Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 (AMD) vs Lenovo ThinkPad T430
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| LenovoThinkPad T14 Gen 6 (AMD) | LenovoThinkPad T430 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | May 2025 | June 2012 |
| Display | ||
| Screen size | 14″ | 14″ |
| Resolution | 1920 × 1200 or 2880 × 1800 (better) | 1366 × 768 or 1600 × 900 |
| Panel | IPS LCD or OLED | – |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz or 120 Hz | – |
| Brightness | 400 nits or 500 nits (better) | 200 nits or 250 nits |
| Touchscreen | No or Yes | No |
| Display type | WUXGA IPS (400-nit non-touch or on-cell touch, 500-nit low power, or 500-nit on-cell touch with ThinkPad Privacy Guard) or 2.8K OLED with add-on film touch, all 16:10 | 14-inch 1366 × 768 (200 nits) or 1600 × 900 (250 nits) LED-backlit LCD; 300:1 contrast |
| Colour range | 45% NTSC (400-nit IPS); 100% sRGB (500-nit IPS); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED) | – |
| Screen finish | Anti-glare (IPS); anti-glare, anti-reflection and anti-smudge (OLED) | Anti-glare |
| Display features | IPS 1,000:1 contrast (1,500:1 with Privacy Guard); OLED 100,000:1 contrast, 120 Hz VRR, DisplayHDR True Black 500 and Dolby Vision; 3M DBEF5 on the 400-nit panels; Eyesafe Certified 2.0; 85.73% screen-to-body ratio | – |
| Performance | ||
| Processor | AMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 or AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 | Intel Core i5-3210M or Intel Core i7-3520M |
| CPU cores | 6 or 8 | 2 |
| CPU threads | 12 or 16 | 4 |
| Graphics | Radeon 840M Graphics or Radeon 860M Graphics | Intel HD Graphics 4000 or NVIDIA NVS 5400M |
| AI engine (NPU) | 50 TOPS | – |
| Memory | 16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB (better) | 4 GB or 8 GB |
| Storage | 512 GB to 1 TB (better) | 320 GB to 500 GB |
| CPU | Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 (6 cores, 12 threads) or Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (8 cores, 16 threads) | Third-generation Intel Core i5 and i7 dual-core processors; some i5-2520M models; QM77 chipset |
| GPU | Integrated AMD Radeon 840M or 860M, shared memory, DirectX 12 | Integrated Intel HD Graphics 4000 on Ivy Bridge processors, HD Graphics 3000 on i5-2520M; optional NVIDIA NVS 5400M with 1 GB and Optimus |
| AI engine | Copilot+ PC; NPU up to 50 TOPS | – |
| Memory type | DDR5-5600 in two SODIMM slots, dual-channel, up to 64 GB | DDR3-1600; two SO-DIMM sockets, up to 16 GB |
| Storage type | One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot; NVMe SSD up to 2 TB, Opal 2.0 | Removable 2.5-inch SATA HDD or SSD; removable Ultrabay Enhanced DVD burner; selected models support mSATA SSD instead of WWAN |
| Battery and size | ||
| Battery life (maker's claim) | Up to 22.9 hours | Up to 9.7 hours |
| Battery capacity | 57 Wh | 57 Wh |
| Weight | 1.38 kg (better) | 2.17 kg |
| Thickness | 16.13 mm (better) | 29.9 mm |
| Width × depth | 315.9 × 223.7 mm | 340.5 × 232 mm |
| Battery life detail | 52.5 Wh or 57 Wh Li-ion; Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 with 57 Wh and low-power WUXGA, MobileMark 25 up to 15.5 hr, JEITA 3.0 up to 12.8 hr video and 25.7 hr idle, local video up to 22.9 hr; Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 with 52.5 Wh and WUXGA touch, local video up to 15.7 hr | Integrated graphics: six-cell 57 Wh up to 9.7 hours, nine-cell 94 Wh up to 16.2 hours, nine-cell plus 94 Wh slice up to 32.5 hours; Optimus up to 9.4 / 15.8 / 31.6 hours; weight shown with six-cell battery |
| Charger | 65 W USB-C (PD 3.0) adapter, including nano GaN and slim GaN versions; offerings vary by country | 65 W on integrated graphics models; 90 W on Optimus models |
| Fast charging | Rapid Charge to 80% in 1 hour (when off, in standby or hibernating) | – |
| Materials | Black models, PC with 20% carbon fibre top and bottom; grey models, aluminium top and PC with 20% carbon fibre bottom | Carbon-fibre/glass-fibre hybrid display cover; carbon-fibre reinforced plastic bottom; magnesium roll cage |
| Colours | Black; Grey | Black |
| Connections | ||
| Ports | 2 × Thunderbolt 4, 2 × USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, headphone jack | 4 × USB-A, Ethernet, SD card slot, headphone jack |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | 802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/b/g/n |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | Optional Bluetooth 4.0 |
| Webcam | 5MP, optional IR | Optional 720p |
| Operating system | Windows | Windows |
| Port detail | 2 × USB-C (Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40 Gbps) with USB PD 15–65 W and DisplayPort 2.1; 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps (one Always On); HDMI 2.1 up to 4K 60 Hz; Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45); 3.5 mm headphone/mic combo jack; optional smart card reader and nano-SIM slot (4G or 5G models) | Two USB 3.0, two USB 2.0 (one powered), VGA, Mini DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, audio combo, SD/MMC/SDHC/SDXC reader and ExpressCard/34; docking connector |
| External displays | Up to three external displays (four including the built-in); USB-C up to 8K 30 Hz, HDMI up to 4K 60 Hz | Up to 2560 × 1600 at 60 Hz via Mini DisplayPort; 2048 × 1536 at 75 Hz via VGA |
| Keyboard | 6-row, spill-resistant, backlit or non-backlit; 1.5 mm key travel (1.35 mm on Fn row and G/H/B); Copilot key; TrackPoint | Six-row spill-resistant keyboard; TrackPoint; optional backlight and ThinkLight overhead illumination |
| Trackpad | Mylar 3-button trackpad, 60 × 115 mm | UltraNav multi-touch touchpad |
| Speakers | Stereo 2 W × 2, Dolby Audio | 1 W × 2 stereo speakers |
| Microphones | Dual-microphone array, 360° far-field, Dolby Voice | Dual-array microphone |
| Biometrics | Optional fingerprint reader in the power button (match-on-chip); optional IR camera for Windows Hello | Optional swipe fingerprint reader; TPM 1.2 |
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