TPG 11 – T L 14 15 16 Inch

Google sheets price guide
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1zIbQxxibIBK43k_JVyCB9whL1-UuA7F5aTS7OdSlg6w/edit?usp=sharing

Previous TPG 10 Guide
TPG 11 – 14″ Classics & also 15″ Models

This is covering the 14″, 15″ & 16″ machines.
T Series, L Series & Others in between
T14s variants will be in a different guide (with X Series?)
T15g variant will be in the Workstation section

14″ T Series Socketed

• Prices were researched on June 13th 2026.
• T400
  • Non libre EX+
• T400 Libre
  • Dont pay EX+, its literally a $20 max chip to solder if u cant do the unlock.
    • There are 50 ways to do Libreboot, won’t link any.
• T410
  • No notes
    • These are the last of the 16:10 before T14 came back with them
    • Note, this keyboard was changed a bit from the T400 and I don’t care for them.
• T410i
  • Low price goated seller. like 3 of them sold, they still have inventory at this writing
    • Jeremiah’s Computer Store LLC
• T420
  • What the actual fuck? i thought I was drunk (well I just sobered up) at the fucking high price. legit asking $200+ for this shit. WITH AN I5?! UMMM ok, retro experience.
  • Lemme bring the ones I have back from the fucking grave. $30 barebones all day.
• T420i
  • LMAO INSANE prices. i should dwelve further but no.
• T420 coreboot
  • lmao…. EX+ for an IPS modded machine, these fucking mod chips were like $30 to $70 max.
  • a panel was $40 to $120. no way its this fucking expensive.
• T430
• T430 coreboot
  • lmao insane
    • Respectsyoutech
      Bel Air, MD USA
• T430i
  • Mid & high seller linked.
    • Preloved Tech Shop
      Telford, UK
• T440p
• T440/p libre/core
  • High price bc outside shipping. but EX+ is from USA, so yeah… youll pay def.

• Libreboot?
  • T400, T420, T430, T440p, T480 & more to come
  • T400 & T420 only regarded bc of nostalgia… get a T480 libre instead,
• T420 vs T430
  • Do you want chicklet keyboard and backlit? T430
  • Do you want something a bit more durable? T420
    • Or just get a T14s for the same price.
  • You can still get IPS Upgrade kits for T420 and T430, they are about $40+.
    • T430 can get Ivyrain to flash a custom bios via a bootloader
• T440p socketed
  • Do not confuse it with the T440, it is a different motherboard and soldered!
  • Drop in FHD upgrade is awesome
  • Quadcore it too! Much easier than previous machines.
  • Some say its the ultimate ThinkPad…
    • maybe in 14″ but L440 has socketed CPU too.
    • Then the T25 came out
      • And then some have installed a T480 Mobo onto it or keyboard swap
    • 16:10 IPS ThinkPads are back soo… its kinda meh
• 3 Drives
  • Ultrabay, 2.5″ HDD bay & mSATA from T420 & onward
  • I think T410 had mPCIE slot, so you’ll need an adapter
  • T440p had the same thing, tho some people said you could do a 4th drive with soldering experience.
    • These are the last time it was this fucking easy, Lenovo would slowly take away the ability to even have 2 drives, even tho there is space!

