | 07/2022 | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M | 1.1 kg | 14.9 mm | 13.30" | 2880x1800 | |
| 90.3 % | 04/2020 | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA i5-8265U, UHD Graphics 620 | 1.1 kg | 16.1 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 85.6 % | 09/2021 | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 1 kg | 17 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 | |
| 85.1 % | 05/2020 | Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 i5-10210U, UHD Graphics 620 | 859 g | 17.9 mm | 13.30" | 1920x1080 |
Case & Equipment
One of the highlights of the X30L is certainly the magnesium casing, which is why the device only weighs a bit more than 900 grams. Paradoxically, however, the device is almost too light because it does not feel particularly high-quality in handling, but rather like a plastic bomber. There is also still room for improvement in terms of quality. The base unit is very stable, but there are slight creaking noises when twisting. The display hinges are well adjusted (maximum opening angle 180 degrees), but opening with only one hand is not quite easy due to the low weight. The display lid itself is also very thin and quite flexible, but there were no creaking noises and we could not provoke any picture errors.
The case in a dark blue (Mystic Blue) is visually quite discreet, from the outside only the Dynabook lettering and the hinge cover serve as visual accents. As soon as you open the lid, the blue pointer replacement (AccuPoint) in the center of the keyboard immediately catches your eye. However, the screen's edges above and especially below the display are quite wide; a 16:10 panel would have fit here as well.
The lower case cover is secured with a multitude of Phillips screws, but there are no other hooks or plastic clips. Compared to the old model (which was even a bit lighter), the maintenance options are now more limited because both the working memory and the WLAN module are soldered in the meantime. Only the SSD can be replaced.
In terms of ports, Dynabook shows that even a compact device does not have to make do with USB-C alone. Besides two modern Thunderbolt ports, there is also USB-A, HDMI, and even a Gigabit Ethernet port.
| SD Card Reader | |
| average JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE (AV Pro V60) | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 64 GB UHS-II) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 (Angelbird Av Pro V60) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.9 - 193.9, n=17, last 2 years) | |
| maximum AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE (AV Pro V60) | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 (Toshiba Exceria Pro M501 64 GB UHS-II) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 (Angelbird Av Pro V60) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23.6 - 239, n=17, last 2 years) | |
The manufacturer also installs a modern Wi-Fi 6E module from Intel (AX211E), but we could not establish a connection with the 6 GHz network of our reference router from Asus. The transfer rates in the 5 GHz network were still very good. The Portégé is also optionally available with an LTE module.
The microSD reader offers decent transfer rates, but the webcam only has a weak 720p sensor that does not allow for particularly good pictures. Besides a mechanical shutter, an IR camera is also installed for using Windows Hello.
Input devices - Dynabook with AccuPoint
The black chiclet keyboard is illuminated and offers an average typing feel, it does not feel as high-quality as in other business laptops and the keystrokes also feel a bit clattery. Furthermore, the keys on the right side are partly very small and crowded.
The clickpad works well in principle, but it is very small due to the additional dedicated keys for the blue AccuPoint, and there is also a fingerprint scanner on the upper left, which takes up additional space. However, the functionality is okay, only the click noise is very loud
The AccuPoint in the keyboard's center works precisely, especially in comparison to the ThinkPads the initial resistance is too high, so you have to use a lot of force, which affects the precision a bit. The two dedicated mouse keys only have a very short travel and the loud click noise feels cheap.
Display - IGZO panel from Sharp
Dynabook offers the Portégé X30L with three different matte Full HD IPS displays, but we would not recommend the two versions with 250 cd/m² and 300 cd/m² (touch). Our review sample features the much brighter IGZO display from Sharp, which achieves an average brightness of 450 cd/m² and also offers a good subjective picture impression since even bright surfaces do not look grainy.
Halos are not a problem, the response times are inconspicuous and the viewing angles are very stable, but we could detect PWM flickering from a brightness of 20% (about 115 cd/m²) or less. However, the frequency is extremely high at almost 24 kHz, so there should be no restrictions here.
