Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 is a notebook designed for professionals who require performance and portability. With a 14-inch anti-glare display and an aspect ratio of 16:10, it offers a clear and immersive viewing experience. The device is equipped with an 8-core Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, ensuring efficient multitasking and smooth operation for demanding applications. Its 12 MB cache memory enhances data processing speeds, making it suitable for both work and play. Connectivity is prioritized with multiple USB4/Thunderbolt 4 ports, USB 3.0 ports, and an HDMI port, allowing seamless integration with various devices and peripherals. The notebook features advanced wireless connectivity with Intel Wi-Fi 7, ensuring high-speed Internet access. Additionally, built-in security features like a fingerprint reader and a Discrete Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) chip provide peace of mind for sensitive data. With a lightweight carbon fiber case and MIL-STD-810H testing, this notebook balances durability with a sleek design.































- Tips the Scales on Features — Not Weight: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition weighs less than a kilogram, so you can manage it with one hand — and open it easily with one finger. But the best part? This super-thin laptop includes lots of connectivity options to hook up a monitor, quickly charge other devices, transfer files, and even plug in a headset if you’re old school.
- Powered From Dallas to Dubai: Enjoy amazing performance efficiency with extended battery life to power through your day — and night — or a flight from Dallas to Dubai. Don’t worry about having to plug in. But when you do need more juice, the GaN charger saves power and charges up to four times faster than a conventional AC adapter.
- Next-Level Intelligence: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon uses AI to help you achieve more. Expect ultra-fast responsiveness, increased productivity, time savings, and improved data privacy by running AI tasks locally instead of in the cloud.
- Unleash a Chipload of Power: Experience increased power with Intel’s best performance per watt computing, with support for new AI use cases. Ideal for work on-the-go and knowledge work, such as coding, researching, running simulations, and performing data visualizations.
- Productivity on Steroids: The neural processing unit (NPU) boasts 45 trillion operations per second (TOPS). Along with 500+ optimized AI models and the largest set of compatible AI PC tools and apps in the industry, you’ll enjoy a smarter PC.
- Dazzle & Bedazzle: This GPU performs over 60 TOPS, optimizing efficiency. Whether you're creating content or just relying on visual computing and generative AI, you'll be thrilled.
- Just Tap to Connect: Smart Share connects your smartphone to your laptop instantly via an AI virtual sensor. Just tap your Android™ or iOS device to your laptop — then drag and drop. Edit photos and share easily. Plus access and send text messages from your PC. Phone sold separately.
- Good Health Starts With Alerts: When you’re putting in long days and late nights, Wellness Mode has your back. It adjusts settings to ease eyestrain and uses computer vision AI to assess your posture and how long you’ve been looking at your display — and then warns you if you’re hunched over or need to take a break.
- A PartnerJTFp With You at the Center: Lenovo and Intel® have a long history of teaming up to develop notebooks. Years of close collaboration have resulted in innovative software solutions that take your everyday work to the next level.
- Fend Off Lurkers: When you’re finalizing a project at your favorite café, JTFeld Mode has you covered. It deploys AI computer vision technology to warn you if someone is looking over your shoulder, then blurs the screen for unwanted shoulder surfers, and automatically prompts your VPN.
- The Cure for Pre-Meeting Panic: Suddenly time for a remote meeting? No problem! Collaboration Mode calibrates your camera for you, sets your preferred backgrounds effects, launches autoframing, and more. Additionally, it uses computer vision AI features to enhance your webcam experience in low-light conditions and over environments.
- Avoid Going Down Rabbit Holes: When it’s time to get things done, Attention Mode silences notifications and blocks distracting websites so you can focus on what really matters. And it puts you in control, as you choose what sites to block and for how long.
- Say Goodbye to Battery Anxiety: Whether you’re dialed in to a meeting or closing up your laptop to stash in your bag, Power Mode automatically optimizes settings to deliver performance when you need it and longer battery life when you don’t.
- Good Health Starts With Alerts: When you’re putting in long days and late nights, Wellness Mode has your back. It adjusts settings to ease eyestrain and uses computer vision AI to assess your posture and how long you’ve been looking at your display — and then warns you if you’re hunched over or need to take a break.
- A PartnerJTFp With You at the Center: Lenovo and Intel® have a long history of teaming up to develop notebooks. Years of close collaboration have resulted in innovative software solutions that take your everyday work to the next level.