T & A Series Soldered

• T440
  • Low price might come with an OS, linked low seller, BIN listings. Oh. bios locked. Eh.
    • Toys N Games Arcade
      Saint Louis, MO, USA
• T450
  • One bid auction low price seller linked, barebones, they got 80 laptop listings. Otherwise toyarcade w/ a lot of listings again.
    • The Best Laptop Depot
      Saint Joseph, MI USA
• T460
  • High price canadian linked. 🙂
    • Tech-Gem
      Vancouver, Canada
• T470 Any
  • Low-mid price seller linked, with OS, no charger, but state battery health percentage, local to me, decent pics.
    • Computers 2 Kids 501c3 Nonprofit
      San Diego, CA USA
• T470 Skylake
  • Low price you might get away with an OS. High price seller linked, 40+ laptops w/ chargers, various OSes & in good condition.
    • E & B Resale Specialties LLC
      Glendale, AZ USA
• T470 Kabylake
  • Parts laptop seller linked, they got 50+ laptops & other things, seen them around. Nothing out of the ordinary here (i am dissociating on these T Series today)
    • fisher tech
      Phoenix, AZ USA
• T25
  • OMFG, I HAD THIS MISSPELLED THE WHOLE TIME “Anniversay”! What the fuckKkkkkakakakaka!!!!!! EX+ was the only sold listing from the misspell… idk why i didnt catch this earlier! Google sheets no auto-correct or ebay in search field.
    • T’s Japan
      Tokyo, Japan
  • EX+ is sealed new in box, seller linked, more of an importer for things, not really computers.
    • Two scammers used photos from this seller ($130 BIN, Zero feedback, new account). Mid is used w/ box, they had it sold near EX+ price (minus shipping cost) but I think they got it returned bc its the same photos & then updated description about keyboard not working requiring a power cycle.
• A475
  • Linked seller sold two low and one high. Of all sold, one is as is, two boots to bios and the rest 4 come with OS.
    • SilvaDealsExpress
      Miami Beach, FL USA
• T480
  • All Mid price seller linked, they have interesting wall backgrounds that remind me of a fucking mac overpriced seller but idk if its the same one (they were not from Ohio).
    • About 60+ laptops but they got retro computers & laptops for sale in a different category.
      • Bits Please
        Akron, OH USA
• T480 Kaby
  • Few libre machines here, didnt know it was possible on 7th gen. wonder if T470 is the same then.
    • GreenCitizen
      Burlingame, CA USA
• T480 Kaby R
  • Big seller at mid prices,
    • Regency Technologies Store
      Grand Prairie, TX USA
• A485
  • EX+ got into an auction war lol and was the only one that isnt BIN or B/O.
    • Fife Electronics
      Tacoma, WA USA
• T480 Libre/Core
  • Holy shit lol

The iGPUs in the 5th thru 7th gen are pretty fuckin good, so its not a big deal if you don’t get dGPU. Performance is great if you do an eGPU setup, but given the prices of graphics cards right now….
In the past T480’s (and some other 8th gen systems) had an issue with the BIOS Firmware updating and laptop not working. There are ways to reset but it would also not let you use 3rd party batteries… neat.
I included the AMD A475 & A485 machines, they are basically base T Series, and yes Lenovo would bring AMD into the T Series line up.

The T460p & T470p are not in this list, they will be at the workstation page. Yeah its not really a workstation but whatever, we have iGPU P14 Series that are essentially a T14s, fuck I think there are P14s machines too.

The T480 is regarded as “the last great ThinkPad”. Bollocks, it is not even fucking close to any of the T6x or T4xx machines, yet the goalposts keeps on changing. Ive yet to use one, but I got a T14s Gen 1, so whatever, nub like to think on its own… probably bc I didn’t install the keyboard screws correctly.

Display FAQs – IPS Brought back!

• FHD IPS optional on T460
• FHD IPS default from T470
• WQHD IPS option on T480
  • IDK if you can upgrade to FHD IPS on a T440; it wasn’t available for it
    • Dun’t confuse it with the T440p r T440s those had it available & able to.
• T450 can be upgraded to FHD IPS
• My advice is just stick with a T470 and onwards if you for sure want IPS from factory
  • But just know that you could get a fucking laptop with a replaced shitty panel… hopefully not!

The storage situation…

• Primary hard drive
  • 9.5mm SATA III drives
    • T440 thru T470
  • 7mm SATA III drives
    • T480
• NVMe as primary?
  • SATAe laptops
    • T460 & T470
      • Basically these machines had two PCIe Lanes implemented on the SATA connector, I thought it looked like a SAS connector when first seeing it (tabs are one piece)
      • You can’t get PCIe 4×4, but 4×2 is pretty nice, and much faster than SATA III
  • T460
    • Cant find the actual FRU, but a part number is AM12Y000500
      • NVMe SATAe caddy – Aliexpress Link
        • If you buy one, make sure it has the heatsink with it! It’ll fit without banging around and prob needs to be cooled anyways
  • T470 & T25
    • T470 NVMe Caddy
      • I guess its compatible for the T480 too…
      • It is similar to an eDP cable
  • T480
    • Not confirming, but I think the T480 uses the same caddy for NVMe drives
      • But it is PCIe 4×4 and not 4×2!
• 2nd Drive WLAN Slot
  • 2242 SATA III
    • T440 & T450
  • 2242 NVMe 3×2
    • T460
      • Primary drive must be SATA, it cannot support two NVMe drives
      • Im getting mixed info about WWAN accepting sata, most say only NVMe
      • I did see an NVMe to mSATA adapter… um idk about that
    • T470
      • I think it support 2242 SATA… misinfo?
    • T480
      • 2242 NVMe 3×2
        • McGarrah has a nice post about it
        • was gonna comment but I don’t have a github account…
• Note, these are the last iterations of having a 2nd hard drive for the 14″ machines
  • T15 are affected in the same way, ONE FUCKING DRIVE!
    • You can only get two or more if you go workstations. its stupid

I dont know if this is a T14s G1 or a T490, i forget if I have the latter… CLOSE ENOUGH! 🙂

T Series – Intel & AMD Late Model Machines

MTMs are a thing again bc these laptops don’t say Gen 1, 2, 3 etc.
Knowing the processor helps too.