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Brightness Distribution: 88 %
Center on Battery: 491 cd/m²
Contrast: 1453:1 (Black: 0.34 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 3.8 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.1
ΔE Greyscale 6.8 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
64.8% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
94.5% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
64.3% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.18
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 LQ133M1JW41, IGZO, 1920x1080, 13.30 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE MND007ZA1-2, IPS, 2160x1350, 13.00 | Dell Latitude 13 7330 LG Philips 133WF9, IPS, 1920x1080, 13.30 | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED SDC4172, OLED, 2880x1800, 13.30 | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA AUO5E2D, IPS, 1920x1080, 13.30 | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE LQ133M1JW48, IPS, 1920x1080, 13.30 | Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 Toshiba TOS508F, IPS, 1920x1080, 13.30 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | 9% | 2% | 37% | 7% | 5% | 4% | |
| Display P3 Coverage | 64.3 | 70.4 9% | 66.1 3% | 99.8 55% | 69 7% | 67.3 5% | 66.9 4% |
| sRGB Coverage | 94.5 | 99.9 6% | 93.5 -1% | 100 6% | 99.4 5% | 98.4 4% | 97.6 3% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage | 64.8 | 72 11% | 68.2 5% | 97.8 51% | 70.9 9% | 68.8 6% | 67.8 5% |
| Response Times | -6% | -11% | 30% | -34% | -60% | -19% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * | 39 ? | 46.8 ? -20% | 48.4 ? -24% | 2.1 ? 95% | 60.8 ? -56% | 61.2 ? -57% | 54.8 ? -41% |
| Response Time Black / White * | 30.3 ? | 28 ? 8% | 29.6 ? 2% | 1.68 ? 94% | 33.8 ? -12% | 37.6 ? -24% | 35.6 ? -17% |
| PWM Frequency | 23600 ? | 240.4 ? -99% | 211.9 ? -99% | 23810 ? 1% | |||
| Screen | 27% | 22% | 138% | 24% | 6% | 17% | |
| Brightness middle | 494 | 460 -7% | 460.1 -7% | 336 -32% | 411 -17% | 348 -30% | 482 -2% |
| Brightness | 451 | 434 -4% | 445 -1% | 338 -25% | 388 -14% | 350 -22% | 452 0% |
| Brightness Distribution | 88 | 92 5% | 89 1% | 99 13% | 87 -1% | 92 5% | 91 3% |
| Black Level * | 0.34 | 0.27 21% | 0.31 9% | 0.02 94% | 0.22 35% | 0.31 9% | 0.4 -18% |
| Contrast | 1453 | 1704 17% | 1484 2% | 16800 1056% | 1868 29% | 1123 -23% | 1205 -17% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 3.8 | 1.1 71% | 2.42 36% | 1.8 53% | 1.8 53% | 2.8 26% | 1.85 51% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 10.2 | 4.5 56% | 3.97 61% | 3.8 63% | 4.1 60% | 6.8 33% | 3.08 70% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.1 | 1 9% | 0.77 30% | 1.8 -64% | 1 9% | 0.8 27% | 1.2 -9% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 6.8 | 1.6 76% | 2.3 66% | 0.9 87% | 2.5 63% | 4.8 29% | 2 71% |
| Gamma | 2.18 101% | 2.2 100% | 2.23 99% | 2.22 99% | 2.26 97% | 2.2 100% | 2.1 105% |
| CCT | 6894 94% | 6475 100% | 6262 104% | 6580 99% | 6448 101% | 6978 93% | 6822 95% |
| Color Space (Percent of AdobeRGB 1998) | 65.7 | 64.7 | 62.5 | ||||
| Color Space (Percent of sRGB) | 99.9 | 99.3 | 97.7 | ||||
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | 10% /
18% | 4% /
13% | 68% /
96% | -1% /
12% | -16% /
-7% | 1% /
7% |
* ... smaller is better
We measured the panel values with the professional CalMAN software (X-Rite i1 Pro2 spectrophotometer) and the performance is not very good ex-factory, because there is a clearly visible color cast towards purple, and the deviations compared to the sRGB reference are very high. You should definitely calibrate the panel (our profile is available for free download above) because there is a lot of potential here and the calibrated performance is excellent. The sRGB color space is almost completely covered and overall this is a good panel for office use.
