Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4 Series

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y50040GE

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Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review - Workstation with a RTX 3080!!
Source: Mash IT
In this video we review the Lenovo X1 extreme gen 4 with maxed out specs! This is a premium slim and light multimedia laptop with a price tag to match. Is it even worth bumping the specs up to the i9 or RTX 3080?
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/11/2022

Lenovo X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review - Workstation with a RTX 3080!!
Source: Mash IT
In this video we review the Lenovo X1 extreme gen 4 with maxed out specs! This is a premium slim and light multimedia laptop with a price tag to match. Is it even worth bumping the specs up to the i9 or RTX 3080?
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 01/11/2022

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X1 Extreme has a 16 inch display and up to a Core i9 processor and NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics
Source: Liliputing
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a compact mobile workstation-class laptop that weighs about 4 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower. This summer Lenovo is refreshing the ThinkPad X1 Extreme by equipping it with a new Intel Tiger Lake-H processor and support for up to 64GB of RAM, 4TB of storage, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/23/2021

Lenovo’s new ThinkPad X1 Extreme has a 16 inch display and up to a Core i9 processor and NVIDIA RTX 3080 graphics
Source: Liliputing
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme is a compact mobile workstation-class laptop that weighs about 4 pounds, but which packs a lot of horsepower. This summer Lenovo is refreshing the ThinkPad X1 Extreme by equipping it with a new Intel Tiger Lake-H processor and support for up to 64GB of RAM, 4TB of storage, and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 06/23/2021

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y5000SUS

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Hot Mess - X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review
Source: CodeHusky
The X1 Extreme Gen 4 is far from the perfect performance notebook. It's not a complete loss (especially if you're willing to get your hands dirty) but there's plenty of work to be done to make it into something workable performance-wise.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/26/2021

ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - Live Testing (+ SCHENKER VISION 14)
Source: CodeHusky
This is a livestream recording of testing (and impressions-based reviewing) the X1 Extreme Gen 4 and the Schenker Vision 14. Most of this stream is the X1E with 30 mins of it being the VISION. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme was purchased with my own money. Schenker/XMG provided me with a sample of their VISION 14 laptop at no cost to me. The opinions expressed here are my own and are not limited or influenced in any way by any sponsor or manufacturer. The VISION 14 is a loaned-out sample and not provided as a form of compensation.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 08/13/2021

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y5000UUS

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Average Score: 80% - good

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80% Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4
Source: PC Mag
If we hadn't just reviewed the latest Dell XPS 15 OLED, we'd be raving about the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 (starts at $1,639; $2,498 as tested). A brilliant OLED display was one of our favorite features of last year's X1 Extreme Gen 3. The new Lenovo swaps the familiar 15.6-inch diagonal and 16:9 aspect ratio for a 16-inch panel with a slightly taller 16:10 profile, but unlike with the 16:10 Dell, Lenovo doesn't offer an OLED version, just a choice of three IPS screens. That's disappointing in a premium laptop, but the X1 Extreme is still a sleek, loaded speedster that will tempt execs seeking a deluxe desktop replacement.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 09/16/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y5CTO1WW (3050 Ti)

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme G4-20Y5001SPB

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Average Score: 86.25% - good

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review: The business MacBook Pro
Source: On MSFT
So, I believe with a few quick manual adjustments from a base model of 16GB to 32 or 64GB or memory pushes the Gen 4 beyond the XPS15 at this point and allows the device to go toe to toe with Apple's ARM marvel in the M1 powered MacBook in terms of overall performance. Understanding this is a Windows machine with an Intel CPU at its heart should prep any buyer with right mindset to make the most of the occasional fan noise, heat and battery drain from really pushing this device. While much of the Lenovo computer line up can be a head scratcher with overlapping product categories, the Gen 4 is clear buy for anyone who favors a truly portable workstation. Yes, there is the P-series and its thicker cousins in the T and L lines, but when it comes to totting around relatively compact PC equivalent of MacBook Pro right now, the options are the Gen 4 and XPS 15 and the Gen 4 offers better overall CPU and GPU performance.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 12/22/2021

85% Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme review (gen 4, 16-inch, Intel i7+ RTX 3060)
Source: Ultrabook Review
The Lenovo Thinkpad X1 Extreme is a nice laptop to grab going into 2022. Quirks aside, it’s an excellent, professional-looking laptop with a lot of horsepower and a portable format for its size. If you’re the type that has to do serious work in an office but you're also a closet gamer, this could be the laptop to keep up your reputation. It’s not all perfect though – no laptop is, and I'll get in-depth on all the pros and quirks of this series in the review down below.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 12/20/2021
Rating: Total score: 85%

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review
Source: Mobile Tech Review
Lenovo has finally achieved what they set out to do with the ThinkPad X1 Extreme: make a very thin and light mobile workstation with serious graphics power and displays that are perfect for content creators and consumers alike. The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is the 2021 refresh with some big changes, including a new 16”, 16:10 aspect ratio display with 2K and 4K options, NVIDIA RTX graphics ranging from RTX 3050 Ti to RTX 3080 Max-Q, Intel 11th gen H series 45 watt processors, a bigger battery, improved trackpad and optional 5G. It competes with the Dell XPS 15.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 11/24/2021

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 Review: A Powerful Refresh
Source: Hot Hardware
Overall, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 is a nice, light 16-inch laptop. Performance, however, is somewhat below its competitive counterparts, and it commands a bit of a price premium. Some folks might still opt for the ThinkPad because of its usual best-in-class keyboard, top notch build quality and Lenovo's excellent reputation for endurance-focused workhorses like this. In the end, it may come down to brand loyalty, aesthetics, weight and deal pricing at the time of purchase. Regardless, depending on your needs, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 certainly measures up well enough to be HotHardware Approved.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 11/18/2021

90% Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen4 Review
Source: Ubergizmo English
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen4 (official page) is a formidable update from a year ago. It is one of the best thin & light 16-inch business laptops for its peak performance and overall features. And keep in mind that we only tested the slower version of this computer! With faster RTX 3070 and 3080 GPU options, the graphics performance has more potential. Even though I wonder how thermal limitations could affect their peak performance, I know that peak speeds would be significantly higher. Objectively, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme has the best configuration options in its category, making it very hard to beat in its most “extreme” version: Core i9-11950H+RTX 3080. For short and heavy compute workloads going from 20mn to 5mn is still a desirable and measurable productivity gain. You’ll have to figure this out for your use case and price it. In conclusion, as the most “extreme” ThinkPad X1, this laptop is a great product that can handle any business application and will be a great companion during times of fun as well.
Single Review, online available, Medium, Date: 11/05/2021
Rating: Total score: 90%

80% Review: Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4
Source: Wired Magazine
One of my colleagues, who shall remain anonymous, quipped that the Microsoft Surface Studio Laptop is a machine for creatives made by people who'd never talked to any creatives. I don't completely agree, but you know who definitely talked to people who create digital art on their laptops? Lenovo. Everything my pro photographer friends complain about is solved here. A 4K screen with OK battery life? Check. The power to not just watch movies but also edit and render them? Check. How about an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 dedicated graphics card? Check. Did I mention there's a full-size SD card slot? How about HDMI 2.1 for monitoring shoots? My biggest gripe with this laptop is one that plagues all of Lenovo's laptops: the insane list price. The top-tier model has a retail price of more than $4,500. But Lenovo is selling it for what appears to be a permanent sale, about $2,600. That's still a lot of money for a laptop, but if you need the video editing power on Windows, the X1 Extreme is a good choice.
Single Review, online available, Short, Date: 11/05/2021
Rating: Total score: 80%

90% Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 review: Is it better than the Dell XPS 15?
Source: Laptop Mag
Lenovo says that the target audience for the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 are professionals such as engineers, architects and designers, but I think it’s best to break down which niche would benefit the most from this 16-inch laptop. I would rule out photo editors — only because there are better options. Compared to its rivals, the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4’s display isn’t as colorful. If you’re a photo editor, I’d recommend the OLED-packed Dell XPS 15 or the Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio with its clever hinge. Due to its spectacular file-transfer and video-transcoding test results, I’d recommend this laptop to professionals with a “time is money” mentality who often work with a plethora of files and need an ultra-fast system that can handle them like a champ. I’d also recommend the ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 to music professionals, voice actors and podcast producers because the speakers are fantastic. The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 doesn’t have the best battery life, but compared to its rivals with comparable internals, it can last through an 8-hour workday — its competitors can’t.
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/31/2021
Rating: Total score: 90%

ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - Better than the Dell XPS 15?
Source: Matthew Moniz
Review of the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 packs in some amazing performance in a small body. The upgrade to a 16:10 display is finally here but there's a few things to watch out for. The big question though should you buy this or the Dell XPS 15?
Single Review, online available, Long, Date: 10/07/2021

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Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 - disassembly and upgrade options
Source: Laptop Media
Support, online available, Short, Date: 03/23/2022

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 4 review – it’s pricy but is it worth it?
Source: Laptop Media
Lenovo has definitely put a lot of time and effort into this laptop. It has one of the best-sounding speakers out there and looks super industrial – as a ThinkPad should look. It features a great keyboard and a decent touchpad, which rounds up a very appealing input device combo. This laptop’s 90Wh battery is good for up to 14 hours of Web browsing, or around 10 hours of video playback. Keep in mind that the hardware will eat through it a lot quicker if you intend to do some productivity tasks, and you will want to bring a charger on such occasions. Speaking of the hardware, short tasks are no issue for the Core i7-11800H we had in our unit. It is under extreme workload scenarios that the cooling crumbles under the heat-pumping Tiger Lake H45 chips. With that said, it can still maintain a frequency higher than 3.00 GHz, which is good. As for the graphics, well, you get what you expect from a 60W RTX 3050 Ti. It is not very competitive when put against a better-cooled gaming device like the Dell G5 5511, especially considering high-resolution gaming.
Single Review, online available, Very Long, Date: 03/22/2022

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Lenovo: Lenovo ("Le" from English legend, novo (Latin) for new) was founded in 1984 as a Chinese computer trading company. As of 2004, the company was the largest laptop manufacturer in China and, after acquiring IBM's PC division in 2005, the fourth largest in the world. In addition to desktops and notebooks, the company manufactures monitors, projectors, servers, etc, and specializes in developing, manufacturing and marketing consumer electronics, personal computers, software, enterprise solutions and related services.

In 2016, the company ranked first in the world in computer sales. It still held it in 2023 with about 23% global market share. Important product lines are Thinkpad, Legion and Ideapad.

In 2011, it acquired a majority stake in Medion AG, a European computer hardware manufacturer. In 2014, Motorola Mobility was purchased, which gave Lenovo a boost in the smartphone market.

These graphics cards are able to play the latest and most demanding games in high resolutions and full detail settings with enabled Anti-Aliasing.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU: High-End laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA104 chip. At the time of the launch in early 2021, the 3080 is the fastest laptop graphics card on the market.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU: High-End laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA104 chip. Available in different versions with a TDP from 80 to 125 Watt.

With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU: High-End laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA106 chip with 3072 cores. Available in different versions with a TDP from 60 to 115 Watt.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU: Mid-range gaming laptop graphics card based on the Ampere GA107 chip.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Graphics Cards and the corresponding Benchmark List.

Intel Tiger Lake:

i9-11950H: Tiger Lake (H45 series) based high end octa-core SoC for gaming laptops and workstations. The eight CPU cores clock with 2.6 - 5 GHz. The integrated UHD Graphics GPU offers 32 cores. The CPU is manufactured in the 10nm SuperFin (improved 10nm) process. Supports professional management features like Intel vPro, SIPP or TXT.

i7-11850H: Tiger Lake (H45 series) based high end octa-core SoC for gaming laptops and workstations. The eight CPU cores clock with 2.4 - 4.6 GHz. The integrated UHD Graphics GPU offers 48 cores at up to 1.45 GHz. The chip is manufactured in the 10nm SuperFin (improved 10nm) process. Supports management features like Intel vPro, SIPP and TXT.

i7-11800H: Tiger Lake (H45 series) based high end octa-core SoC for gaming laptops and workstations. The eight CPU cores run at 2.3 GHz to 4.6 GHz. The integrated UHD Graphics GPU offers 32 EUs at up to 1.45 GHz. The chip is manufactured on the second-gen 10 nm Intel SuperFin process.

» Further information can be found in our Comparison of Mobile Processsors.

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This range for display formats was and is a rarity. It is larger than the general standard of 15 inches, but not yet in the range of large workstations. One usually has higher screen resolutions available, but portability suffers from that.

» To find out how fine a display is, see our DPI List.

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86.04%: This is an above-average rating. Nevertheless, it should not be forgotten that about one fifth of all tested models receive a better rating.

» Further information can be found in our Notebook Purchase Guide.

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