Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Aura Edition
The 2026 Aura Edition X1 Carbon: a carbon-fiber ultralight (from 977 g) built on Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) processors with an NPU up to 50 TOPS, up to 64 GB soldered LPDDR5X, Wi-Fi 7, and an optional 2.8K 120 Hz VRR OLED panel. All configurations are Copilot+ PCs.
Memory
- Max
- 16 GB, 24 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB soldered memory, not upgradable
- Type
- LPDDR5X-7467, LPDDR5X-8533 or LPDDR5X-9600 (16 GB and 32 GB installed as LPDDR5X-8533, 64 GB as LPDDR5X-9600; may run at a lower frequency due to platform limitation)
- Slots
- Soldered to system board, no slots, dual-channel
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 5.0 x4
- Offered
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0; Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB PCIe 5.0 x4 NVMe Opal 2.0
- Card reader
- No card reader
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel Graphics or Intel Arc B390 GPU (X7 models), DirectX 12 Ultimate, shared memory
- 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 7 BE211, 802.11be 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.4 (6.0 hardware ready), with or without Intel vPro
- WWAN (optional)
- Snapdragon X12 LTE Modem 4G LTE CAT6 M.2 card with eSIM (4G only in EMEA), or Snapdragon X61 5G Modem-RF System 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
- 65 W USB-C, 65 W USB-C nano GaN (wall-mount), or 65 W USB-C slim GaN AC adapter, PD 3.0, 100–240 V; 2-pin or 3-pin
- Rapid Charge
- Charges to 80% in about 1 hour with the 65 W adapter
Ports
- Standard
- 1× USB-A (5 Gbps, Always On), 3× Thunderbolt 4 (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), on-cell touch, 500 nits, Privacy Guard
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1500:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, 85° viewing angles, ThinkPad Privacy Guard, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" WUXGA (1920×1200), in-cell touch, 500 nits
- IPS, anti-glare, 16:10, 1500:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, low power, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), non-touch, 500 nits
- OLED, anti-glare, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), non-touch, 500 nits (anti-reflection)
- OLED, anti-glare/anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 14" 2.8K (2880×1800), add-on film touch, 500 nits
- OLED, anti-glare/anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- Screen-to-body ratio
- 88.8%
Battery
- Capacity
- 58 Wh rechargeable Li-ion; Rapid Charge to 80% in about 1 hour with the 65 W adapter
- Rated life (config 1)
- MobileMark 30: up to 19.2 hr @250 nits; JEITA-BAT 3.0 video/idle: 18.9/38.0 hr @200 nits; local video: up to 32.6 hr @150 nits (Core Ultra 5 325, 16 GB LPDDR5X-7467, WUXGA touch)
- Rated life (alt config 2)
- MobileMark 30: up to 16.0 hr @250 nits (Core Ultra 7 366H, 32 GB LPDDR5X-8533, WUXGA touch)
- Rated life (alt config 3)
- MobileMark 30: up to 11.4 hr @250 nits (Core Ultra X7 368H, 64 GB LPDDR5X-9600, 2.8K touch, balanced power mode)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H), non-touch models
- 312.50 × 215.75 × 7.7/14.3 mm front/rear, 16.85 mm max (12.30 × 8.49 × 0.3/0.56 in, 0.66 in max)
- Dimensions (W×D×H), multi-touch models
- 312.50 × 215.75 × 9.2/15.3 mm front/rear, 17.6 mm max (12.30 × 8.49 × 0.36/0.60 in, 0.69 in max)
- Weight, Haptic Touchpad models
- Starting at 998 g (2.20 lb)
- Weight, Trackpad models
- Starting at 977 g (2.15 lb)
- Case (2.8K OLED models)
- Carbon fiber top, magnesium bottom
- Case (WUXGA IPS models)
- Carbon fiber top, 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-like Mylar 3-button Trackpad (80×120 mm), or glass-surface multi-touch Haptic Touchpad (80×130 mm)
- Audio
- Stereo speakers 2 W ×2, Dolby Atmos; dual-microphone 360° far-field array
- Camera
- 5.0MP + IR discrete (vHDR, Computer Vision on ISP, temporal noise reduction), or UHD 10.0MP + IR discrete MIPI with ToF sensor, ultrawide, temporal noise reduction
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5×6 mm), touch fingerprint reader integrated in power button (match-on-chip), camera privacy shutter, optional ToF or Computer Vision 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, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, no preload OS
Processors
- Intel Core Ultra 5 325
- Intel Core Ultra 5 335
- Intel Core Ultra 7 355
- Intel Core Ultra 7 356H
- Intel Core Ultra 7 365
- Intel Core Ultra 7 366H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 358H
- Intel Core Ultra X7 368H