Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 is €135 cheaper today, 49% below the other.
Over the 10 days of the last 90 both were for sale, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 was the cheaper one on 10 of 10 days, by €130 to €130, a gap wide enough to decide on by itself.
Linux support and the screen both differ between them.
Price history: the lowest price we saw each week
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4€137 now
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3€268 now
Week of 5 October 2026
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4Online Used Laptops
- €137
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3Online Used Laptops
- €268
Every week, as a table
| Week | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 |
|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2026 | €147 | |
| 14 September 2026 | €137 | |
| 21 September 2026 | €137 | |
| 28 September 2026 | €137 | €268 |
| 5 October 2026 | €137 | €268 |
What differs between them
No shop states these. We looked them up ourselves, and we say when.
| Fact | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Linux support | Linux runs on this laptop. “Yes”wiki.archlinux.org, checked 6 September 2026. | Linux runs on this laptop, with something not working. “There are two main issues: Trackpoint left/middle buttons don’t work (fixed in 4.0 and backported in many distros) and Brightness and display switch keys don’t work (load the thinkpad_acpi module for that)”major.io, checked 1 October 2026. |
| Soldered RAM | The RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded. “The RAM in this model is soldered to the motherboard. There are no slots. None.”trueartists.com, checked 6 September 2026. | The RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded. “Memory: Soldered directly on the mainboard, with capacities of:”thinkwiki.org, checked 1 October 2026. |
| Screen quality | nobody has published this yet | Reviewers rate this screen well. “The display is plenty bright and also very readable when set to very low brightness.”major.io, checked 1 October 2026. |
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 4 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 each have a page of their own.