Verdict - ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 is one of the best business laptops
The new Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 is once again a very good business laptop and the switch to Intel's new Panther Lake mobile processors offers more CPU performance as well as longer battery runtimes. You can even get the high-end Core Ultra X chips for maximum CPU and GPU performance, but the standard iGPU should be sufficient for most business-related tasks. The default IPS touchscreen offers decent image quality, but only runs at 60 Hz. It is a low-power version though and helps the battery life, which is excellent at almost 24 hours in our Wi-Fi test and still 14 hours at full panel brightness. The factory calibration, however, is bad and we recommend calibrating it (or use our profile), even though it will reduce the maximum brightness noticeably. You can also get an OLED panel with 120 Hz, but it affects the battery runtime and the image is actually even a bit grainier compared to the IPS version.
This also brings us to the different chassis versions, because the thickness of the lid will vary depending on the screen (touchscreen models are slightly thicker) and OLED models also get a magnesium base unit instead of aluminum (IPS), which has a big effect on the weight. Our unit with the IPS touchscreen tips the scale at 1.14 kg and is therefore about 150 grams heavier than the OLED version (989 grams), which is a very noticeable difference. Here you have to decide whether you prefer the lighter chassis (OLED) or longer battery runtimes (IPS). We also have to mention the massive camera bump, which looks awful.
Connectivity has improved with an additional Thunderbolt 4 port on the right side and you get all the modern features you want, including the option to add a 5G modem. Lenovo also updated the speakers and the result is excellent, not only for a business laptop. Memory is soldered, but all versions offer at least 32 GB and you can get up to 64 GB in combination with the powerful Core Ultra X chips. All in all, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 is once again a very good business laptop, but be aware of the differences depending on the selected screen option. We will add more information and test results about the matte OLED panel soon.
Pros
Cons
Price and Availability
You can get the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 with the faster Core Ultra 7 355 for $2749 from Amazon or configure it directly on Lenovo's website starting from $2249.
Specifications
Case, Connectivity and Input Devices
Lenovo uses a completely new chassis for the 14th generation of the ThinkPad X1 Carbon. The overall design language is very similar to before, but we do not like the bulky camera bump. There are also differences depending on the display you select. SKUs without the touchscreen are slightly slimmer and also lighter due to the material. But there are more differences, because the IPS model gets an aluminum base unit, while OLED models get a magnesium base unit (lid always made of carbon fiber). This means there are three different chassis variants that also affect the weight. Our IPS model tips the scale at 1.14 kg, while the OLED model is actually lighter than 1 kg. The stability is very good on both versions, but the OLED model feels a bit stiffer, which also results in a slightly better typing experience. The new keyboard layout (with letters in the middle) now features an integrated power button with fingerprint scanner in the upper right corner and the keyboard quality is pretty much identical to the previous model with 1.5 mm key travel (1.35 mm for G, H & B) and the illumination can now be activated automatically. The haptic touchpad is still an excellent choice, also for TrackPoint users. Maintenance options (access to internals is very easy) are limited to the M.2-2280 SSD as well as an optional WWAN module (4G or 5G, our unit is WWAN ready with pre-installed antennas).
Connectivity is very good and Lenovo added another Thunderbolt 4 port on the right side, so you can charge it from both sides. Lenovo uses a modern Wi-Fi 7 module from Intel and the transfer rates in combination with a corresponding Wi-Fi 7 router are excellent at more than 3-4 Gbps. The 5 MP webcam (with IR) does its job.
| Networking | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| iperf3 transmit Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U | |
| iperf3 receive Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| iperf3 transmit Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U | |
| iperf3 receive Wi-Fi6/7 RT-BE96U | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
| iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
| iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
Display
Our review unit of the ThinkPad x1 Carbon Gen 14 is equipped with the base display, a Full-HD IPS touchscreen (1920 x 1200 pixels, 16:10) with 60 Hz. The subjective image quality is decent with full sRGB coverage and all contents are sufficiently sharp, but bright contents appear slightly grainy (even though not as bad as on the optional OLED panel). There is no PWM flickering and the response times are still okay.
