Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10
The 2022 X1 Carbon: a 1.12 kg 14-inch 16:10 carbon-fiber ultralight with 12th Gen Intel Core U- and P-series (Alder Lake) processors, soldered LPDDR5, Wi-Fi 6E, a 1080p camera and optional 2.8K OLED or 4K panels. For executives and road warriors who want a premium, light business laptop.
Memory
- Configuration
- 8 GB, 16 GB or 32 GB soldered to the system board; no slots, not upgradable
- Type
- LPDDR5-5200, 8-channel (installed LPDDR5-6400 runs at 5200 due to processor limit)
- Max
- 32 GB
- Regional
- 8 GB not available in EMEA
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
- Max
- One drive, up to 2 TB
- Offered
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB PCIe x4 NVMe Opal 2.0 (PCIe 3.0 or 4.0); Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0
- Drive height
- Single-sided M.2 SSD only (slot height limit, per the user guide)
- Card reader
- None
- Optical
- None
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Iris Xe Graphics (DirectX 12.1)
- External displays
- Up to 4 independent (panel + 3 external via Thunderbolt and HDMI); Thunderbolt up to 5K60, HDMI up to 4K60
Networking
- WLAN
- Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 or Wi-Fi 6E AX211, 802.11ax 2x2, Bluetooth 5.1 (5.2 hardware ready)
- WWAN (optional)
- Fibocom L860-GL-16 4G LTE Cat16 (4x4 MIMO), Fibocom FM350-GL 5G Sub-6 GHz with eSIM, or WWAN-upgradable (antenna ready) models
- Ethernet
- None onboard; via optional Lenovo USB-C to Ethernet Adapter (1 Gbps)
- NFC
- Optional
Power
- Adapters
- 45 W or 65 W USB-C (standard or 65 W slim, 2-pin or 3-pin), PD 3.0; EMEA ships only 65 W slim
- Adapter output
- 20 V dc, 2.25 A (45 W) or 3.25 A (65 W)
- Rapid Charge
- 80% in about 1 hour with the 65 W adapter (system off)
- P-to-P 2.0
- Both Thunderbolt 4 ports support Lenovo peer-to-peer charging
Ports
- Left
- 2 × Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40 Gbps (PD 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4a; one is the power connector), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K60)
- Right
- Headphone/mic combo jack, nano-SIM tray (WWAN models), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5 × 6 mm)
Display
- WUXGA IPS 400 nits
- 1920×1200, non-touch or on-cell touch, anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 1000:1, low power, Eyesafe
- WUXGA IPS 500 nits Privacy Guard
- 1920×1200, on-cell touch, anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 1000:1, ThinkPad Privacy Guard
- 2.2K IPS
- 2240×1400, non-touch, 300 nits, anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 1500:1 (not in EMEA)
- 2.8K OLED
- 2880×1800, non-touch, 400 nits, anti-glare/anti-reflection, 100% DCI-P3, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Dolby Vision
- WQUXGA IPS
- 3840×2400, 500 nits, 100% DCI-P3, 1500:1, DisplayHDR 400, Dolby Vision; glossy non-touch or anti-glare add-on-film touch (touch not in EMEA)
- Camera
- 720p, 1080p, 1080p + IR hybrid, or 1080p + IR discrete MIPI with Computer Vision; all with privacy shutter
Battery
- Capacity
- Integrated 57 Wh Li-polymer
- Rated life
- Up to 15.0 h MobileMark 2018 / 13.1 h MobileMark 25 / 24.9 h JEITA 2.0 (i5-1235U, WUXGA, 8 GB)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 315.6 × 222.5 × 14.95 mm with 720p camera; 315.6 × 222.5 × 15.36 mm with other cameras
- Weight
- Starting at 1.12 kg (2.48 lb)
- Case
- Carbon fiber top (deep black paint or weave), aluminium bottom
- Keyboard
- 6-row, spill-resistant, backlit, air-intake design; TrackPoint + 56 × 110 mm glass touchpad
- Audio
- 2 × 2 W woofers + 2 × 0.8 W tweeters, Dolby Atmos; quad far-field mics, Dolby Voice
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (FIPS 140-2), fingerprint reader in power button (match-on-chip), optional IR camera, optional Computer Vision presence sensing, Kensington Nano slot
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H tested
- Machine types
- 21CB, 21CC
Management
- vPro
- Intel vPro Enterprise, vPro Essentials or non-vPro depending on model
- BIOS
- Self-healing BIOS, certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication; supervisor, power-on, system-management and NVMe passwords
- Announced
- PSREF model announce dates 2022-03-15 to 2024-04-23
- Status
- Withdrawn (PSREF); end of support 2028-10-01
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro / Home, Windows 11 Pro downgrade to Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu Linux, Fedora Linux, Linux, no OS
Processors
- Intel Core i5-1235U
- Intel Core i5-1245U
- Intel Core i7-1255U
- Intel Core i7-1265U
- Intel Core i5-1240P
- Intel Core i5-1250P
- Intel Core i7-1260P
- Intel Core i7-1270P
- Intel Core i7-1280P