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 30.3 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 15.3 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 15 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 80 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (21.5 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 39 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 22.7 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 26.3 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.2 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 53 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (33.7 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM detected | 23600 Hz | ≤ 20 % brightness setting |  |
The display backlight flickers at 23600 Hz (worst case, e.g., utilizing PWM) Flickering detected at a brightness setting of 20 % and below. There should be no flickering or PWM above this brightness setting. The frequency of 23600 Hz is quite high, so most users sensitive to PWM should not notice any flickering. In comparison: 53 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 17900 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 3846000) Hz was measured. | |||
Outdoors, you benefit from the matte surface and the high screen brightness. As long as you avoid direct sunlight, you can still work reasonably in bright environments.
Performance - Alder Lake and weak cooling
The Dynabook is offered with Intel's faster Alder Lake P CPUs. Besides the Core i5 of our test device, a Core i7 or Core i3 is also available (also as vPro versions). There are no additional performance profiles from the manufacturer, so only the Windows profiles can be used here. This is basically perfectly fine, but the profiles are not well adapted to the weak cooling. The processor can consume a lot of power for a short time (up to 64 watts), but then the temperatures go through the roof and the chip is suddenly throttled to 11 watts. After that, it can briefly consume more than 20 watts again before it then settles at a stable 15 watts. In the more efficient profiles, the maximum values are a bit lower (e.g. 35 watts), which is also kept a bit longer, but even then there is a drop to 11 watts and the results are overall the same. Looking at the cooling, it would have made much more sense to set the PL2 to 25 watts, for example, and then set the permanent consumption to 15 watts, which would have actually been ideal for an Alder Lake U chip.
Processor
The Intel Core i5-1240P offers four fast performance and eight efficiency cores. Due to the previously described TDP issue, the multi-core performance, which is the main difference from the Alder Lake-U chips, turns out rather modest. Compared to the old X30W (i.e. the convertible variant) with the Tiger Lake processor, the multi-core performance is only slightly higher, which is disappointing. The single-core performance on the other hand is very good, but that would also have been possible with an Alder Lake-U like the Core i5-1235U (2x performance, 8x efficiency).
Overall, the Portégé offers sufficient performance for everyday office use, where single-core performance is the most important factor in most cases. The performance is not reduced even further in battery mode. Further CPU benchmarks are available in our technology section are available.
Cinebench R15 Multi loop
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R20: CPU (Multi Core) | CPU (Single Core)
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
| CPU Performance Rating | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE -1! | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA -6! | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 -2! | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2485 - 16201, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (277 - 11556, n=20) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (598 - 1934, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (640 - 1689, n=18) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (810 - 6314, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (763 - 4456, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (216 - 738, n=64, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (251 - 653, n=16) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (514 - 2581, n=70, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (407 - 2007, n=19) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (91.8 - 280, n=62, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (91.8 - 243, n=18) | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (285 - 1926, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (201 - 1600, n=66, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (16223 - 67444, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (7254 - 47002, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (2197 - 6403, n=58, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2197 - 5320, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4274 - 12580, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1763 - 10112, n=15) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (672 - 2350, n=65, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (672 - 1658, n=15) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1.5 - 19.4, n=56, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1.99 - 12.9, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (46.4 - 120.5, n=16) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (40.1 - 120.5, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (0.4987 - 1.236, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (0.4397 - 1.236, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
| Performance Rating | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA -1! | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (343 - 25961, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2405 - 9694, n=16) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (11867 - 111109, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (7407 - 49934, n=16) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (453 - 4646, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (415 - 2462, n=16) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (15447 - 115300, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (29405 - 76736, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (1223 - 14944, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (2135 - 6540, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6379 - 59053, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (5113 - 23992, n=16) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (638 - 161430, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (8849 - 90370, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (270 - 1123, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (101.6 - 812, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (204 - 14018, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (1154 - 5258, n=16) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (7622 - 53954, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (11873 - 43661, n=16) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
System performance
There are no surprises when looking at the general system performance. The Dynabook responds quickly to inputs and the combination of the Core i5 CPU and the fast SSD simply makes for a snappy system. The benchmark results in the synthetic tests are average.
Our test device of the Dynabook Portégé X30L was still shipped with Windows 10 Pro, however, a free upgrade to Windows 11 is possible at any time.