Our analysis with the professional CalMAN software reveals an average brightness of 524 nits with a black value of 0.3, which results in a very good maximum contrast ratio of 1800:1. However, the image calibration is pretty bad with a distinct color cast towards green/blue and high deviations for the grayscale as well as the colors. Lenovo uses this setting to increase the brightness. Our own calibration improves the image quality significantly and you can even use the screen to edit images, but the maximum brightness drops by almost 100 nits, which is a lot. We would still recommend our calibration and the corresponding file can be downloaded for free in the box below.
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Brightness Distribution: 93 %
Center on Battery: 540 cd/m²
Contrast: 1800:1 (Black: 0.3 cd/m²)
ΔE ColorChecker Calman: 5 | ∀{0.5-29.43 Ø4.71}
calibrated: 1.1
ΔE Greyscale Calman: 8.3 | ∀{0.09-98 Ø4.96}
72% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 3D)
99.1% sRGB (Argyll 3D)
69.8% Display P3 (Argyll 3D)
Gamma: 2.22
CCT: 7068 K
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE B140UAX01.1, IPS, 1920x1200, 14", 60 Hz | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE N140JLG-GT3, IPS LED, 1920x1200, 14", 60 Hz | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE ATNA40YK20-0, OLED, 2880x1800, 14", 120 Hz | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE MNE007QB1-1, IPS, 1920x1200, 14", 60 Hz | Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA Samsung ATNA40LE01-0, OLED, 2880x1800, 14", 120 Hz | Dynabook Portege Z40L-N BOE NE140WUM-N6K, IPS, 1920x1200, 14", 60 Hz | Dell Pro 14 Premium LG Phillips 140WT1, OLED, 2880x1800, 14", 60 Hz | HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI LG Philips LGD07A1, IPS, 1920x1200, 14", 60 Hz | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Display | -2% | 26% | -0% | 20% | 0% | 25% | -9% | |
| Display P3 Coverage (%) | 69.8 | 67.8 -3% | 99.5 43% | 71.6 3% | 96.2 38% | 70.1 0% | 99 42% | 62.6 -10% |
| sRGB Coverage (%) | 99.1 | 97.7 -1% | 100 1% | 97.4 -2% | 100 1% | 99 0% | 100 1% | 93.2 -6% |
| AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage (%) | 72 | 69.8 -3% | 97.1 35% | 70.4 -2% | 86.7 20% | 71.8 0% | 95.8 33% | 64 -11% |
| Response Times | -33% | 92% | 28% | 97% | -26% | 91% | -53% | |
| Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80% * (ms) | 42 ? | 43.8 ? -4% | 2.4 ? 94% | 27.8 ? 34% | 0.71 ? 98% | 42.1 ? -0% | 1.4 ? 97% | 55.8 ? -33% |
| Response Time Black / White * (ms) | 17.7 ? | 28.6 ? -62% | 1.9 ? 89% | 14 ? 21% | 0.94 ? 95% | 26.7 ? -51% | 2.7 ? 85% | 30.5 ? -72% |
| PWM Frequency (Hz) | 240 ? | 968.8 ? | 241.1 ? | |||||
| PWM Amplitude * (%) | 33 | 20 | 100 | 32 | ||||
| Screen | 26% | -38% | 21% | 43% | 13% | 18% | -2% | |
| Brightness middle (cd/m²) | 540 | 545 1% | 407 -25% | 574 6% | 600.5 11% | 445.4 -18% | 392.3 -27% | 442.8 -18% |
| Brightness (cd/m²) | 524 | 491 -6% | 410 -22% | 530 1% | 612 17% | 424 -19% | 392 -25% | 412 -21% |
| Brightness Distribution (%) | 93 | 86 -8% | 99 6% | 87 -6% | 96 3% | 91 -2% | 95 2% | 87 -6% |
| Black Level * (cd/m²) | 0.3 | 0.25 17% | 0.32 -7% | 0.23 23% | 0.22 27% | |||
| Contrast (:1) | 1800 | 2180 21% | 1794 0% | 1937 8% | 2013 12% | |||
| Colorchecker dE 2000 * | 5 | 1.8 64% | 4.9 2% | 2 60% | 1.18 76% | 2.85 43% | 3.39 32% | 5.92 -18% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 max. * | 12.2 | 3.9 68% | 9.1 25% | 3.7 70% | 3.4 72% | 4.57 63% | 6.53 46% | 10.46 14% |
| Colorchecker dE 2000 calibrated * | 1.1 | 1 9% | 4.7 -327% | 1.1 -0% | 0.73 34% | 1.54 -40% | 0.99 10% | 1.31 -19% |
| Greyscale dE 2000 * | 8.3 | 2.7 67% | 2.3 72% | 2.6 69% | 1 88% | 3.3 60% | 1.1 87% | 7.6 8% |
| Gamma | 2.22 99% | 2.2 100% | 2.26 97% | 2.27 97% | 2.27 97% | 2.03 108% | 2.23 99% | 2.22 99% |
| CCT | 7068 92% | 6466 101% | 6310 103% | 6910 94% | 6567 99% | 6497 100% | 6502 100% | 6728 97% |
| Total Average (Program / Settings) | -3% /
11% | 27% /
-1% | 16% /
18% | 53% /
46% | -4% /
5% | 45% /
32% | -21% /
-11% |
* ... smaller is better
Display Response Times
| ↔ Response Time Black to White | ||
|---|---|---|
| 17.7 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 7.2 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 10.5 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows good response rates in our tests, but may be too slow for competitive gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.1 (minimum) to 240 (maximum) ms. » 40 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is better than the average of all tested devices (19.8 ms). | ||
| ↔ Response Time 50% Grey to 80% Grey | ||
| 42 ms ... rise ↗ and fall ↘ combined | ↗ 19.4 ms rise |  |
| ↘ 22.6 ms fall | ||
| The screen shows slow response rates in our tests and will be unsatisfactory for gamers. In comparison, all tested devices range from 0.165 (minimum) to 636 (maximum) ms. » 67 % of all devices are better. This means that the measured response time is worse than the average of all tested devices (31 ms). | ||
Screen Flickering / PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation)
| Screen flickering / PWM not detected |  | ||
In comparison: 52 % of all tested devices do not use PWM to dim the display. If PWM was detected, an average of 7757 (minimum: 5 - maximum: 343500) Hz was measured. | |||
Performance
Lenovo offers the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 with Intel's new Panther Lake processors including the powerful Core Ultra X versions (with the Arc B390 iGPU) and up to 64 GB RAM.
Testing Conditions
Lenovo's own power profiles are synchronized with the Windows settings on ThinkPad models. We used the Best Performance setting for our benchmarks and measurements.
Processor Performance
