Lenovo's ThinkPad X395: A 13.3-Inch AMD Ryzen Pro-Based

Long certainly one of AMD’s closest and most keen laptop computer companions, Lenovo has launched one of many trade’s first Ryzen Pro 3000-powered ultra-portable premium enterprise laptops. The ThinkPad X395 incorporates a 13.3-inch show, weighs round 1.28 kilograms, and guarantees a battery lifetime of as much as 14.5 hours.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X395 comes within the firm’s signature ultra-durable black carbon fiber chassis. Overall the laptop computer is 16.9 mm thick and has a footprint of 31.2 x 21.7 cm, with the carbon fiber physique serving to to maintain the load to only 1.28 kg. Meanwhile by way of show expertise, the bottom mannequin features a 1366×768 decision TN panel. Higher-end fashions bump that as much as a 1920×1080 IPS show, and embody additional choices equivalent to contact assist and PrivacyGuard to guard in opposition to prying eyes.

As is often the case for Lenovo, the corporate is providing the ThinkPad X395 in quite a lot of configurations to cowl completely different worth factors. The base mannequin contains an AMD quad-core Ryzen 3 Pro 3300U APU, whereas higher-end fashions provide the Ryzen 5 Pro 3500U and Ryzen 7 Pro 3700U. The APUs can be paired with as much as 16 GB of DDR4-2400/2666 whereas storage is supplied by an NVMe SSD, with sizes as much as 1 TB.

When it involves wi-fi connectivity, the ThinkPad has an Intel Wireless 9260 2×2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 5.Zero controller in addition to an non-obligatory 4G/LTE Cat 9 modem, which makes it one of some AMD-based laptops with WWAN ever launched. As for bodily ports, the pocket book incorporates 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.Zero port, a micro SD card reader, a sensible card reader, and a 3.5mm audio jack for headsets. On which word, as is more and more frequent for laptops on this phase, the X395 is powered totally by way of USB-C. The system additionally contains far-field microphones, stereo audio system with Dolby Audio Premium badge, a spill-resistant keyboard, an UltraNav joystick, and a touchpad.

Being amongst Lenovo’s first X-series ThinkPads with AMD’s Ryzen Pro inside, the ThinkPad X395 is clearly geared toward enterprise/company customers and fittingly helps an acceptable characteristic set. Besides DASH distant administration, reminiscence encryption, and different capabilities of AMD’s Ryzen Pro 3000 platform, the machine can also be outfitted with a 720p webcam with ThinkShutter privateness cowl and non-obligatory IR sensors for Windows Hello, a match-in-sensor fingerprint reader, a dTPM 2.Zero chip, and different typical pro-level ThinkPad options.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad X395 comes with a 48 Wh battery that the producer says will final for as much as 14.5 hours (primarily based on testing utilizing MobileMark 2014). Obviously, real-world outcomes can be completely different, however Lenovo’s battery life tends to be forward of the curve on the subject of AMD-powered notebooks.