Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Can Work Well As A Solid Linux Laptop
👁 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 package
The laptops I recently (re)tested for this Linux laptop power/performance comparison with the X1 Carbon Gen 13 with Core Ultra 7 258V included:
- Core i7 1185G7 "Tiger Lake" - Dell XPS 9310
- Core i7 1280P "Alder Lake" - MSI Prestige 14Evo
- Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" - Acer Swift Go 14
- Core Ultra 7 256V "Lunar Lake" - ASUS Zenbook S14
- Core Ultra 7 258V "Lunar Lake" - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G13
- Ryzen 7 PRO 5850U "Zen 3" - ThinkPad T14s G2a
- Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U "Zen 3" - ThinkPad X13 G3
- Ryzen 7 7840U "Zen 4" - Acer Swift Edge 16
- Ryzen 7 7840U "Zen 4" - Framework 13
- Ryzen 7 7840HS "Zen 4" - Framework 16
- Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 "Zen 5" - ThinkPad T14s G6
- Ryzen AI 9 365 "Zen 5" - ASUS Zenbook S16
- Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Zen 5" - ASUS Zenbook S16
- Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 "Zen 5" - Framework 13
All laptops were tested under Ubuntu 25.04 with the stock Linux 6.14 kernel and other default software components while on AC wall power.
👁 Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 packaging
As a reminder, the X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition as the focal point of today's article features the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake SoC with 32GB of memory, 512GB Samsung PCIe 5.0 NVMe SSD, Intel Arc Graphics Xe2, and a 2.8K OLED HDR display.
Let's see how the X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura Edition performs under Ubuntu Linux 25.04 up a stack of other AMD Ryzen and Intel Core laptops while also monitoring the SoC power consumption.