The Core Ultra 5 325 (Panther Lake) offers 8 cores (4x Performance, 4x Efficiency) with a maximum clock of 4.5 GHz. It consumes 35 Watts under load and the CPU performance across all our benchmarks is slightly better compared to last year's model with the Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V and also the Arrow Lake version with the Core Ultra 5 225U. It is capable enough for most office related tasks and Lenovo also offers the flagship Panther Lake models (like the Core Ultra X7 368H) if you need more CPU performance. On battery power, the maximum consumption is limited to 25 Watts, so the multi-core performance is ~16 % lower.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Cinebench 2024: CPU Multi Core | CPU Single Core
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 6.7: Multi-Core | Single-Core
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 | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE -2! | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Cinebench 2024 / CPU Multi Core | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Average of class Office (100 - 1168, n=46, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (629 - 645, n=2) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Cinebench 2024 / CPU Single Core | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average of class Office (58 - 821, n=48, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (113.3 - 113.9, n=2) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Cinebench R23 / Multi Core | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (1673 - 22808, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (10487 - 11015, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Cinebench R23 / Single Core | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (1797 - 1911, n=4) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (708 - 2130, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Multi Core) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (648 - 8840, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (4068 - 4254, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Cinebench R20 / CPU (Single Core) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (690 - 723, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (345 - 816, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Multi 64Bit | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (250 - 3380, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (1567 - 1670, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Cinebench R15 / CPU Single 64Bit | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (264 - 282, n=4) | |
| Average of class Office (99.5 - 316, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Blender / v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Average of class Office (158 - 1940, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (310 - 346, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (7098 - 76886, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (34844 - 36228, n=4) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| 7-Zip 18.03 / 7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (5316 - 5741, n=4) | |
| Average of class Office (3387 - 6469, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Geekbench 6.7 / Multi-Core | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (10575 - 11088, n=5) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (757 - 17846, n=82, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Geekbench 6.7 / Single-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (2562 - 2622, n=5) | |
| Average of class Office (462 - 2988, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Multi-Core | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (9275 - 9990, n=5) | |
| Average of class Office (1483 - 16999, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Geekbench 5.5 / Single-Core | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (1859 - 1959, n=5) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average of class Office (811 - 2175, n=73, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 / 4k Preset | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (13.5 - 14.3, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average of class Office (2.21 - 26, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| LibreOffice / 20 Documents To PDF | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (39.9 - 102.3, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (39.9 - 48.4, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| R Benchmark 2.5 / Overall mean | |
| Average of class Office (0.393 - 0.888, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (0.4545 - 0.4657, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
* ... 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 | CPU CheckMate
| Performance rating | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI -1! | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE -1! | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE -1! | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium -1! | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE -1! | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 -1! | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA -1! | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N -1! | |
| AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (2083 - 31245, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (11016 - 12020, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (8191 - 125394, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (57164 - 62311, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average of class Office (433 - 5755, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (2508 - 2720, n=4) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average of class Office (22784 - 115197, n=67, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (1378 - 18321, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (4401 - 4414, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (4601 - 66922, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (30237 - 33224, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average of class Office (4854 - 155900, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (37348 - 37899, n=4) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average of class Office (114.6 - 1366, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (596 - 627, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (1109 - 17834, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (5761 - 6452, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (49816 - 59824, n=4) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE (v6.92.6600) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI (v6.92.6600) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N (v6.92.6600) | |
| Average of class Office (11090 - 65229, n=83, last 2 years) | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA (v6.92.6600) | |
| AIDA64 / CPU CheckMate | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average of class Office (377 - 7017, n=15, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE (v8.20.8100) | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (2632 - 2730, n=4) | |
System and Storage Devices
The X1 Carbon Gen 14 is a very snappy system and the system benchmarks do not reveal any bottlenecks. Our unit is only shipped with a 512 GB SSD from Samsung (387 GB free, PCIe 4.0), but it offers excellent and stable transfer rates. The slot also supports faster PCIe 5.0 SSDs and Lenovo offers faster drives when you configure it.
PCMark 10: Score | Essentials | Productivity | Digital Content Creation
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
WebXPRT 3: Overall
WebXPRT 4: Overall
Mozilla Kraken 1.1: Total
| Performance rating | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE -1! | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average of class Office | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| PCMark 10 / Score | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (7532 - 7762, n=4) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average of class Office (2601 - 9298, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (9939 - 10402, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (3245 - 11594, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (12413 - 13960, n=4) | |
| Average of class Office (5336 - 17243, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (8963 - 9133, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average of class Office (2049 - 13541, n=68, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| CrossMark / Overall | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (1666 - 1772, n=3) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (381 - 2010, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Productivity | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (1581 - 1715, n=3) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (464 - 1880, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Creativity | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (1756 - 1917, n=3) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average of class Office (319 - 2361, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (1338 - 1544, n=3) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average of class Office (360 - 1820, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| WebXPRT 3 / Overall | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (282 - 312, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average of class Office (129.9 - 444, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| WebXPRT 4 / Overall | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (267 - 276, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average of class Office (104.2 - 313, n=77, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Mozilla Kraken 1.1 / Total | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (391 - 1297, n=78, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (492 - 517, n=4) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
* ... smaller is better
| PCMark 10 Score | 7709 points | |
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| AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (77379 - 104952, n=4) | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Average of class Office (20075 - 110930, n=80, last 2 years) | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (68508 - 86178, n=4) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Average of class Office (10084 - 128030, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (77837 - 108023, n=4) | |
| Average of class Office (20073 - 119858, n=81, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Average Intel Core Ultra 5 325 (98.5 - 114.1, n=4) | |
| Average of class Office (7.6 - 162.9, n=76, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
* ... smaller is better
| DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Average of class Office (365 - 98089, n=63, last 2 years) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
* ... smaller is better
* ... smaller is better
Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU and Gaming Performance
The Core Ultra 5 325 is equipped with the Intel Graphics iGPU with 4 Xe cores. The graphics performance is decent for an office laptop and ~30 % faster compared to the previous Arrow Lake iGPU, but also ~30 % slower compared to the old Lunar Lake Arc Graphics 140V. The gaming performance is very limited, but as mentioned before, Lenovo also offers CPUs with the powerful Arc B390 iGPU, which is more than twice as powerful.