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4384 - 7428, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (4881 - 5345, n=11) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (8890 - 11168, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (8890 - 10652, n=11) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (6213 - 10279, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (6118 - 7058, n=11) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (4093 - 9749, n=55, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (5169 - 6213, n=11) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (718 - 1876, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1392 - 1553, n=7) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (685 - 1829, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1393 - 1524, n=7) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (776 - 2210, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1426 - 1647, n=7) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs (1267 - 1545, n=7) | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (652 - 1899, n=61, last 2 years) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| PCMark 10 Score | 4988 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (22781 - 95353, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (23312 - 70537, n=16) | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23831 - 86433, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (18989 - 70553, n=16) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (23474 - 93382, n=57, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (23454 - 62496, n=16) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
| Average Intel Core i5-1240P (85.1 - 188.3, n=11) | |
| HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Average of class Subnotebook (18.8 - 172, n=52, last 2 years) | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latencies
Our standard latency test (web browsing, YouTube 4K playback, CPU load) reveals some issues and with the BIOS version at hand, the test device is not suitable for using real-time audio applications.
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 | |
| Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE | |
| Dell Latitude 13 7330 | |
| Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE | |
| Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED | |
* ... smaller is better
Mass storage
Dynabook relies on a fast PCIe 4.0 SSD from Samsung. The PM9A1 is the OEM version of the 980 Pro and the transfer rates are very good at first, but the performance quickly drops significantly, which is probably due to the SSD's temperatures. However, the effects will be minor in everyday use. Of the total 512 GB, there are 413 GB available to the user after the first startup. More SSD benchmarks are available here.
* ... smaller is better
Continuous read: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
Graphics card
The Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 we already know from the old Tiger Lake processors and in combination with the Core i5, it is the slower version with 80 EUs. The iGPU offers enough performance for everyday office use, but it does not cut a particularly good figure when gaming after work. Theoretically, you could connect an external GPU at home, but that honestly does not make much sense due to the low CPU multi-core performance
The rapidly falling TDP limit also has an impact on the iGPU and the performance is not completely stable; the Time Spy stress test is not passed with 93%. However, the GPU performance is not reduced further in battery mode. More GPU benchmarks are available here.
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 5088 points | |
| 3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 17182 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 3785 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 1333 points | |
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Witcher 3 FPS-Diagramm
| low | med. | high | ultra | |
| GTA V (2015) | 69 | 55.5 | 16.9 | 7.61 |
| The Witcher 3 (2015) | 70 | 47 | 23 | 10.8 |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 95.8 | 65 | 39.9 | 39.2 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 31.1 | 17.7 | 12.5 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 44.2 | 29.3 | 26.5 | |
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 61.8 | 27.8 | 22.2 | 18.1 |
| F1 2021 (2021) | 66.7 | 28.7 | 24.4 | 16.1 |
Emissions & Energy
Noise emissions
At idle, the device is usually silent, but the fan can start from time to time. However, this is hardly noticed with less than 30 dB(A). However, as soon as the device is loaded a bit more, the small fan immediately jumps to its maximum speed. The noise at just under 35 dB(A) is already clearly audible and also relatively high-frequency, you simply notice that it is a small fan. We could not detect any other electronic noises.
Noise Level
| Idle |
| 24.9 / 24.9 / 28.7 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 35.6 / 35.6 dB(A) |
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30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud |
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min:  , med:  , max:  Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 24.9 dB(A) | ||
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1240P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1160G7, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G | Dell Latitude 13 7330 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1265U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA UHD Graphics 620, i5-8265U, Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage 32GB + 512GB HBRPEKNX0202A(L/H) | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1185G7, Toshiba XG6 KXG6AZNV1T02 | Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 UHD Graphics 620, i5-10210U, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ | |
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| Noise | -2% | -0% | 1% | -7% | 2% | -6% | |
| off / environment * | 24.9 | 24.9 -0% | 23.4 6% | 24 4% | 29.5 -18% | 23.5 6% | 28.5 -14% |
| Idle Minimum * | 24.9 | 24.9 -0% | 23.4 6% | 24 4% | 29.5 -18% | 23.5 6% | 28.5 -14% |
| Idle Average * | 24.9 | 26.3 -6% | 23.4 6% | 24 4% | 30 -20% | 23.5 6% | 28.5 -14% |
| Idle Maximum * | 28.7 | 31.8 -11% | 23.4 18% | 24 16% | 30.3 -6% | 28 2% | 28.5 1% |
| Load Average * | 35.6 | 34.3 4% | 37.8 -6% | 33.1 7% | 31.6 11% | 35 2% | 32 10% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 35.6 | 34.3 4% | 39.2 -10% | 40.2 -13% | 35 2% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 35.6 | 37.5 -5% | 43 -21% | 41.7 -17% | 31.6 11% | 38.5 -8% | 38 -7% |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
The surface temperatures are absolutely uncritical. Even in the stress test, the Portégé X30L can still be placed on the lap without any problems, and you do not feel any heating at all during low load. However, that is not really surprising in view of the low TDP limit of 15 watts. Since the CPU and the iGPU have to share this value in the stress test, the clocks are correspondingly low.
