Lenovo's ThinkPad X395: A 13.3-Inch AMD Ryzen Pro-Based Ultraportable
by Anton Shilov on May 9, 2019 6:30 PM EST
Long one of AMD's closest and most eager laptop partners, Lenovo has introduced one of the industry’s first Ryzen Pro 3000-powered ultra-portable premium business laptops. The ThinkPad X395 features a 13.3-inch display, weighs around 1.28 kilograms, and promises a battery life of up to 14.5 hours.
Lenovo's ThinkPad X395 comes in the company's signature ultra-durable black carbon fiber chassis. Overall the laptop is 16.9 mm thick and has a footprint of 31.2 x 21.7 cm, with the carbon fiber body helping to keep the weight to just 1.28 kg. Meanwhile in terms of display technology, the base model includes a 1366×768 resolution TN panel. Higher-end models bump that up to a 1920×1080 IPS display, and include further options such as touch support and PrivacyGuard to protect against prying eyes.
As is typically the case for Lenovo, the company is offering the ThinkPad X395 in a variety of configurations to cover different price points. The base model includes an AMD quad-core Ryzen 3 Pro 3300U APU, while higher-end models offer the Ryzen 5 Pro 3500U and Ryzen 7 Pro 3700U. The APUs will be paired with up to 16 GB of DDR4-2400/2666 while storage is provided by an NVMe SSD, with sizes up to 1 TB.
When it comes to wireless connectivity, the ThinkPad has an Intel Wireless 9260 2×2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 5.0 controller as well as an optional 4G/LTE Cat 9 modem, which makes it one of a few AMD-based laptops with WWAN ever released. As for physical ports, the notebook features a Gigabit Ethernet port (dongle required), two USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C ports, two USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1 and Gen 2) ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, a micro SD card reader, a smart card reader, and a 3.5mm audio jack for headsets. On which note, as is increasingly common for laptops in this segment, the X395 is powered entirely via USB-C. The system also includes far-field microphones, stereo speakers with Dolby Audio Premium badge, a spill-resistant keyboard, an UltraNav joystick, and a touchpad.
Being among Lenovo’s first X-series ThinkPads with AMD's Ryzen Pro inside, the ThinkPad X395 is clearly aimed at business/corporate users and fittingly supports an appropriate feature set. Besides DASH remote management, memory encryption, and other capabilities of AMD’s Ryzen Pro 3000 platform, the machine is also equipped with a 720p webcam with ThinkShutter privacy cover and optional IR sensors for Windows Hello, a match-in-sensor fingerprint reader, a dTPM 2.0 chip, and other typical pro-level ThinkPad features.
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X395 comes with a 48 Wh battery that the manufacturer says will last for up to 14.5 hours (based on testing using MobileMark 2014). Obviously, real-world results will be different, but Lenovo’s battery life tends to be ahead of the curve when it comes to AMD-powered notebooks.
| General Specifications of Lenovo's ThinkPad X395 Laptops | ||||||
| ThinkPad X395 HD |
ThinkPad X395 FHD |
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| Display | Diagonal | 13.3" | 13.3" | |||
| Resolution | 1366×768 | 1920×1080 | ||||
| Type | TN | IPS | ||||
| Brightness | 250 cd/m² | 300 - 400 cd/m² | ||||
| Touch | No | Optional 10-points multitouch | ||||
| Privacy | No | Optional PrivacyGuard | ||||
| CPU | AMD Ryzen 3 Pro 3300U: 4C/4T, 2.1 - 3.5 GHz, 1 MB L2 + 4 MB L3, Vega 6 iGPU with 384 SPs at 1.2 GHz 15 W |
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| AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 3500U: 4C/8T, 2.1 - 3.7 GHz, 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3, Vega 8 iGPU with 512 SPs at 1.2 GHz 15 W |
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| AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 3700U: 4C/8T, 2.3 - 4 GHz, 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3, Vega 10 iGPU with 640 SPs at 1.4 GHz 15 W |
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| RAM | Capacity | up to 16 GB | ||||
| Type | DDR4-2400/2666 | |||||
| Storage | Capacity | up to 1 TB PCIe/NVMe SSD | ||||
| Options | ? | |||||
| Wi-Fi | Intel 9260 Wireless AC 2×2 802.11ac Wi-Fi module | |||||
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | |||||
| WWAN | Optional: Integrated Global Mobile Broadband LTE-A | |||||
| USB | 2 × USB 3.1 Type-A (Gen 1 and Gen 2) 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (power, data, DP 1.2) 1 × USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (data, DP 1.2) |
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| Ethernet | GbE with dongle (sold separately) | |||||