• Prices researched on June 20th 2026.
  • WAIT I forgot about the healthcare editions, those were on October 8th 2026
• T490
  • All Way cheaper because libre? honestly? lol small seller linked, mid/low prices.
    • 4 Runner Recycling
      Knob Noster, MO USA
• T490 Whiskey
  • No notes
    • eSCO Processing & Recycling
      Rogers, AR USA
• T490 Comet
  • insane price increase. Linked a mid price seller, M$ refurbished.
    • cascade-assets
      Madison, WI USA
• T490 HealthCare / Secure Access
  • Added to TPG 🙂
  • There probably is one out there, just gotta sift thrugh and find that big ass fingerprint reader.
• T495
  • Linked EPC parts, guess they got a new name.
    • Executive Personal Computers
      Saint Charles, MO USA
• T14 G1 Intel
  • No notes
    • Surplus Spectra
      Springfield, TN USA
• T14 G1 Ryzen
  • Small seller linked,
    • SuperSavingsSurplus
      Cleveland, OH USA
• T14 Healthcare / Secure Access
  • added this to TPG
    • Wow found a few… guess this search works.
• T14 G2 Intel
  • No notes
• T14 G2 Ryzen
  • Was drinking 6/20 so um yeah commentary is meh cuz girl on my dick
    • ok idk why I wrote that

What to look out for? Idk much about these, my T14s G1 is a fuckin lul tho… I forgot about the secure access, so I would like to nab one cheap, just for that silly fingerprint and RFID thingy, which the latter used to be standard on 600, T2x & 770 ThinkPads. Lenovo dropped the A series and just added a 5 to signify their AMD system. I think they had done that at the very beginning with their E/Edge systems. Soldered RAM was implemented on the T490 series, but with one slot available. On the Intel units, you could get a dedicated graphics card, but on AMD units, you could only get an iGPU. The good thing is that these are all NVMe 4×4, so even tho its one drive, you have speeds finally from the X1 Carbon Gen 4 and… well idk which T4xxs went 4v4. Whatevs.

Modern T14 Series 16:10 Display

• Prices researched from June 20th to July 12th 2026.
• T14 G3 Intel
  • no notes
• T14 G3 AMD
  • no notes
• T14 G4 Intel
  • no notes
• T14 G4 AMD
  • for once AMD is cheaper.
• T14 G5 Intel
  • added to the TPG guide 🙂
• T14 G5 AMD
  • added
• T14 G6 Intel ARL
  • Just added… fucking annoying CPUs. Some sold as low as $600, scams are below tha ttho. linked cheap seller
    • PayMore Garland
      Garland, TX USA
• T14 G6 Intel LNL
  • $750 lowest no scams if possible. mid price seller linked
    • PurpleTechnado
      Aamerican Fork, UT USA
• T14 G6 AMD
  • Low price seller linked.
    • cascade-assets
      Madison, WI USA
• T14 G7 Intel
  • Too new I guess
• T14 G7 AMD Hawk
  • None either, general search

• dGPU?
  • T14 Intel Gen 3 & Gen 4 have that as an option
    • 2GB on G4, or 4GB on G4, that is kinda a lot
      • same MX550 chip tho
  • Integrated graphics on all AMD systems, then G5 Intel & onwards
• Memory infos
  • Soldered RAM
    • T14 AMD G3 & G4 LPDDR5
    • T13 Intel G4 in some cases
    • T14 Intel G6 Lunar Lake models only
      • This is memory on the processor, so aimed towards Apple M series CPUs
        • Arguably, this is probably an advantage, tho it has one less Video output than other CPUs & laptops
    • T14 Intel G3 on 13x0P Processors
      • These also are the only ones with dedicated graphics!
  • 1 Slot & Soldered RAM
    • T14 G3 Intel DDR4
    • T14 Intel G3 non P (non dGPU)
      • Some machines have DDR4, others have DDR5 lol
        • I am not going to separate, I wanna finish this blog today 🙂
          • LMAO THE BUCCS BEAT DALLAS, THEY WERE 0-4!!!
  • 2 Slots
    • T14 G5 Intel & AMD DDR5
    • T14 G6 Intel & AMD DDR5 (so long as its not lunar lake intel)
    • T14 G7 AMD models DDR5
  • LPCAMM2
    • T14 G7 Intel
      • 8533 MT/s speed
      • LPDDR5X
        • Finally it has came, but not on AMD? bc cheapness? idk