| 3DMark 11 Performance | 7948 points | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Score | 6384 points | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Score | 3208 points | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Score | 519 points | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light Score | 2220 points | |
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| Blender / v3.3 Classroom CPU | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Average of class Office (245 - 3219, n=75, last 2 years) | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE | |
| Average Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (332 - 569, n=11) | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
| HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI | |
| Blender / v3.3 Classroom oneAPI/Intel | |
| Average of class Office (110 - 416, n=9, last 2 years) | |
| Average Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU (235 - 257, n=5) | |
| Dynabook Portege Z40L-N | |
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS0010GE | |
| Dell Pro 14 Premium | |
| Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA | |
* ... smaller is better
Cyberpunk 2077 ultra FPS Chart
| low | med. | high | ultra | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GTA V (2015) | 170.2 | 162.7 | 52.8 | 21.9 |
| Dota 2 Reborn (2015) | 108.3 | 95.9 | 82.1 | 83.3 |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018) | 73 | 37.5 | 26.8 | |
| X-Plane 11.11 (2018) | 36.2 | 29.4 | 25.5 | |
| Strange Brigade (2018) | 190.5 | 68.3 | 62 | 52.2 |
| Baldur's Gate 3 (2023) | 34.8 | 26 | 22.9 | 22.4 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 (2023) | 38.6 | 29.1 | 25 | 20.8 |
Emissions & Power Consumption
System Noise
The ThinkPad with the Core Ultra 5 325 is a very quiet system and you can usually not hear the fan with light workloads. If you really stress the CPU, you can expect up to 39 dB(A) in Best Performance mode, which is audible, but not disturbing. We measured up to 36 dB(A) in Balanced mode and only 29 dB(A) in Best Efficiency mode, so you pretty much always have a quiet system. We did not hear any electronic noises.
Noise level
| Idle |
| 24.8 / 24.8 / 24.8 dB(A) |
| Load |
| 38.9 / 38.9 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: 24.8 dB(A) | ||
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 PTL | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE Ultra 5 225U, Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, Radeon 860M | Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA Ultra X7 358H, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU | Dynabook Portege Z40L-N Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V | Dell Pro 14 Premium Core Ultra 7 268V, Arc 140V | HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375, Radeon 890M | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise | -1% | -1% | 4% | 4% | 0% | 4% | |
| off / environment * (dB) | 24.8 | 25.2 -2% | 24.8 -0% | 22.9 8% | 23.5 5% | 23.1 7% | 24 3% |
| Idle Minimum * (dB) | 24.8 | 25.2 -2% | 24.8 -0% | 23.4 6% | 23.6 5% | 23.1 7% | 24.4 2% |
| Idle Average * (dB) | 24.8 | 25.2 -2% | 24.8 -0% | 23.4 6% | 23.6 5% | 23.1 7% | 24.4 2% |
| Idle Maximum * (dB) | 24.8 | 27.3 -10% | 24.8 -0% | 23.4 6% | 23.6 5% | 23.1 7% | 24.5 1% |
| Load Average * (dB) | 38.9 | 27.8 29% | 36.7 6% | 28.6 26% | 37 5% | 38.2 2% | 25.4 35% |
| Cyberpunk 2077 ultra * (dB) | 38.9 | 40.9 -5% | 41.6 -7% | 42.8 -10% | 37.8 3% | 44.2 -14% | 39.3 -1% |
| Load Maximum * (dB) | 38.9 | 44.3 -14% | 41.6 -7% | 45.2 -16% | 39 -0% | 44.2 -14% | 43.1 -11% |
* ... smaller is better
Temperature
The surface temperatures are very low overall and only a few spots at the rear warm up to more than 40 °C under load, which is completely unproblematic. The SoC consumes up to 57 Watts during the stress test for a short moment but then fluctuates between 30-40 Watts over the course of the test. This is not ideal and we would prefer a steady consumption.
