Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 2022 (12th Gen i5 1240P, 16GB, 512GB, 14″ WUXGA)

Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (2022) : Overview

Here’s a brief description of the build, chipset, and battery life of the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 2022 with the Intel i5 processor.

Design and Build 

ThinkPad T14 has the build of a premium device. It has an all-body aluminum chassis and a 14″ WUXGA display with 45% NTSC coverage. The T14 features an LED backlit keyboard, a Windows Precision glass touchPad, and a familiar Trackpoint. It is light at just 1.48 kg or about 3.26 pounds. It is 318 mm in width, 227mm deep, and has a height of 18mm.

Performance and Memory

Under the hood, the Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 (2022) has Intel’s 12th gen Core i5-1240P processor. It has 12 Cores and 16 Threads. The chip has a base frequency of 3.3GHz, which can be boosted up to a max of 4.4 GHz.

The graphics part is handled by the Integrated Intel Iris Xe Graphics. Lenovo ThinkPad T14 comes with 16GB of soldered DDR4 RAM, but luckily, there is an empty SO-DIMM slot where you can add up to a 32GB stick. Thus ThinkPad T14 can have a maximum of 48GB RAM. You get 512GB SSD with Opal 2.0 security on purchase, which can be further expanded to 2 TB via the one M.2 2280 slot (pre-occupied).

Battery and Connectivity

What powers the machine is a 52.5 Wh Li-Po battery. It can play local 1080p video for up to 15.1 hours at 150 nits of brightness. It performed decently on the MobileMark 2018 benchmark as well lasting 10 hours at 200 nits.

As for connectivity, you get 2 USB 4 (Thunderbolt 4) ports that support data transfer, Power Delivery 3.0, and DisplayPort 1.4a. You also get  2 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A ports, 1 HDMI port, and an Ethernet port. A 3.5mm headphone and microphone jack is also present to meet your audio needs. On the wireless side of things, you get WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.1.