ASUS Zenbook 14 (UX3480) Intel vs Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

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Zenbook 14 (UX3480) Intel compared with ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9

	ASUSZenbook 14 (UX3480) Intel	LenovoThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 9
Overview
Released
Released	June 2026	2021
Display
Screen size
Screen size	14″	14″
Resolution
Resolution	1920 × 1200	1920 × 1200
Panel
Panel	OLED	IPS LCD
Refresh rate
Refresh rate	60 Hz	–
Brightness
Brightness	300 nits	400 nits (better)
Touchscreen
Touchscreen	No	No
Display type
Display type	FHD OLED (1920 × 1200), 16:10, non-touch (UK); 3K (2880 × 1800) 120 Hz OLED with 500 nits SDR, 1,100 nits HDR peak and touch options elsewhere	Listed low-power 400-nit WUXGA IPS display; touch version also available, plus 500-nit touch Privacy Guard WUXGA or 500-nit 3840 × 2400 WQUXGA IPS with DisplayHDR 400
Colour range
Colour range	100% DCI-P3	WUXGA options 100% sRGB; WQUXGA 100% DCI-P3
Screen finish
Screen finish	–	Anti-glare on WUXGA; glossy on WQUXGA
Display features
Display features	1,000,000:1 contrast; TÜV Rheinland certified; SGS Eye Care Display; 89% screen-to-body ratio; 3K panel is VESA DisplayHDR True Black 600	–
Performance
Processor
Processor	Intel Core Ultra 5 325, Intel Core Ultra 7 355 or Intel Core Ultra 9 386H	Intel Core i7-1165G7
CPU cores
CPU cores	8 or 16	4
CPU threads
CPU threads	8 or 16	8
Graphics
Graphics	Intel Graphics	Intel Iris Xe Graphics
AI engine (NPU)
AI engine (NPU)	47 TOPS, 49 TOPS or 50 TOPS	–
Memory
Memory	16 GB	16 GB
Storage
Storage	512 GB	512 GB
CPU
CPU	Core Ultra 5 325 or Core Ultra 7 355 with 4 P-cores and 4 LP E-cores (12 MB cache); Core Ultra 9 386H with 4 P-cores, 8 E-cores and 4 LP E-cores (18 MB cache)	11th-generation Core i5-1135G7/i5-1145G7/i7-1165G7/i7-1185G7; listed i7-1165G7, 16 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD and non-touch FHD+ configuration is the exact unit tested by Laptop Mag
GPU
GPU	Integrated Intel Graphics	Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics
AI engine
AI engine	Copilot+ PC; Intel NPU up to 50 TOPS	–
Memory type
Memory type	LPDDR5X on board, 16 GB (UK); 24 GB elsewhere	8, 16 or 32 GB soldered LPDDR4x-4266; no memory sockets
Storage type
Storage type	One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot; 512 GB NVMe SSD (UK)	One replaceable M.2 2280 SSD; PCIe 4.0 ×4 slot with PCIe NVMe or PCIe 4.0 performance drive options; maker capacity up to 2 TB
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)
Battery life (maker's claim)	Up to 29 hours	Up to 21.3 hours
Battery capacity
Battery capacity	70 Wh (better)	57 Wh
Weight
Weight	1.2 kg	1.133 kg (better)
Thickness
Thickness	16.9 mm	14.9 mm (better)
Width × depth
Width × depth	311.2 × 215.8 mm	315 × 221.6 mm
Battery life detail
Battery life detail	70 Wh 4-cell Li-ion (50 Wh elsewhere); up to 29+ hr video playback (ASUS test, 3K 120 Hz OLED at 150 nits)	Integrated 57 Wh lithium-polymer battery; maker maximum 21.3 hours MobileMark 2014, 16.7 hours MobileMark 2018 or 26 hours JEITA 2.0; headline 1.133 kg is maker starting weight, configuration-dependent
Charger
Charger	68 W USB-C adapter	45 W or 65 W USB-C adapter; country and configuration dependent
Fast charging
Fast charging	Up to 60% in 49 minutes with a 68 W adapter	Up to 80% in one hour with a 65 W adapter
Materials
Materials	Ceraluminum lid and metal chassis	Carbon-fibre lid and magnesium-alloy bottom
Colours
Colours	Komodo Coral; Arctic Blue; Zabriskie Beige	Black paint or black weave finish
Connections
Ports
Ports	Thunderbolt 4, USB-C, USB-A, HDMI, headphone jack	2 × USB-A, 2 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, headphone jack
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi	Wi-Fi 6E	Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201, 2×2 802.11ax
Bluetooth
Bluetooth	5.4	Bluetooth 5.1 in maker PSREF; hardware ready for 5.2 subject to operating-system limits
Webcam
Webcam	FHD with IR	720p or combined IR and 720p, both with privacy shutter
Operating system
Operating system	Windows	Windows
Port detail
Port detail	Thunderbolt 4 (40 Gbps, display and power delivery); USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (display and power delivery); USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A; HDMI 2.1 TMDS; 3.5 mm combo audio jack	Two USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 ports, one always-on; two Thunderbolt 4/USB4 40 Gbit/s USB-C ports with Power Delivery 3.0 and DisplayPort 1.4a; HDMI 2.0 and combo audio; optional nano-SIM for WWAN models
External displays
External displays	–	Native screen plus three external displays; Thunderbolt up to 5K at 60 Hz and HDMI up to 4K at 60 Hz
Keyboard
Keyboard	Backlit, 1.7 mm key travel	Six-row spill-resistant backlit keyboard
Trackpad
Trackpad	Precision touchpad with smart gestures	Glass multi-touch touchpad and TrackPoint
Speakers
Speakers	Dual multi-magnet speakers, Dolby Atmos	Two 2 W woofers and two 0.8 W tweeters with Dolby Atmos
Microphones
Microphones	Array microphone	Four-microphone array with 360-degree far-field pickup and Dolby Voice
Biometrics
Biometrics	IR camera for Windows Hello with privacy shutter	Match-on-chip fingerprint reader integrated into power button; discrete TPM 2.0; optional IR camera and human-presence detection