Lenovo ThinkPad X13 Gen 3 (Intel)
13.3-inch business ultraportable on 12th Gen Intel Core (Alder Lake) hybrid P-core/E-core processors with soldered LPDDR5 memory, a single M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD slot and dual Thunderbolt 4 ports with DisplayPort 2.0. Intel counterpart to the X13 Gen 3 (AMD).
Memory
- Slots
- Soldered to system board, no slots, dual-channel
- Max
- 32 GB LPDDR5 (32 GB only on i7 models in EMEA)
- Type
- LPDDR5-4800 (chips are LPDDR5-6400, run at 4800 due to platform limitation)
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot, up to 2 TB SSD
- Types
- M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4 Performance, 512 GB/1 TB/2 TB, Opal 2.0; M.2 2280 PCIe NVMe, PCIe 3.0 or 4.0 x4, 256/512 GB/1 TB, Opal 2.0
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- Options
- Intel UHD Graphics (i3) or Intel Iris Xe Graphics (i5/i7), integrated, shared memory, DirectX 12.1
- External displays
- Up to 4 independent displays (native panel + 3 external via Thunderbolt and HDMI); Thunderbolt up to 5K@60Hz, HDMI up to 4K@60Hz
Networking
- Ethernet
- No onboard Ethernet; supported via optional Lenovo USB-C to Ethernet Adapter
- WLAN
- Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (802.11ax 2×2, Bluetooth 5.1, 5.2 hardware-ready)
- WWAN
- Optional: Quectel EM05-G 4G LTE CAT4, Fibocom L860-GL-16 4G LTE CAT16, or Fibocom FM350-GL 5G Sub-6 GHz with embedded eSIM, M.2 card
- NFC
- Optional
Power
- Adapters
- 45 W or 65 W USB-C (2-pin, 3-pin or slim wall-mount), PD 3.0, 100-240V, 50-60Hz
- Rapid Charge
- Charges to 80% in 1 hour with the 65 W adapter
Ports
- Standard
- 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On), 2 × Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps (data, Power Delivery 3.0, DisplayPort 2.0), 1 × HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K/60Hz), 1 × headphone/microphone combo jack (3.5 mm)
- Optional
- 1 × smart card reader, 1 × nano-SIM card slot (WWAN models)
- Docking
- Various docking solutions via Thunderbolt / USB-C
Display
- WUXGA IPS 300 nits
- 13.3", 1920×1200, non-touch or multi-touch, anti-glare, 72% NTSC, 1000:1, 85°/85°/85°/85° viewing angle
- WUXGA IPS 500 nits
- 13.3", 1920×1200, non-touch, anti-glare, 72% NTSC, 1000:1, with ThinkPad Privacy Guard
- WQXGA IPS 400 nits
- 13.3", 2560×1600, non-touch, anti-glare, 100% sRGB, 1200:1, low power, Dolby Vision, TÜV Low Blue Light (hardware); not available in EMEA
Battery
- Options
- 41 Wh or 54.7 Wh integrated Li-Polymer, Rapid Charge (80% in 1 hr) with 65 W AC adapter
- Rated life
- Best configuration (i5-1240P, 8 GB, 54.7 Wh): up to 11.8 hr MobileMark 2018, 9.7 hr MobileMark 25, 19.8 hr JEITA 2.0, 15.7 hr local video playback; varies by configuration
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 305.8 × 217.56 × 18.10 mm (PPS top cover) to 305.8 × 218.39 × 18.10 mm (aluminium top cover)
- Weight
- From 1.20 kg (2.65 lb), WUXGA display, 41 Wh battery, black carbon fiber top cover
- Case
- Storm grey (not in EMEA): aluminium top and bottom; thunder black: carbon fiber hybrid or PPS top, aluminium bottom
- Keyboard
- 6-row, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys, backlit or non-backlit (non-backlit only on thunder black); UltraNav TrackPoint + 61×115 mm glass-like Mylar-surface multi-touch touchpad
- Camera
- FHD 1080p + IR hybrid, FHD 1080p, or HD 720p, with privacy shutter, fixed focus; or no camera
- Audio
- High Definition Audio, Realtek ALC3287 codec; stereo 2 W × 2 speakers, Dolby Audio; dual-microphone far-field array with Dolby Voice, or none
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG and FIPS 140-2 certified), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5×6 mm), optional smart card reader (ISO 7816, EMV), optional match-on-chip fingerprint reader in power button
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H military test passed
Management
- vPro
- Intel vPro Enterprise, Intel vPro Essentials, or non-vPro
- BIOS
- Supervisor password, power-on password, system management password, NVMe password, certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication, self-healing BIOS
- Other security
- Camera privacy shutter (camera models), Privacy Guard with Privacy Alert (Privacy Guard display models), optional IR camera for Windows Hello, Glance by Mirametrix, optional Human Presence Detection, Tile ready
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Windows 11 DG Windows 10 Pro 64, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, no preload
Processors
- Intel Core i3-1215U
- Intel Core i5-1235U
- Intel Core i5-1240P
- Intel Core i5-1245U
- Intel Core i5-1250P
- Intel Core i7-1255U
- Intel Core i7-1260P
- Intel Core i7-1265U
- Intel Core i7-1270P
- Intel Core i7-1280P