Lenovo ThinkPad E16 Gen 3 (Intel)
Third-generation 16-inch 16:10 business ThinkPad offered with Raptor Lake, Meteor Lake, Arrow Lake or Lunar Lake Intel Core/Core Ultra processors; Lunar Lake configurations use soldered LPDDR5X memory and a single M.2 slot, other platforms keep two SO-DIMM slots and two M.2 slots. Mainstream corporate fleet laptop.
Memory
- Configuration
- Lunar Lake: memory soldered to system board, no slots, dual-channel; other platforms: two DDR5 SODIMM slots, dual-channel capable
- Max
- Lunar Lake: 16 GB or 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533 (soldered, not upgradable); Raptor Lake U: up to 64 GB DDR5-5200 (special bid); Raptor Lake H / Meteor Lake / Arrow Lake: up to 64 GB DDR5-5600 (special bid)
Storage
- Slots
- Lunar Lake: one M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot; other platforms: two M.2 slots (one 2242, one 2280, both PCIe 4.0 x4)
- Max
- Lunar Lake: one drive, up to 1 TB M.2 2280; other platforms: two drives, up to 1 TB each
- Offered
- M.2 2242 SSD: 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB, Opal 2.0; Lenovo ships one SSD configuration, second slot (where present) for user self-expansion
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Graphics, Intel Arc 130T/140T GPU, or Intel Arc Graphics 130V/140V, shared memory, DirectX 12.2
- External displays
- Raptor Lake / Meteor Lake / Arrow Lake: up to 4 independent displays (native + 3 external via HDMI, USB-C, Thunderbolt); HDMI up to 4096×2160@60Hz, USB-C up to 5120×2880@60Hz, Thunderbolt up to 7680×4320@60Hz. Lunar Lake: up to 3 independent displays (native + 2 external via HDMI and Thunderbolt); HDMI up to 4096×2160@60Hz, Thunderbolt up to 7680×4320@60Hz
Networking
- WLAN
- Wi-Fi 6 (Realtek RTL8852BE or Intel AX203), Wi-Fi 6E (Intel AX211, vPro or non-vPro), or Wi-Fi 7 (MediaTek MT7925 or Intel BE200, vPro or non-vPro), all 2×2 with Bluetooth 5.2–5.4, M.2 card
- WWAN
- Not supported
- Ethernet
- Gigabit, Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM (vPro models) or I219-V (non-vPro models), RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- NFC
- Not supported
Power
- Adapters
- 65 W USB-C (2-pin, 3-pin, or slim 2-pin wall-mount) AC adapter, PD 3.0, 100–240V, 50–60Hz; some configurations ship with no adapter
- Rapid Charge
- 48 Wh battery: Rapid Charge Pro, 50% in 30 min; 64 Wh battery: Rapid Charge, 80% in 1 hour
Ports
- Standard
- USB-A (5 Gbps), USB-A (10 Gbps, Always On), Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 (40 Gbps, PD 15–65 W, DP 2.1), HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K/60Hz), headphone/mic combo jack (3.5mm), Ethernet (RJ-45), Kensington Nano Security Slot
- Optional
- Lunar Lake: second Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 (40 Gbps, PD 15–65 W, DP 2.1) port; Raptor Lake / Meteor Lake / Arrow Lake: USB-C (USB 20 Gbps, PD 15–65 W, DP 1.4)
Display
- 16" WUXGA IPS 300 nits non-touch
- 1920×1200, anti-glare, 16:10, 800:1, 45% NTSC, 60 Hz, 85° viewing angles, TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light (software)
- 16" WUXGA IPS 300 nits touch
- 1920×1200, in-cell multi-touch (10-point), anti-glare, 16:10, 800:1, 45% NTSC, 60 Hz, 89° viewing angles, TÜV Rheinland Low Blue Light (software)
- 16" WQXGA IPS 400 nits
- 2560×1600, non-touch, anti-glare, 16:10, 1200:1, 100% sRGB, 120 Hz VRR, 89° viewing angles, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 90.7%
Battery
- Options
- 48 Wh (Rapid Charge Pro) or 64 Wh (Rapid Charge) Li-ion
- Rated life
- Up to 11.08 hr MobileMark 30 @250 nits / 20.4 hr local video playback @150 nits (Core Ultra 5 225U, 16 GB DDR5, 64 Wh battery, WUXGA non-touch, best power efficiency mode)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 356 × 249 × 10.1/17.05 mm (front/rear), 21.15 mm max (aluminium top and bottom); or 21.95 mm max (aluminium top, PC-ABS bottom) — 14.01 × 9.80 × 0.40/0.67 in, 0.83–0.86 in max
- Weight
- From 1.62 kg (3.57 lbs, Lunar Lake) or 1.65 kg (3.64 lbs, Raptor Lake / Meteor Lake / Arrow Lake)
- Case
- Black; aluminium top with PC-ABS or aluminium bottom
- Camera
- 5.0 MP, 1080p + IR hybrid, or 720p, all with privacy shutter and temporal noise reduction
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0, TCG certified, FIPS 140-3 certified; optional match-on-chip fingerprint reader in power button; Kensington Nano Security Slot
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H military test passed
Management
- System management
- Intel vPro Enterprise (select models) or non-vPro
- BIOS
- Certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication, NVMe / power-on / supervisor / system-management passwords, self-healing BIOS
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Ubuntu Linux (MT 21TF/21TG only), no preload OS
Processors
- Intel Core 3 100U
- Intel Core 5 210H
- Intel Core 5 220U
- Intel Core 7 240H
- Intel Core 7 250U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 135H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 266V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 268V
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H