(±) The maximum temperature on the upper side is 40.7 °C / 105 F, compared to the average of 34.3 °C / 94 F, ranging from 21.2 to 62.5 °C for the class Office.
(±) The bottom heats up to a maximum of 42.8 °C / 109 F, compared to the average of 36.8 °C / 98 F
(+) In idle usage, the average temperature for the upper side is 24.7 °C / 76 F, compared to the device average of 29.5 °C / 85 F.
(±) 3: The average temperature for the upper side is 33 °C / 91 F, compared to the average of 29.5 °C / 85 F for the class Office.
(+) The palmrests and touchpad are cooler than skin temperature with a maximum of 28.7 °C / 83.7 F and are therefore cool to the touch.
(±) The average temperature of the palmrest area of similar devices was 27.5 °C / 81.5 F (-1.2 °C / -2.2 F).
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE Ultra 5 325, Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 PTL | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE Ultra 5 225U, Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Arrow Lake) | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450, Radeon 860M | Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA Ultra X7 358H, Arc B390 Panther Lake iGPU | Dynabook Portege Z40L-N Core Ultra 7 258V, Arc 140V | Dell Pro 14 Premium Core Ultra 7 268V, Arc 140V | HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375, Radeon 890M | |
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| Heat | -11% | -2% | 3% | -23% | 7% | 8% | |
| Maximum Upper Side * (°C) | 40.7 | 47.2 -16% | 42.3 -4% | 38.6 5% | 41.2 -1% | 33 19% | 36 12% |
| Maximum Bottom * (°C) | 42.8 | 44.1 -3% | 43.8 -2% | 38.4 10% | 38 11% | 28 35% | 34.2 20% |
| Idle Upper Side * (°C) | 24.9 | 27.1 -9% | 25.2 -1% | 24.6 1% | 35.4 -42% | 28 -12% | 25 -0% |
| Idle Bottom * (°C) | 25 | 28.7 -15% | 25.5 -2% | 26 -4% | 39.8 -59% | 28.8 -15% | 25.6 -2% |
* ... smaller is better
Speakers
Lenovo improved the speaker performance and it is even better compared to the ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 we recently reviewed. It is also on par with the excellent sound system of the Asus ExpertBook Ultra and not just great for an office laptop.
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (84.7 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 7.4% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 3.2% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 4.5% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (3.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (10.4% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 2% of all tested devices in this class were better, 1% similar, 98% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 5% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 93% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (89.6 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 10.2% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (8.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 7.2% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (4.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 2.9% away from median
(±) | linearity of highs is average (7.6% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (12.9% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 20% of all tested devices in this class were better, 5% similar, 75% worse
» The best had a delta of 5%, average was 18%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 12% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 85% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.5 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 11.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 4.5% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (3.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(±) | higher highs - on average 5% higher than median
(+) | highs are linear (5% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (13.3% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 7% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 90% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 14% of all tested devices were better, 3% similar, 83% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (86.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 8.4% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (9.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(+) | balanced mids - only 2.5% away from median
(+) | mids are linear (1.5% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.7% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.2% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (8.5% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 0% of all tested devices in this class were better, 0% similar, 99% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 2% of all tested devices were better, 1% similar, 97% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Dynabook Portege Z40L-N audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (82.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(-) | nearly no bass - on average 19.3% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (12.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.9% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (6.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(±) | linearity of overall sound is average (18.3% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 33% of all tested devices in this class were better, 6% similar, 61% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 40% of all tested devices were better, 8% similar, 52% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Dell Pro 14 Premium audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (89.8 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 8.2% lower than median
(+) | bass is linear (5.7% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6.3% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (4.3% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.1% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (6.4% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (11.3% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 3% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 95% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 7% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 91% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI audio analysis
(+) | speakers can play relatively loud (89.1 dB)
Bass 100 - 315 Hz
(±) | reduced bass - on average 12.5% lower than median
(±) | linearity of bass is average (10.8% delta to prev. frequency)
Mids 400 - 2000 Hz
(±) | higher mids - on average 6% higher than median
(+) | mids are linear (3.9% delta to prev. frequency)
Highs 2 - 16 kHz
(+) | balanced highs - only 3.3% away from median
(+) | highs are linear (5.1% delta to prev. frequency)
Overall 100 - 16.000 Hz
(+) | overall sound is linear (11.5% difference to median)
Compared to same class
» 3% of all tested devices in this class were better, 2% similar, 95% worse
» The best had a delta of 7%, average was 21%, worst was 53%
Compared to all devices tested
» 8% of all tested devices were better, 2% similar, 90% worse
» The best had a delta of 4%, average was 23%, worst was 134%
Power Consumption and Battery Life
The X1 Carbon with the low-power IPS touchscreen is a very efficient system with a maximum idle consumption below 5 Watts. We measure up to 64 Watts under load, but this quickly drops to 45-55 Watts during the stress test, so the 65W power adapter is sufficient.