- Fend Off Lurkers: When you’re finalizing a project at your favorite café, JTFeld Mode has you covered. It deploys AI computer vision technology to warn you if someone is looking over your shoulder, then blurs the screen for unwanted shoulder surfers, and automatically prompts your VPN.
- The Cure for Pre-Meeting Panic: Suddenly time for a remote meeting? No problem! Collaboration Mode calibrates your camera for you, sets your preferred backgrounds effects, launches autoframing, and more. Additionally, it uses computer vision AI features to enhance your webcam experience in low-light conditions and over environments.
- Avoid Going Down Rabbit Holes: When it’s time to get things done, Attention Mode silences notifications and blocks distracting websites so you can focus on what really matters. And it puts you in control, as you choose what sites to block and for how long.
- Say Goodbye to Battery Anxiety: Whether you’re dialed in to a meeting or closing up your laptop to stash in your bag, Power Mode automatically optimizes settings to deliver performance when you need it and longer battery life when you don’t.
- Good Health Starts With Alerts: When you’re putting in long days and late nights, Wellness Mode has your back. It adjusts settings to ease eyestrain and uses computer vision AI to assess your posture and how long you’ve been looking at your display — and then warns you if you’re hunched over or need to take a break.
- Amplify Productivity With a Copilot+ PC: Copilot+ integrates advanced AI capabilities to improve task management through real-time suggestions, automation of routine processes, and personalized insights. It learns your preferences and seamlessly supports everything from creating documents to drafting communications. Plus, with the touch of a key, Copilot launches to help keep you ahead in fast-paced work environments.
- Efficient Inside, Recycled Outside: The X1 Carbon is certified for energy efficiency and 100% plastic-free primary packaging by the Forest StewardJTFp Council®. It is made from recycled carbon fiber, recycled magnesium, and recycled plastic, with some components manufactured using a low-temperature brazing process.
- Haptic TouchPad or Glass TrackPad: The ThinkPad keyboard enhances accessibility with tactile markings. The glass trackpad or tactile TouchPad and the iconic red TrackPoint provide navigation. Double-tapping the latter opens a quick menu for optimizing audio and video settings, and lets you take notes with the Dictation toolbar for easy speech-to-text conversion.
- Security Like Your Business Depends On It: The ThinkPad X1 Carbon, Lenovo Aura Edition, features multi-layered security. ThinkJTFeld, a comprehensive suite of security solutions, includes a dedicated Trusted Platform Module to protect critical data with encryption. Biometric technologies also provide additional protection. The processor provides threat detection and AI-powered protection — even at the operating system level.
- When Reliability Isn’t Optional: Lenovo uses the U.S. Department of Defense MIL-STD-810H standard to ensure a balance of reliability and durability in ThinkPad laptops. Meeting or exceeding standards, procedures, and multiple quality checks ensure these devices operate in extreme conditions, including harsh environments such as arctic desert terrain, desert dust storms, extreme temperatures, pressure, vibration, and more.
| General Information | |
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| Category | Notebook computers |
| Description | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 21NS - Copilot+ PC - 180-degree hinge design - Intel Core Ultra 7 - 258V / up to 4.8 GHz - Evo - Win 11 Pro - Intel Arc Graphics 140V - 32 GB RAM - 1 TB SSD TCG Opal Encryption 2, NVMe - 14" OLED 2880 x 1800 (2.8K) @ 120 Hz - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi 7 - black paint - kbd: English |
| Manufacturer | Lenovo |
| MSRP | $2,939.00 |
| UNSPSC | 43211503 |
| Main Specifications | |
| Audio Input / Type | Dual array microphone |
| Dimensions & Weight / Depth | 21.475 cm |
| Dimensions & Weight / Height | 1.437 cm |
| Dimensions & Weight / Weight | 986 g |
| Dimensions & Weight / Width | 31.28 cm |
| Display / Diagonal Size | 14 in |
| Display / Diagonal Size (metric) | 35.6 cm |
| Display / Native Resolution | 2880 x 1800 |
| Display / Type | OLED |
| Display / Widescreen Display | Yes |
| Hard Drive / Capacity | 1 TB |
| Header / Brand | Lenovo |
| Header / Country Kits | United States |
| Header / Localization | English |
| Input Device / Type |
