New Lenovo ThinkPad Range with Ryzen 4000 & 4000 PRO Mobile
by Gavin Bonshor on May 7, 2020 9:02 AM ESTSmall to medium business owners generally want a something in a compact design, to lug it around to a business meeting to take essential notes, but ultimately can be managed from a central administration system across hundreds or thousands of employees. Catering for this market is Lenovo, and it has announced a pair of new models designed for its SMB customers. The Lenovo ThinkPad E14 and E15 series of notebooks have been improved in design and are now available with up to an including an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U APU. Also announced are AMD's ThinkPad T14, T14s, L14, L15, and smaller X13 models all featuring the latest AMD Ryzen 4000 PRO series processors with extra security features designed for professional and business users.
Adding to its portfolio, including its Intel 10th gen mobile refresh ThinkPad E14 and E15 series, SMB users looking now have an AMD Ryzen based option. Similar in design to the previous E14 and E15 series, the new Lenovo ThinkPad E series will be available with Ryzen 4000 Mobile. Lenovo has stated that it has an improved screen to body ratio of 85%, although it doesn't provide the metric which this is measured against.
Lenovo ThinkPad E15 with Ryzen 4000 Mobile
The Lenovo ThinkPad series is is available with an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 4700U APU without SMT and has seven Radeon graphics cores to power the display. While Lenovo hasn't detailed the display or the other vital specifications at this time, it has added a touch fingerprint reader and an optional IR camera powered by Mirametrix. They are quoted as specialists in security and privacy with its gaze tracking technology. This combined with its Glance software which is integrated within adds an extra element of security which respond to a users presence and can automatically lock the laptop when users step away. The touch fingerprint reader is built into the power button and allows users the ability to turn the system on with one touch, which is more secure than conventional power buttons and is suited to business environments.
Lenovo ThinkPad X13 is the most portable from its range
Lenovo has also announced new ThinkPad T, X, and L series models powered by AMD Ryzen PRO 4000 series processors. The Lenovo ThinkPad 14 Gen 1 is advertised to include a projected 16-hour battery life and a thin lightweight frame of 17.9 mm and 1.46 Kg, with an even bigger 20-hour battery life on its uprated T14s model. The ThinkPad T14s has a slimmer profile at 16.1 mm thick, with a weight starting at 1.27 Kg. The smaller ThinkPad X13 model has a claimed battery life of up to 17.5 hours, with a thickness of 16.9 mm and a weight on an upward curve starting at just 1.28 Kg. This makes the ThinkPad X13 the lightest from its announced stack.
The Lenovo ThinkPad L15 powered by Ryzen 4000 PRO Mobile
Moving down the new Lenovo ThinkPad stack are the L14 and L15 models which are the largest in size with a thickness of 20.4 mm on the L14, whereas the L15 is slightly chunkier with a thickness of 21 mm. The ThinkPad L14 will have a weight starting at 1.61 Kg, while the L15 will weigh upwards of 1.98 Kg. Both include a projected battery life of up to 14-hours, which Lenovo claims it has used the MobileMark14 benchmark to get this data.
All the Lenovo ThinkPad T, X, and L series models will feature AMD's newest Ryzen 4000 PRO mobile series processors, with extra layers of built-in security features, and feature Lenovo's Self-Healing BIOS, and Lenovo ThinkShield. These new models will be available from June, with prices starting at $849 for the T14, $1029 for the T14s, and $849 for the X13 series. Also available from June will be the L14 and L15 series of ThinkPad models which will both start at $649.
As for the Lenovo ThinkPad E14 and E15 series, both will be available from June and come with a price tag starting at $639.
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murak01 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
I second all of that! Beefed up cooling for 25W would help for people like me who actually game on igpu.trivik12 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
while thinkpad quality is not as good as before, this should be the best laptops with Ryzen. Cant wait for this to release. I might replace my laptop with this one.extide - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
I can't wait for them to release a P series one with the 4000H series CPU. I need to get an engineer here a new laptop and I am waiting for a business/workstation class machine with the H series. Something durable too because he takes it all over. I'd prefer a Lenovo, but I will get a Dell or HP if they come out with it first. And it needs a workstation GPU (Radeon Pro/Quadro) because it will be used for SolidWorks.murak01 - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Actually the T14s is lighter than X13.ballsystemlord - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
@Gavin , Please ask to review one of these from Levovo! How about an AMD L15 model?Rictorhell - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
Waiting for my AMD powered Thinkpad X1 Yoga.ZeDestructor - Friday, May 8, 2020 - link
Same.Hell, I'd settle for an X13 Yoga if it has the 4K screen option.
Fulljack - Thursday, May 7, 2020 - link
it's atrocious to release single-channel only laptop in this day and age. please stay away from E14 and E15 as it doesn't has second ram slot. I don't know if it's deliberate attempt to gimp amd's performance.lmcd - Saturday, May 9, 2020 - link
That's weird -- my E485 (which I assume those descend from) has 2.jeremyshaw - Sunday, May 10, 2020 - link
Same with my E485. Lenovo gimped the later versions.They had a problem, the L and E series were more expandable and upgradable (along with some of them having better cooling solutions) than the T and X series.
They had two choices, either improve T and X (they just got done gimping them...) or propagate the downgrades to the L and E.
I think we all know what they chose to do.