Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 is €350 cheaper today, 56% below the other.
Over the 15 days of the last 90 both were for sale, the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 was the cheaper one on 15 of 15 days, by €338 to €338, a gap wide enough to decide on by itself.
None of the three facts this site researches separates them.
Price history: the lowest price we saw each week
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3€268 now
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2€606 now
Week of 12 October 2026
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3Online Used Laptops
- €268
- Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2PCLiquidations
- €606
Every week, as a table
| Week | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2 |
|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2026 | €606 | |
| 31 August 2026 | €606 | |
| 7 September 2026 | €606 | |
| 14 September 2026 | €606 | |
| 21 September 2026 | €606 | |
| 28 September 2026 | €268 | €606 |
| 5 October 2026 | €268 | €606 |
| 12 October 2026 | €268 | €606 |
What differs between them
No shop states these. We looked them up ourselves, and we say when.
| Fact | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 | Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Linux support | 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. | Linux runs on this laptop, with something not working. “The next thing they broke was the keyboard. While I’m not sure if the top row is OLED or just OLED-like, the functions keys are now programmatically displayed and gone are things like volume and contrast (those do exist when booted to Windows 8). And while I don’t know if this is new, but the “backspace” and “delete” keys are right next to each other which I found annoying, as I would often hit the wrong one.”adventuresinoss.com, checked 13 October 2026. |
| Soldered RAM | The RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded. “Memory: Soldered directly on the mainboard, with capacities of:”thinkwiki.org, checked 1 October 2026. | The RAM is soldered and cannot be upgraded. “Memory 4GB or 8GB / DDR3L-1600MHz / soldered to systemboard, no sockets”psref.lenovo.com, checked 13 October 2026. |
| Screen quality | 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. | Reviewers rate this screen well. “I ordered this laptop with the 2560x1440 IPS panel and it is excellent.”yurovsky.github.io, checked 13 October 2026. |
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 3 and Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 2 each have a page of their own.