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| Miscellaneous / Product Color | Black |
| Networking / Data Link Protocol |
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| Networking / Wireless Protocol |
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| Optical Storage / Drive Type | No optical drive |
| Optical Storage / Type | None |
| OS Provided / Type | Windows 11 Pro |
| Packaged Quantity | 1 |
| Processor / Generation | Series 2 |
| Processor / Manufacturer | Intel |
| Processor / Number of Cores | 8-core |
| Processor / Processor Number | 258V |
| Processor / Type | Core Ultra 7 |
| RAM / Technology | LPDDR5X SDRAM |
| Service & Support / Type | 1-year warranty |
| System / Hard Drive Capacity | 1 TB |
| System / Notebook Type | Notebook |
| System / Platform Technology | Intel Evo |
| System / Security Devices | Fingerprint reader |
| Video Output / Graphics Processor | Intel Arc Graphics 140V |
| AC Adapter | |
| Input | AC 100-240 V (50/60 Hz) |
| Output | 65 watt |
| Audio & Video | |
| Audio Features | Input: 360° far-field |
| Camera | Yes - 1080p |
| Camera Features | Privacy shutter, Windows Hello, fixed focus, Discrete IR |
| Codec | Realtek ALC713 |
| Compliant Standards | High Definition Audio, Dolby Atmos |
| Graphics Processor | Intel Arc Graphics 140V - up to 64 TOPS |
| Sound | Stereo speakers, dual array microphone |
| Battery | |
| Capacity | 57 Wh |
| Technology | Lithium polymer |
| Communications | |
| Features | Dual stream (2x2) |
| Wireless | Bluetooth 5.3, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax/be |
| Wireless Controller | Intel WI-FI 7 BE201 |
| Connections & Expansion | |
| Interfaces Details |
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| Dimensions & Weight | |
| Dimensions (WxDxH) | 31.28 cm x 21.475 cm x 1.437 cm |
| Weight | 986 g |
| Display | |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
| Features | Anti-glare, anti-reflective, anti-smudge, HDR 500 True Black, Dolby Vision |
| Image Aspect Ratio | 16:10 |
| Image Brightness | 400 cd/m² |
| Resolution | 2880 x 1800 (2.8K) |
| Type | 14" OLED |
| V-Sync Rate at Max Res. | 120 Hz |
| Widescreen | Yes |
| Environmental Parameters | |
| Humidity Range Operating | 8 - 95% |
| Max Operating Temperature | 35 °C |
| Min Operating Temperature | 5 °C |
| General | |
| AI Level | Copilot+ PC |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Pro - English |
| Product Type | Notebook - 180-degree hinge design |
| Input | |
| Keyboard Backlight | Yes |
| Keyboard Layout | English |
| Type | Keyboard, TrackPoint, trackpad, UltraNav |
| Manufacturer Warranty | |
| Service & Support | Limited warranty - 1 year - pick-up and return |
| Memory | |
| RAM | 32 GB (provided memory is soldered) |
| Rated Speed | 4267 MHz |
| Technology | LPDDR5X SDRAM |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Case Material | Carbon fiber (top), magnesium (bottom) |
| Color | Black paint |
| Compliant Standards | RoHS, Energy-Related Products (ErP) Lot 6, Energy-Related Products (ErP) Lot 26, Eyesafe Certified 2.0 |
| Features | MIL-STD-810H tested |
| Included Accessories | GaN power adapter |
| Localization | Language: English / region: United States |
| Manufacturer Selling Program | Lenovo TopSeller |
| Security | Discrete Trusted Platform Module (TPM 2.0) Security Chip, fingerprint reader |
| Security Slot Type | Kensington nano security slot |
| Theft/Intrusion Protection | Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately) |
| Neural Processor Unit (NPU) | |
| AI Datatype Support on NPU | INT8 |
| AI Software Frameworks Supported by NPU | DirectML, OpenVINO, WebNN, WindowsML, ONNX RT |
| Neural Processor Unit (NPU) | Intel AI Boost |
| NPU Performance Up To (TOPS) | 47 TOPS |
| Sparsity Support | Yes |
| Total Processor Performance Up To (TOPS) | 115 TOPS |
| Windows Studio Effects Support | Yes |
| Processor / Chipset | |
| Cache | 12 MB |
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 (Series 2) 258V / 2.2 GHz |
| Features | Integrated memory controller |
| Max Turbo Speed | 4.8 GHz |
| Number of Cores | 8-core |
| Platform Technology | Intel Evo |
| Software | |
| Software Included | Intel Connectivity Performance Suite |
| Storage | |
| Main Storage | 1 TB SSD M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 - TCG Opal Encryption 2, NVM Express (NVMe) |
| Sustainability Information | |
| ENERGY STAR Certified | Yes |
| EPEAT Compliant | EPEAT Gold |
| TCO Certified | - TCO Certified, generation 10, for notebooks |
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