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Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition
Lenovo's ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition is a 15.3-inch aluminum Copilot+ laptop with a 2880x1800 120Hz OLED and an 80Wh battery, on Intel Core Ultra 5 and 7 200V chips and with no TrackPoint. Lenovo announced it at CES 2025 with an expected US start of $1,549 and availability from February 2025; specs here are for a Core Ultra 7 258V, 32GB, 1TB model.
Pros
- 15.3-inch 2880x1800 OLED with 30-120Hz variable refresh, rated 500 nits (1,100 nits peak HDR) with 100% DCI-P3 and DisplayHDR True Black 600
- The 80Wh battery ran about 17.5 hours in a Wi-Fi web-browsing test at 150 nits and 60Hz in review testing, and about 15.6 hours at 120Hz
- Aluminum body from 1.4kg and up to 17.7mm thick, with a customer-replaceable battery and an easy-to-reach M.2 2242 SSD
- Core Ultra 7 258V scored 2,795 single-core and 11,037 multi-core in Geekbench 6.7 in review testing
- Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, a USB-A port, HDMI 2.1 and Wi-Fi 7, plus an 8MP camera with a separate IR camera and an electronic privacy shutter
Cons
- No TrackPoint, SD card reader, onboard Ethernet or 5G option
- Memory is soldered and capped at 32GB, and there is room for only one M.2 2242 SSD
- Lenovo's expected US start is $1,549, and the Core Ultra 7, 32GB, 1TB configuration reviewed retailed for $2,089
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition
Display
- Screen size
- 15.3 ″
- Panel type
- OLED
- Resolution
- 2880x1800
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 1,100 nits
Performance
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 258V
- Graphics
- Intel Arc Graphics 140V (integrated)
- RAM
- 32 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR5X-8533 (on-package, soldered)
- Storage
- 1,024 GB
- Storage type
- NVMe SSD (M.2 2242, PCIe 4.0 x4)
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,795Top 50%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 11,037Bottom 19%
Battery
- Capacity
- 80 Wh
- Web browsing endurance
- 17.5 h
- Charging
- 65 W
Design
- Weight
- 1.4 kg
- Thickness
- 17.7 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 4 (USB4 40Gbps, USB PD 3.0, DisplayPort 2.1), 1x USB-A (10Gbps, always on), HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K/60Hz), 3.5mm combo audio jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- Webcam
- 8MP camera with discrete IR camera, ToF sensor and electronic privacy shutter
- Biometrics
- Fingerprint reader in the power button, IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Pro
Quick answers
Is the Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition good in 2026?
The Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition earns an Inno Score of 63.6/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Lenovo's ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition is a 15.3-inch aluminum Copilot+ laptop with a 2880x1800 120Hz OLED and an 80Wh battery, on Intel Core Ultra 5 and 7 200V chips and with no TrackPoint. Lenovo announced it at CES 2025 with an expected US start of $1,549 and availability from February 2025; specs here are for a Core Ultra 7 258V, 32GB, 1TB model.
What are the key specs of the Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition?
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 258V · RAM: 32 GB · Screen size: 15.3 ″ · Weight: 1.4 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the Lenovo ThinkPad X9 15 Gen 1 Aura Edition?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Alienware 18 Area-51, Framework Laptop 13 Pro, GIGABYTE AORUS MASTER 16 AM6H (2025) — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
