Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition
The 2024 Aura Edition X1 Carbon: a carbon-fiber ultralight (from 986 g) offered with either Intel Core Ultra Series 2 Arrow Lake (U/H) or Lunar Lake (V) processors, up to 64 GB soldered LPDDR5X, optional Wi-Fi 7, and an optional 2.8K 120 Hz VRR OLED panel. Lunar Lake configs qualify as Copilot+ PCs; Arrow Lake configs are AI PCs.
Memory
- Max
- 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB soldered memory, not upgradable (64 GB Arrow Lake only)
- Type
- Lunar Lake: LPDDR5X-8533 MoP; Arrow Lake: LPDDR5X-8400 (installed LPDDR5X-8533 runs at 8400)
- Slots
- Soldered to system board, no slots, dual-channel
Storage
- Slot (U-series)
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
- Slot (V or H-series)
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4
- Offered
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0 (256 GB Arrow Lake only); Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0 (the Performance SSD is downgraded to PCIe 4.0 x4 speed on U-series models, which only have a PCIe 4.0 x4 slot)
- Card reader
- No card reader
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Graphics, Intel Arc 130T/140T GPU (Arrow Lake), or Intel Arc Graphics 130V/140V (Lunar Lake); DirectX 12.2, shared memory
- Monitor support
- Arrow Lake: up to 4 independent displays; Lunar Lake: up to 3 independent displays (native + external via HDMI and Thunderbolt); HDMI up to 4K@60Hz, Thunderbolt up to 8K@60Hz
Networking
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 802.11ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.3 (Arrow Lake only), with or without vPro; or Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE201 802.11be 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.4, with or without vPro
- WWAN (optional)
- 4G: Quectel EM160R-GL LTE CAT16 M.2 card with eSIM (Arrow Lake only); 5G: Quectel RM520N-GL Sub-6GHz M.2 card with eSIM (Lunar Lake only)
- Ethernet
- No onboard Ethernet; via optional Lenovo USB-C to Ethernet Adapter (1 Gbps)
- NFC
- Optional
Power
- Adapters
- 65 W USB-C, 65 W USB-C slim, 65 W USB-C slim GaN, or 65 W USB-C nano GaN (wall-mount) AC adapter, PD 3.0, 100–240 V; 2-pin or 3-pin
- Rapid Charge
- Charges to 80% in about 1 hour
Ports
- Standard
- 1× USB-A (5 Gbps), 1× USB-A (5 Gbps, Always On), 2× USB-C (Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40 Gbps, USB PD 15–65 W, 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, 500 nits
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, 89° viewing angles, low power, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" WUXGA (1920×1200), on-cell touch, 500 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 (Lunar Lake only)
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), non-touch, 500 nits
- OLED, same coating, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), add-on film touch, 500 nits
- OLED, same coating, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe Certified 2.0 (Arrow Lake only)
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 89.2%
Battery
- Capacity
- 57 Wh rechargeable Li-ion; Rapid Charge to 80% in about 1 hour
- Rated life (config 1)
- MobileMark 25: up to 17.11 hr @250 nits; JEITA-BAT 3.0 video/idle: 15.5/35.6 hr @200 nits; local video: up to 30.6 hr @150 nits (Core Ultra 5 225U, 16 GB LPDDR5X-8400)
- Rated life (alt config)
- MobileMark 25: up to 16.8 hr @250 nits (Core Ultra 5 225H, 16 GB LPDDR5X-8400)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H), OLED models
- 312.80 × 214.75 × 8.08/14.37 mm front/rear, 16.95 mm max (12.31 × 8.45 × 0.32/0.56 in, 0.67 in max)
- Dimensions (W×D×H), WUXGA models
- 312.80 × 214.75 × 8.38/14.77 mm front/rear, 17.95 mm max (12.31 × 8.45 × 0.33/0.58 in, 0.71 in max)
- Weight, Arrow Lake
- Starting at 1006 g (2.22 lb)
- Weight, Lunar Lake
- Starting at 986 g (2.17 lb)
- Case
- Carbon fiber top (black paint, weave, or FIFA Edition paint), magnesium or aluminium bottom
- Keyboard
- 6-row, spill-resistant, air-intake design, multimedia Fn keys, Copilot key; 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 360° 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 (fixed focus, temporal noise reduction)
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified, FIPS 140-3 certified), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5×6 mm), touch fingerprint reader in keyboard key (match-on-chip), camera privacy shutter, optional Computer Vision or Ultrasonic Human Presence Detection, optional IR camera for Windows Hello, 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, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, no preload OS
Processors
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 226V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235H
- Intel Core Ultra 5 235U
- Intel Core Ultra 5 238V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 256V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265U
- Intel Core Ultra 7 266V
- Intel Core Ultra 7 268V