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 42.8 °C / 109 F, compared to the average of 35.9 °C / 97 F, ranging from 21.4 to 59 °C for the class Subnotebook.
(+) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 39.8 °C / 104 F, compared to the average of 39.4 °C / 103 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 26.1 °C / 79 F, compared to the device average of 30.7 °C / 87 F.
(±) Playing The Witcher 3, the average temperature for the upper side is 32.3 °C / 90 F, compared to the device average of 30.7 °C / 87 F.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 27.4 °C / 81.3 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 28.3 °C / 82.9 F (+0.9 °C / 1.6 F).
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 Intel Core i5-1240P, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE Intel Core i7-1160G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Dell Latitude 13 7330 Intel Core i7-1265U, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED AMD Ryzen 7 6800U, AMD Radeon 680M | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA Intel Core i5-8265U, Intel UHD Graphics 620 | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE Intel Core i7-1185G7, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs | Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 Intel Core i5-10210U, Intel UHD Graphics 620 | |
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| Heat | 1% | 7% | -13% | -5% | -2% | -16% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * | 42.8 | 42.2 1% | 38.6 10% | 47.9 -12% | 41.1 4% | 42.1 2% | 41.2 4% |
| Maximum Bottom * | 39.8 | 47.5 -19% | 42 -6% | 56.1 -41% | 47.5 -19% | 46.7 -17% | 44 -11% |
| Idle Upper Side * | 27 | 24.3 10% | 23.8 12% | 26.8 1% | 26.4 2% | 25.9 4% | 34.6 -28% |
| Idle Bottom * | 28 | 25.3 10% | 24.6 12% | 27.3 2% | 29.7 -6% | 26.5 5% | 36.2 -29% |
* ... smaller is better
Speaker
The stereo speakers are relatively loud but sound extremely thin. The modules are well suited for conferences because the voice reproduction benefits from the linear treble reproduction here, but we would definitely recommend external speakers or headphones for music or video playback.
Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 37.1% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (8.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.3% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (4.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 1.5% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (1.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (20.3% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 60% of all tested devices in this class were better, 9% similar, 31% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 47% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 44% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.4 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 14.6% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.8% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (6.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.2% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (11.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 10% of all tested devices in this class were better, 4% similar, 86% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 19%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 6% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 91% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 25%, worst was 134%
Energy consumption
The Portégé X30L is basically very efficient in energy measurements. The consumption only reaches the power supply's limit with more than 60 watts during load, but the laptop quickly reduces this and the consumption settles at around 30 watts in the stress test (~15-watt TDP)
The included 65-watt power supply is thus sufficiently sized. The power supply itself is also very compact, but the weight is 375 grams due to the long cables, and the competitors often have an advantage here.