| Other I/O | HDMI 2.0, 720p webcam with Windows Hello and ThinkShutter, TRRS connector for audio, speakers, microphone, microSD card reader, smart card reader | |||||
| Figerprint Reader | Match-in-Sensor fingerprint reader | |||||
| Security | discrete TPM 2.0 chip | |||||
| Dimensions | Width | 311.9 mm | 12.28 inches | ||||
| Length | 217.2 mm | 8.55 inches | |||||
| Thickness | 16.9 mm | 0.68 inches | |||||
| Weight | 1.28 kg | 2.83 pounds | |||||
| Battery | Capacity | 48 Wh | ||||
| Life | Up to 14.5 hours |
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| Operating System | Microsoft Windows 10 Pro | |||||
| Support & Services | Premier Support by 'advanced-level technicians with the expertise' by phone. Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) - a fixed-cost, fixed-term protection plan. Warranty extensions. |
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| Price | Starting at $1,089 | |||||
Lenovo’s ThinkPad X395 laptops will be available starting in June. Their prices will start at $1,089. By default, the machine comes with a one-year limited warranty, but this one can be extended up to three years with further options for Lenovo’s premium support as well as accidental damage protection.
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- Lenovo Lists ThinkPad E485/E585: AMD’s Ryzen Mobile Land in Business PCs
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rrinker - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Must be great to have Superman eyes. I have a 14" HP that has a 1080 screen and I need 150% setting in Windows to comfortably use it. I ALWAYS use an external monitor (two, actually) int he office, both 24" and running at 1080. It's PLENTY. Higher res just means using scaling, and web sites STILL don't work well with that, even if most apps handle it just fine. Or maybe it's just web browsers running under Windows that don't handle it very well. I am strongly considering upgrading my main home system from 23" displays to 27" - still at 1080. Just to make it easier to see. Not everyone wants or needs an ultra high resolution, and certainly not for basic business applications. These are not exactly desktop replacement machines. Documents, email, browsing - perfectly fine in 1080, even 768. 768 does not work for me, simply because my job involves a lot of remoting into and configuring systems, where the server screen itself needs 1024x768 to be usable, so the laptop needs to be better.Specs here seem pretty decent, it's not some bargain basement $300 laptop piece of junk using AMD, and STILL the AMD fanboys aren't happy.
akvadrako - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
I have normal 20/20 vision and mostly look at text; the difference in readability is significant enough that it's stressful to go back. Of course one would use scaling – ideally exactly 200%. No idea what you mean about websites not working; maybe that's a Windows bug.viggy96 - Thursday, May 9, 2019 - link
Many enterprises choose to save money with the 1366x768 display option, which is why Lenovo still offers it. I'm sure that Lenovo would love to get rid of that option, but does not as enough customers express demand for that particular option.Cliff34 - Thursday, May 9, 2019 - link
That's what I think. Save money but you lose productivity with a low res screen.silverblue - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
I imagine that a lot of business users have docking stations; I certainly do, and nearly every person I work with who has a dock also has a secondary display. 768p is a bit of a downgrade, however, especially if you're used to a 1080p panel.Daeros - Monday, July 15, 2019 - link
More like make it easier for your late 40's users to see an aging, unchangeable, internally developed application.Valantar - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Lenovo has a thing for using crappy low-res panels for their entry-level SKUs of Thinkpad laptops. Nothing AMD-specific about that, look at the Intel-based X390 or X280. Reasonably sure it's a battery life thing, but it's still quite inexcusable in 2019.kaidenshi - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
What does that have to do with AMD at all? Intel based business laptops across the spectrum still have crappy 768p TN panels, it's not unique to Thinkpads nor AMD based systems. It's a symptom of the market segment, not CPU vendor-specific.That said, over $1000 for a laptop with anything less than a 1080p screen is indeed criminal.
ACE76 - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
"That said, over $1000 for a laptop with anything less than a 1080p screen is indeed criminal."Go tell Apple that..
Xyler94 - Friday, May 10, 2019 - link
Please tell me the latest Apple Macbooks that have less than 1920x1080 resolution?