Super second kill only needs 9000 yuan of carbon fiber. With ThinkPad X1 Carbon, the best time to start

For the 70's and 80's generation in front of the screen, ThinkPad is Notebook computer Because more than 20 years ago, ThinkPad could be said to be superior to others in the mobile PC market. In that era, owning a ThinkPad was a symbol of identity.

Although today notebook Although the brand is famous, ThinkPad still keeps its faith, especially as a high-end series ThinkPad X1 Carbon , thanks to the carbon fiber material and the unique black design, it has always been the sole love of high-end people, and in my opinion, There is no need to pursue the new X1 Carbon series, because it is not a fully performance oriented product, and each generation has little change in design and function, so the most appropriate way is to choose the products of the previous generation, just like the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022, when the hand price is just over 9000 yuan, it is very suitable. It happens that we have this product in hand, so next, we will start from the appearance Let's talk about this high-end business opportunity together in terms of performance and other aspects.

High end quality of carbon fiber black clothes

Just like the appearance of Mercedes Benz's big G has not changed for decades, the appearance of ThinkPad's small black has already become a symbol, The same is true of ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022.

The overall color matching of the machine is still black. If you look closely, the carbon fiber texture is used. The ThinkPad logo is embedded in the upper left corner of side A, and the surface has a good metal texture. The logo "X1" is printed on the lower right corner of the logo, and the left half of the letter "X" is painted in red, which is not only the classic color of ThinkPad, but also shows the lightweight characteristics of this machine.

The nameplate of "Lenovo" is embedded in the lower right corner of side A. The overall design style of the machine is calm and grand, which is very in line with the flagship Business Its positioning gives people an extraordinary sense of quality.

Performance measurement

As a previous generation model, the ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022 in my hand is equipped with a Core i5-1240P processor. What's the specific performance of this processor?

The Intel 12 generation Core i5-1240P is designed for native 12 core 16 threads, of which four cores are high-performance cores (P-Core), the maximum speed of the Remax can reach 4.4GHz, eight cores are energy efficient cores (E-Core), the maximum speed of the Remax can reach 3.3GHz, and it has a 12MB three-level cache. The basic TDP is 28W, and the overall TDP range is 20W-64W.

In the CPU-Z performance test standard, the single core performance score is 646.3, and the multi-core performance score is 5038.9. From the run test, we can see that the single core and multi-core performance of this processor are excellent, especially the multi-core performance directly increases the productivity of Dell Lingyue 13 5320.

Geekbench 5 is mainly a direct score evaluation of the single core and multi-core performance. Under its test standard, the measured single core score of the Core i5-1240P processor reached 1554, and the multi-core score reached 8939, which also proves that the 12 generation Core heterogeneous hybrid architecture design has greatly improved the multi-core performance of the processor.

In the CINEBENCH test standard, the measured CINEBENCH R15 multi-core 1594cb and single core 231cb; CINEBENCH R20 multi-core 3766cb, single core 595cb; CINEBENCH R23 multi-core 10051pts, single core 1608pts. It can also be seen from the score that the performance tuning of ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022 is quite good, which fully releases the overall performance of the i5-1240P processor.

Intel's 12th generation Core itself has further strengthened its video encoding and decoding capabilities, especially when the P-Core+E-Core heterogeneous design achieves perfect scheduling of heterogeneous cores through Intel's thread scheduler, the video encoding and decoding efficiency is well guaranteed. The x.264 Benchmark test shows that encoding 2500 frames takes only 52 seconds and the frame rate is 48.73fps.

Under the support of Core i5-1240P quasi standard pressure processor, Flimsy edition It also has better physical rendering capabilities. Under the V-Ray renderer standard, the measured value is 6417 vsamples, indicating that even the 28W quasi standard pressure processor has achieved more efficient performance in physical rendering, which is important for Business Notebook The promotion of universality is of great significance.

In addition to the Core i5-1240P, the whole machine is also equipped with DDR5 memory, measured by AIDA 64 storage performance, has a read speed of 64948MB/s, a write speed of 58094MB/s, a copy speed of 65269MB/s, and a delay of 112.8ns. Although the memory latency of DDR4 is higher than that of DDR4, its read/write and copy speeds have doubled, which is more important for the smooth operation of the system and software.

In addition, ThinkPad X1 Carbon is equipped with a 512GB solid state disk. The measured reading speed is 3532.78MB/s, the writing speed is 2411.07MB/s, the 4K random reading speed is 71.48MB/s, and the writing speed is 139.43MB/s. From the test, this PCIe 3.0 solid state disk reaches the average performance level.

Ease of use performance

For a high-end ultra portable commercial device, the application experience is obviously very important, ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022 is still equipped with a full-size, high touch keyboard. This keyboard is specially designed for business users. Through a long key range, crisp elastic feedback, and low pressure grams, it brings a very comfortable tapping experience, and it will not feel tired when typing for a long time.

A power key is designed in the upper right corner of the keyboard, and the fingerprint identification function is integrated. In the past, the utilization rate of independent fingerprint identifier was not high. Many users felt that it was too troublesome to set it up, and that there was still a process of fingerprint brushing when they started up. Nowadays, many business notebooks integrate fingerprint identification with the power key, which greatly improves the utilization rate of fingerprint identification. You can easily enter fingerprints, press the power key to turn on the computer while identifying fingerprints directly into the system. On the one hand, it is more secure, on the other hand, it is better than entering a login password every time you turn on the computer.

For high-end business people who care most about security, the whole machine is equipped with ThinkShutter camera physical switch to avoid user privacy disclosure. In addition, the camera function of X1 Carbon 2022 is not simple. It also adds the Computer Vision eye sensor system, which can automatically identify the user status, automatically lock the screen when walking, automatically recognize the face when opening the cover, and unlock the system. At the same time, it can automatically reduce the screen brightness when no one is watching the screen to achieve the purpose of energy conservation. After the "Stranger Detection" function is enabled, when a stranger is detected close behind, an alert will pop up automatically and the displayed content will be blurred. These experiences make X1 Carbon 2022 safer and more intelligent.

Objectively speaking, every generation of ThinkPad aims to inject new ways of thinking into people. He does not pursue the lightest, thinnest, or extreme performance under the lightest and thinnest conditions. He only thinks about how combination can bring the best use experience to users. There is no doubt that ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2022 is a comprehensive product.