![]() ![]() This isn't surprising the Framework Laptop 13 and Yoga 9i Gen 8 uses a higher tier variant of the 13th-gen Intel Core i7 CPU, and while the Acer Spin 5's uses an older 12th-gen CPU, it's the equivalent higher-tier variant, and sports a higher clock speed. That slots it behind most of our recent, adjacently priced notables - the $2,069 Framework Laptop 13 scored 11,317, the $1,399 Lenovo Yoga 9i Gen 8 scored 9,954, and the $1,379 Acer Spin 5 scored 10,040. The Carbon Gen 11's Intel Core i7-1355U CPU earned a score of 8,628 on the GeekBench 5.5 Multicore benchmark. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 review: Performance They can also get comfortably loud, filling a space with sound that remains crisp and full (relatively) even when cranked uncomfortably loud. The bundled Dolby Access app gives you a few audio presets to choose from, and you can create equalizer profiles if you'd prefer to roll your own audio experience. But I'm no audiophile, and quickly got over it as I plodded away at text and images, music playing in the background. Music can sound a little flat, out of the box: there's a decided lack of bass (pretty common in thin laptops) that sours my hip-hop and electronica-heavy personal library. They're adequate: perfectly suited for video conferences and fine for movies or TV shows. The Dolby Atmos-certified speakers flank the keyboard, firing up. Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 review: Audio The touchpad, which is otherwise smooth and responsive, could use that extra space, but I won't risk the ire of nub fans by calling for it's removal. The three buttons required to make it functional sit right on top of the touchpad, cutting down on that peripheral's overall size and souring the experience for my (admittedly large) hands. I've never really wrapped my head around Lenovo's signature red nub, the pointing device that sits smack dab in the middle of the keyboard. That's the sort of thing I'm sure I'd grow accustomed to with time, but it aggravated me throughout my time with the machine again, your mileage may vary. ![]() And the tiny PageUp and PageDown keys flank the undersized arrow keys on the bottom right corner of the keyboard, which occasionally results in my cursor jumping wildly all over documents when as I try to navigate. We found from our experience in day-to-day work with last year's ThinkPad X1 Carbon that if the brightness goes too high or if the fans kick in, the battery life could go as low as three hours.I'm not a fan of the business-first function row, which omits media playback keys but offers dedicated buttons to answer and hang up phone calls. If you always have the screen at high brightness, you can't expect long battery life. ![]() Of course, the way you use your ThinkPad X1 Carbon will change that. So, battery life should be around five or six hours, as we experienced when we reviewed last year's model. It's a minor generational performance improvement - just 10%. Based on what we have heard, we don't expect Intel's 13th-generation chips to alter battery life too much. The new ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11 sports the same 57Wh battery as the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 10 model from 2022. ![]() Here's why we think you'll be able to punch out roughly five hours of battery life on the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 11. But looking at the physical battery size, which is the same as last year's model, we can make some educated guesses. ![]()
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