| Off / Standby | 0.36 / 0.7 Watt |
| Idle | 3.9 / 6.4 / 7.2 Watt |
| Load |
35.8 / 63.4 Watt |
   
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| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 Iris Xe G7 80EUs, i5-1240P, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL2512HCJQ | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1160G7, WDC PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G | Dell Latitude 13 7330 Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1265U, Toshiba KBG40ZNS512G NVMe | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED Radeon 680M, R7 6800U, Samsung PM9A1 MZVL21T0HCLR | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA UHD Graphics 620, i5-8265U, Intel Optane Memory H10 with Solid State Storage 32GB + 512GB HBRPEKNX0202A(L/H) | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE Iris Xe G7 96EUs, i7-1185G7, Toshiba XG6 KXG6AZNV1T02 | Dynabook Portege X30L-G1331 UHD Graphics 620, i5-10210U, Samsung SSD PM981a MZVLB512HBJQ | |
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| Power Consumption | 6% | -0% | -25% | 9% | 0% | 12% | |
| Idle Minimum * | 3.9 | 3.3 15% | 2.8 28% | 4.8 -23% | 3.5 10% | 3.5 10% | 2.8 28% |
| Idle Average * | 6.4 | 5.7 11% | 4.8 25% | 8.7 -36% | 5.1 20% | 6.1 5% | 4.9 23% |
| Idle Maximum * | 7.2 | 9.1 -26% | 7.3 -1% | 10.1 -40% | 8.1 -13% | 7.2 -0% | 9 -25% |
| Load Average * | 35.8 | 29.6 17% | 48.1 -34% | 45.6 -27% | 35.6 1% | 39.9 -11% | 31.2 13% |
| Witcher 3 ultra * | 29.4 | 27.7 6% | 35.4 -20% | 42.4 -44% | 34.1 -16% | ||
| Load Maximum * | 63.4 | 55.1 13% | 63.6 -0% | 49.5 22% | 44.7 29% | 54.9 13% | 49.4 22% |
* ... smaller is better
Power consumption Witcher 3 / Stress test
Power consumption with external monitor
Battery life
The review sample achieves good battery runtimes with the 53 Wh battery and overall, the comparison devices are all on a very similar level here. In our WLAN test with 150 cd/m² (corresponds to 30% of the maximum brightness), we determined a bit more than 10 hours and even more than 8 hours at full brightness. The efficient IGZO display is noticeable here.
A full charge takes a bit more than 2.5 hours, but 45% is already available after half an hour.
| Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139 i5-1240P, Iris Xe G7 80EUs, 53 Wh | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Nano-20UN002UGE i7-1160G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 48.2 Wh | Dell Latitude 13 7330 i7-1265U, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 41 Wh | Asus Zenbook S 13 OLED R7 6800U, Radeon 680M, 67 Wh | HP Elite Dragonfly-8MK79EA i5-8265U, UHD Graphics 620, 56.2 Wh | Fujitsu LifeBook U9311X i7 LTE i7-1185G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 50 Wh | Dynabook Portégé X30W-J-10K i7-1165G7, Iris Xe G7 96EUs, 53 Wh | Average of class Subnotebook | |
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| Battery Runtime | 1% | -19% | -11% | -1% | -18% | 3% | -3% | |
| WiFi Websurfing | 611 | 596 -2% | 497 -19% | 550 -10% | 605 -1% | 492 -19% | 658 8% | 629 ? 3% |
| WiFi Websurfing max. Brightness | 487 | 503 3% | 430 -12% | 487 0% | 409 -16% | 472 -3% | 441 ? -9% |
Pros
Cons
Verdict - Light business notebook with many ports
The Dynabook Portégé X30L shows that even very compact and lightweight business laptops do not have to do without many ports. With Thunderbolt 4, PCIe 4.0, and Wi-Fi 6E, the latest technologies are also used and an LTE module is optionally available
The magnesium casing is extremely light and the stability is also good. The matte Full HD panel is basically good as well, but a 16:10 panel would easily fit in here as well. You also notice that the cooling is simply too weak and that the choice of the Alder Lake-P processor does not make sense because the multi-core performance is only marginally better than the Tiger Lake predecessor. An Alder Lake-U processor with adjusted TDP limits would suit better here. We also notice the influence of the high TDP limits of Intel's current chips, since the small fan immediately reaches its maximum speed even at low load.
Extremely light, long battery life, and many ports: The Dynabook Portégé X30L offers many features and modern technology, but there is still a lot of room for improvement, especially in terms of performance. A 16:10 display would also be a nice addition for working.
The rivals offer considerably fewer ports and are usually a bit heavier, but they have advantages in other areas. For example, the input devices or the display of the ThinkPad X1 Nano should be mentioned. The new Dell Latitude 13 7330 offers a more balanced performance package with the Alder-Lake-U and also a better keyboard. If you prefer more performance and a very good OLED panel, you will hardly be able to avoid the Asus ZenBook S 13 which is currently one of the best compact notebooks on the market with its AMD processor.
Price and availability
Our test device of the Dynabook Portégé X30L is currently available for around 1,530 euro at various online retailers, e.g. at HeinzSoft.
Dynabook Portégé X30L-K-139
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08/26/2022 v7
Andreas Osthoff
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