Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
The 2024 X1 Carbon: a 1.08 kg 14-inch 16:10 carbon-fiber ultralight with Intel Core Ultra (Meteor Lake) processors and an integrated NPU, up to 64 GB soldered LPDDR5X, Wi-Fi 6E or optional Wi-Fi 7, and an optional 2.8K 120 Hz OLED panel. For executives and mobile workers who want a premium, light AI-PC-class business laptop.
Memory
- Max
- 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB soldered memory, not upgradable
- Type
- LPDDR5X-6400 (installed LPDDR5X-7500 runs at 6400 due to platform limitation)
- Slots
- Soldered to system board, no slots, 8-channel
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4, up to 2 TB
- Offered
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0; Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0
- Card reader
- No card reader
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Graphics (DirectX 12.1) or Intel Arc Graphics (DirectX 12.2), shared memory, depending on CPU
- Monitor support
- Up to 4 independent displays (native display + 3 external via HDMI and Thunderbolt); HDMI up to 4K@60Hz, Thunderbolt up to 8K@60Hz (simultaneous display count drops by 1 at 8K)
Networking
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211, 802.11ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.3, Intel vPro support; or Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200, 802.11be 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.3 (5.4 hardware ready), Intel vPro support (special bid only)
- WWAN (optional)
- Quectel EM160R-GL 4G LTE CAT16 M.2 card with eSIM, or Quectel RM520N-GL 5G Sub-6GHz M.2 card with eSIM
- Ethernet
- No onboard Ethernet; via optional Lenovo USB-C to Ethernet Adapter (1 Gbps)
- NFC
- Optional (mutually exclusive with Haptic Touchpad)
Power
- Adapters
- 45 W USB-C (2-pin/3-pin), 65 W USB-C (2-pin/3-pin), or 65 W USB-C slim (2-pin/3-pin) AC adapter, PD 3.0, 100–240 V
- Rapid Charge
- Charges to 80% in about 1 hour with the 65 W adapter
Ports
- Standard
- 1× USB-A (5 Gbps), 1× USB-A (5 Gbps, Always On), 2× USB-C (Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40 Gbps, USB PD 3.0, DisplayPort 2.1), 1× HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K/60Hz), 1× headphone/mic combo jack (3.5 mm)
- Optional
- 1× Nano-SIM card slot (WWAN models)
Display
- 14" WUXGA (1920×1200), non-touch, 400 nits
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, low power, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" WUXGA (1920×1200), on-cell touch, 400 nits
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, low power, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" WUXGA (1920×1200), non-touch, 500 nits, Privacy Guard
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1500:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, ThinkPad Privacy Guard, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), non-touch, 400 nits
- OLED, anti-glare/anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), add-on film touch, 400 nits
- OLED, same coating/gamut/HDR as above, 120 Hz
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 89.2%
Battery
- Capacity
- 57 Wh rechargeable Li-ion; Rapid Charge to 80% in about 1 hour with the 65 W adapter
- Rated life (config 1, max)
- MobileMark 25: up to 16.0 hr @250 nits; JEITA-BAT 3.0 video/idle: 12.8/35.4 hr @200 nits; local video: up to 23.4 hr @150 nits (Core Ultra 5 125U, 16 GB, WUXGA 400 nits)
- Rated life (alt config)
- MobileMark 25: up to 11.6 hr @250 nits (Core Ultra 7 155H, 16 GB, 2.8K OLED)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 312.80 × 214.75 × 14.96 mm (12.31 × 8.45 × 0.59 in)
- Weight, Trackpad models
- Starting at 1.08 kg (2.37 lb)
- Weight, Haptic Touchpad models
- Starting at 1.09 kg (2.40 lb)
- Case
- Carbon fiber top (black paint or weave), aluminium bottom
- Keyboard
- 6-row, spill-resistant, air-intake design, multimedia Fn keys; key travel 1.5 mm / 1.35 mm
- UltraNav
- TrackPoint + glass-surface multi-touch Haptic Touchpad (70.5×120 mm) or 3-button Trackpad (56.2×120 mm)
- Audio
- Stereo speakers 2 W ×2, Dolby Atmos; dual-microphone far-field array, Dolby Voice
- Camera
- FHD 1080p + IR discrete (fixed focus, temporal noise reduction), or UHD 8.0MP + IR discrete MIPI with Computer Vision (Privacy Guard or 2.8K OLED touch models only)
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified, FIPS 140-2 certified), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5×6 mm), touch fingerprint reader in keyboard key (match-on-chip), camera privacy shutter, optional IR camera for Windows Hello, optional Computer Vision or Ultrasonic Human Presence Detection, optional Privacy Guard with Privacy Alert
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H military test passed
Management
- vPro
- Intel vPro Enterprise or non-vPro depending on model
- BIOS
- Certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication, self-healing BIOS; NVMe, power-on, supervisor and system management passwords
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Windows 11 DG Windows 10 Pro 64, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, no preload OS
Processors
- Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 135U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 155U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 165U