Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2)

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) - Specs

  • BOE NV156FHM-N61
  • Color accuracy  4.8  2.6
  • HDD/SSD
  • up to 8000GB SSD
  • RAM
  • up to 64GB
  • OS
  • Windows 10 Pro, Windows 10 Home
  • Battery
  • 80Wh, 4-cell, 80Wh
  • Body material
  • Aluminum, Carbon, Glass Fiber
  • Dimensions
  • 362 x 246 x 18.4 mm (14.25" x 9.69" x 0.72")
  • Weight
  • 1.70 kg (3.7 lbs)
  • Ports and connectivity
  • 2x USB Type-C
  • 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, HDMI
  • 2x USB Type-A
  • 3.2 Gen 1 (5 Gbps)
  • HDMI
  • Card reader
  • SD, SDHC, SDXC
  • Ethernet LAN
  • Wi-Fi
  • 802.11ax
  • Bluetooth
  • 5.0
  • Audio jack
  • combo audio / microphone jack
  • Features
  • Fingerprint reader
  • optional
  • Web camera
  • HD
  • Backlit keyboard
  • optional
  • Microphone
  • Speakers
  • Optical drive
  • Security Lock slot

All Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) configurations

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Office Work

Office Work should be used mostly by users who spend most of the time looking at pieces of text, tables or just surfing. This profile aims to deliver better distinctness and clarity by keeping a flat gamma curve (2.20), native color temperature and perceptually accurate colors.

Design and Gaming

This profile is aimed at designers who work with colors professionally, and for games and movies as well. Design and Gaming takes display panels to their limits, making them as accurate as possible in the sRGB IEC61966-2-1 standard for Web and HDTV, at white point D65.

Health-Guard

Health-Guard eliminates the harmful Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM) and reduces the negative Blue Light which affects our eyes and body. Since it’s custom tailored for every panel, it manages to keep the colors perceptually accurate. Health-Guard simulates paper so the pressure on the eyes is greatly reduced.

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CPU performance

Here you can find the price/performance difference between all the CPUs that come in the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) series.

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme (Gen 2) in-depth review

The ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 is Lenovo's iteration of how a thin and light workstation should look like. In terms of specifications, it battles directly with Apple's MacBook Pro 15's, ASUS ZenBooks, as well as the Dell XPS 15. Of course, to battle the well-established laptops, you need powerful hardware.This device can be specced out with a Core i9-9880H processor a 4K UHD HDR panel with a set maximum brightness of 500 nits and a GTX 1650 Max-Q. However, as many of you asked for a down-to-earth specification of a workstation, we got the Core i5-9300H version of this machine. It will be e[...]

Pros

  • Thin and light workstation with a great build quality
  • 92% sRGB coverage and no PWM for brightness adjustment (BOE NV156FHM-N63 (BOE07D8))
  • Super comfortable keyboard
  • Up to 64GB DDR4 memory
  • Has two Thunderbolt 3 ports and an SD card slot
  • Dual M.2 slots that support PCIe x4 drives and RAID 0 mode
  • Great battery life

Cons

  • Premium price tag
  • Core i9-9880H would be too hot in this device
  • Its display uses PWM for almost all brightness levels (our Health-Guard profile takes care of that)
  • Speakers are average

Inside Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Gen 2 - disassembly and upgrade options

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Games you can play on this laptop series

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q 80 FPS 35 FPS 27 FPS 18 FPS