Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 (AMD) vs Lenovo ThinkPad T450

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ThinkPad T14 Gen 6 (AMD) compared with ThinkPad T450
LenovoThinkPad T14 Gen 6 (AMD)LenovoThinkPad T450
Overview
ReleasedMay 2025February 2015
Display
Screen size14″14″
Resolution1920 × 1200 or 2880 × 1800 (better)1600 × 900
PanelIPS LCD or OLED–
Refresh rate60 Hz or 120 Hz–
Brightness400 nits or 500 nits (better)250 nits
TouchscreenNo or YesNo
Display typeWUXGA 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 16:10HD (200 nits), HD+ (250 nits) or Full HD IPS (300 nits); optional ten-finger touch at 212.5 nits
Colour range45% NTSC (400-nit IPS); 100% sRGB (500-nit IPS); 100% DCI-P3 (OLED)–
Screen finishAnti-glare (IPS); anti-glare, anti-reflection and anti-smudge (OLED)Anti-glare
Display featuresIPS 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
ProcessorAMD Ryzen AI 5 PRO 340 or AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350Intel Core i5-5200U
CPU cores6 or 82
CPU threads12 or 164
GraphicsRadeon 840M Graphics or Radeon 860M GraphicsIntel HD Graphics 5500
AI engine (NPU)50 TOPS–
Memory16 GB, 32 GB or 64 GB (better)8 GB
Storage512 GB to 1 TB (better)256 GB
CPURyzen AI 5 PRO 340 (6 cores, 12 threads) or Ryzen AI 7 PRO 350 (8 cores, 16 threads)Fourth- or fifth-generation dual-core Intel Core processors; listed configuration uses fifth-generation Core i5
GPUIntegrated AMD Radeon 840M or 860M, shared memory, DirectX 12Listed configuration uses integrated Intel HD Graphics 5500; regional options vary
AI engineCopilot+ PC; NPU up to 50 TOPS–
Memory typeDDR5-5600 in two SODIMM slots, dual-channel, up to 64 GBDDR3L-1600; two SO-DIMM sockets, up to 16 GB
Storage typeOne M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot; NVMe SSD up to 2 TB, Opal 2.02.5-inch SATA HDD, SSD or SSHD; optional M.2 SSD; listed configuration has a 256 GB SATA SSD (Notebookcheck)
Battery and size
Battery life (maker's claim)Up to 22.9 hoursUp to 10.08 hours
Battery capacity57 Wh–
Weight1.38 kg (better)1.73 kg
Thickness16.13 mm (better)21 mm
Width × depth315.9 × 223.7 mm339 × 232.5 mm
Battery life detail52.5 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 hrOptional internal 23 Wh and removable external 23, 48 or 72 Wh battery; internal plus 23 Wh external up to 10.08 hours, plus 48 Wh up to 14.78 hours, plus 72 Wh up to 19.78 hours; weight shown for non-touch with internal and three-cell external batteries
Charger65 W USB-C (PD 3.0) adapter, including nano GaN and slim GaN versions; offerings vary by country45 W or 65 W
Fast chargingRapid Charge to 80% in 1 hour (when off, in standby or hibernating)–
MaterialsBlack models, PC with 20% carbon fibre top and bottom; grey models, aluminium top and PC with 20% carbon fibre bottomGlass-fibre reinforced lid and bottom; carbon-fibre reinforced lid on touch models
ColoursBlack; GreyBlack
Connections
Ports2 × Thunderbolt 4, 2 × USB-A, HDMI, Ethernet, headphone jack3 × USB-A, Ethernet, SD card slot, headphone jack
Wi-FiWi-Fi 7802.11b/g/n or 802.11a/b/g/n; optional 802.11ac
Bluetooth5.4Optional Bluetooth 4.0
Webcam5MP, optional IROptional 720p
Operating systemWindowsWindows
Port detail2 × 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)Three USB 3.0, VGA, Mini DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, combo audio, SD/MMC/SDHC/SDXC reader and docking connector; optional smart card and SIM slot
External displaysUp to three external displays (four including the built-in); USB-C up to 8K 30 Hz, HDMI up to 4K 60 HzThree independent displays; Mini DisplayPort up to 3840 × 2160 at 60 Hz, VGA up to 1920 × 1200 at 60 Hz
Keyboard6-row, spill-resistant, backlit or non-backlit; 1.5 mm key travel (1.35 mm on Fn row and G/H/B); Copilot key; TrackPointSix-row spill-resistant keyboard; optional backlight
TrackpadMylar 3-button trackpad, 60 × 115 mmMulti-touch Mylar clickpad; TrackPoint with dedicated buttons
SpeakersStereo 2 W × 2, Dolby Audio1 W × 2 stereo speakers
MicrophonesDual-microphone array, 360° far-field, Dolby VoiceDual-array microphone
BiometricsOptional fingerprint reader in the power button (match-on-chip); optional IR camera for Windows HelloOptional swipe fingerprint reader; TPM 1.2

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