We have the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme and the HP Spectre X360 15 inch Gem cut the one with the NVIDIA GTX 1050 TI max q graphics card side which is what this one has. These both have six-core Intel coffee-like CPUs inside and they both support a pen they both are available with 4k displays they’re both thin and light kinds of Pro Apps, sort of professional high-end laptops.
General Info
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | |
| $ | CHECK PRICE | CHECK PRICE |
| Series | ThinkPad X1 Extreme | Spectre x360 15 |
| Brand | Lenovo | HP |
| Weight | 1.7 Kg | 2 Kg |
| OS | Windows 10 Professional | Windows 10 Home Basic |
| Display | 15.6 Inch | 15.6 Inch |
| Type | Laptop | Laptop |
Lenovo goes with that strong specs standard for durability a lot of that is heat, dust, and humidity kind of stuff but they have some shock and vibration, it’s largely carbon fibre on the outside the casing with a metal cage on the inside for rigidity. So that makes it lighter it’s around 4 pounds versus 4.78 pounds for the HP which is clad in metal which is great because it looks chic. Now we think the hp is pretty durable we mean that is one rigid casing but probably the thing we would worry about most is the display breaking on that and if you did drop it three feet onto a floor. Lenovo tends to sustain damage pretty well a little bit more shock-absorbing in that design.
Display
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | |
| Display Type | LED | LED |
| Display Size | 15.6 Inches | 15.6 Inches |
| Display Resolution | 1920 x 1080 Pixels | 3840 x 2160 Pixels |
| Display Touchscreen | No | Yes |
When it comes to the displays like we said Lenovo has two options as the full HD on the very base small and then you can move up to the 4k UHD display. We don’t have the full HD display and the HP only comes with a 4k display so we’re just going to talk about the 4k display option. Lenovo is a wide gamut display it’s a more expensive display, so while the HP cover is 78% of adobe RGB full sRGB, the ThinkPad goes all the way to 99% of Adobe RGB. So essentially all of adobe RGB plus all of sRGB this is important for those who work in print if you’re doing creative work for print you’re gonna care about this. We measured 359 nits for ThinkPad where does the HP’s is a 300 nits display.
Specification
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | |
| Processor Name | Intel Core i7-8750H (8th Gen) | Intel Core i7-7500U (7th Gen) |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050Ti | NVIDIA GeForce 940 MX |
| Dimensions | 361.8 x 245.7 x 18.4 mm | 355.6 x 250.9 x 17.7 mm |
| RAM | 16 GB DDR4 RAM | 16 GB DDR4 RAM |
| Storage | 512 GB SSD | 512 GB SSD |
Performance
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | ||
| Clockspeed | 2.2 Ghz | 2.7 Ghz | |
| Graphic Processor | GeForce | GeForce | |
| Processor | GTX 1050Ti | 940 MX |
Multimedia
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | ||
| Web-cam | Yes | Yes | |
| Speakers | Stereo Speakers | Dual Speakers | |
| Microphone Jack | Yes | Yes | |
| Wireless Lan | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac | |
| Bluetooth | v5.0 | v4.0 | |
| Memory Slots | Yes | Yes |
Battery
| Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme | HP Spectre x360 15 | |
| Battery Cell | 4 Cell | 6 Cell |
| Battery Type | Lithium-Ion Polymer | Lithium-Ion Polymer |
| Power Supply | 80 W AC Adapter W | 90 W AC Adapter W |
| Battery Life | 15 Hrs | 12.5 Hrs |
Battery life on Lenovo has an 81 Wh battery, While the HP has an 84 Wh battery, they both have compact 135-watt chargers that our proprietary one uses the ThinkPad connector that rectangular style one and the HP has a barrel pin connector. They both do support USB C charging as well though if you want to do that instead so as you might expect battery life is going to be similar. The HP typically runs a little bit longer by about 25 to 30 minutes longer on a charge doing the same productivity, light video streaming.
Which is better!
It’s not there’s not a clear winner here obviously, the Spectre has that gorgeous looking design that we think a lot of people love versus the understood look of the Lenovo. The Lenovo puts in one more USB port, it’s a little bit is easier to upgrade for those who are do-it-yourself types. Obviously, it’s geared a little bit more towards maybe business and corporate folks who do care more about upgrades and servicing and all that sort of thing. They both have lovely displays Lenovo wins with the 4k display that has the wide gamut option but that glass cover makes a little milky looking.