The highlight is definitely the battery runtime, because we determined more than 23 hours in our Wi-Fi test at 150 nits, despite the comparatively small battery capacity of 58 Wh. At maximum brightness, the Wi-Fi test still runs for more than 14 hours, which easily beats all the rivals.
| Off / Standby | 0.22 / 0.64 Watt |
| Idle | 1.6 / 4.6 / 4.9 Watt |
| Load |
39.7 / 64.2 Watt |
   
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Notebookcheck Rating
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE
- 07/25/2026 v8
Andreas Osthoff
Total Sustainability Score: Potential Competitors in Comparison
Image | Model / Review | Price | Weight | Height | Display |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. 89.9%  | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 21V70075GE Intel Core Ultra 5 325 ⎘ Intel Graphics 4 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: 1. $1,899.00 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ge... 2. $719.00 Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Carbon Ge... 3. $2,398.99 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Bu... List Price: 2469€ | 1.1 kg | 16.8 mm | 14.00" 1920x1200 162 PPI IPS |
2. 89.1%  | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NX008PGE Intel Core Ultra 5 225U ⎘ Intel Graphics 4-Core iGPU (Meteor / Arrow Lake) ⎘ 16 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 1955 Euro | 1.2 kg | 17.5 mm | 14.00" 1920x1200 162 PPI IPS LED |
3. 89.7%  | Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 7 21YW0022GE AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 450 ⎘ AMD Radeon 860M ⎘ 64 GB Memory, 512 GB SSD | Amazon: 1. $1,399.99 Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 2... 2. $849.99 Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 7 Bu... 3. $1,069.99 Lenovo 2026 ThinkPad E14 Gen... | 1.2 kg | 15.9 mm | 14.00" 1920x1200 162 PPI IPS |
4. 87.6%  | Asus ExpertBook Ultra B9406CAA Intel Core Ultra X7 358H ⎘ Intel Arc B390 12 Xe3 Panther Lake iGPU ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 2048 GB SSD | Amazon: | 1.1 kg | 15.9 mm | 14.00" 2880x1800 243 PPI OLED |
5. 86.2%  | Dynabook Portege Z40L-N Intel Core Ultra 7 258V ⎘ Intel Arc Graphics 140V ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB | Amazon: 1. $2,130.95 dynabook Portégé Z40L-N 14... 2. $1,059.00 dynabook Satellite Pro C50-K... 3. $1,209.00 dynabook Tecra A45-M 14” B... List Price: 2200 USD | 961 g | 18.9 mm | 14.00" 1920x1200 162 PPI IPS |
6. 86.4%  | Dell Pro 14 Premium Intel Core Ultra 7 268V ⎘ Intel Arc Graphics 140V ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD | List Price: 2500 USD | 1.3 kg | 17.95 mm | 14.00" 2880x1800 243 PPI OLED |
7. 88.7%  | HP EliteBook X G1a 14 AI AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX PRO 375 ⎘ AMD Radeon 890M ⎘ 32 GB Memory, 1024 GB SSD | Amazon: List Price: 2200 USD | 1.5 kg | 13.2 mm | 14.00" 1920x1200 162 PPI IPS |
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