I will not get into displays n shit… WUXGA IPS default, then some slightly better panel with higher contrast ratio and then you have WQUXGA as well.
Gen 5 systems brought a 2.8K OLED as an option, I think G6 had touch screen on the OLED and then on G7 they uppped it with 120Hz screens, 500 Nits instead of 400 Nits and VRR. Unless the seller proclaims it, just think you hit the lotto if you win an auction or BIN and its OLED. I would go for it!!!

I personally have not used any of these systems. And really I shouldn’t, I have my powerhouse 17″ MSI gamer laptop. I have a T14 Gen 1, I have some other 15.6″ MSI laptop that has a fucking shitty wifi card that dies, and then I drunkenly bought a Zbook G8 FireFly 15… cucked myself on this purchase. Even when it comes to the 15″ machines, I would rather have a P Variant, but when I go from there, I won’t be able to have that badass refresh rate…

AHEM… with that said. IF I WOULD, say drunkenly buy one for a good price ($100 to $200) impossibly I would like to get the G6 Lunar Lake model so I can see how well that Memory on Chip is. If not, maybe the 4GB dGPU G4 Intel. But thats just me, not you, you go buy what you want and use this guide for prices… not really advice lol (these words are here for SEO

Budget series

• S430
  • Saw an E431 sold for 150… yuck
• S431
  • None sold or available
• S440
  • None sold
  • Mid price is a TPG10 sold item
  • High price is an avail listing…..
    • Avail unit is a Cracked glass screen, seller linked.
    • Theres another one they got selling for more, but that price is stupid & I wont consider it EX+.
      • nicdut_46
        Lincoln, UK

• L450
  • Linked high price lot listing UK seller w/ yorup site.
    • Protech City
      Peterlee, UK
• L460
  • Linked seller had like 6 of these in mid price.
    • Electrobargoon
      London, Canada
• L470 All
  • I thought i was tripping, kept on droppong on non USA listings lol nah 36 sold in usa.
  • Linked seller has some good deals, low price on L480 🙂
    • OJTechLLC
      Haworth, NJ USA
• L470 ‘Sky’
• L470 ‘Kaby’
• L480
  • A lot of Best offer taken. Linked a german seller w/ UK tag. mid price they are, mmmm – yoda
    • Tech 4 Change
      Stevenage, England,
• L480 Kaby
  • StackedHub
    Newark, CA USA
• L480 Kaby R
  • 18 lot listings, expect paying $70+ each if you want to go that route. linked a seller
    • The Good Computer Guy
      Rochester, NY USA
• &_blrs=recall_filtering
• L490 23 lot listings, so thats probably fucking up the search… maybe 190 for high then. eh. few around here not lot lstings… assume $40+ if u go that route.
• L14 G1 Intel
  • Low price selelr linked
    • Lake Michigan Computers
      Saint Joseph, MI USA
• L14 G1 Ryzen
  • Auditmacs Tech
    Jacksonville, FL USA
• L14 G2 Intel
  • Eco-computers Laptop Brokerage
    Pittsburgh, PA USA
• L14 G2 Ryzen
• L14 G3 Intel
• L14 G3 AMD
  • Spark it! High price seller linked, ebay refurbished. they had 120 sold listings from here.
  • shid looks good tbh R5 5675U, 16GB, 256GB.
    • Weird, it has a 1 year warranty via Allstate (um ok?) but in the listing title it says 4Yr Wrt and in the description. Then someBS about the warranty from thedescrption. whatever…
      • theMaxMart
        Greensboro, NC USA
• L14 G4 Intel
• L14 G4 AMD
  • 40 of these sold from various EPC sites. Vegas, PA, Sales, SC.
    • EPC… idk who to link.
• L14 G5 Intel
  • Jesus christ… 2 months I stopped this, sorry. Few NIB machines b4 high price if you do it right.
• L14 G5 AMD
• L14 G6
  • Intel Mid price seller link, guess they are a chain, saw another sold one by a similar name but different city.
    • PayMore Brookfield
      Brookfield, WI USA
• L14 G6 AMD Hawk
  • My tism may have overdone the search, bc I only have so many results.
  • Just the Pro 215 CPU (mid tier) is the only one sold out of the 4 options.
• L14 G6 AMD Kraken
  • One result, either i fucked up or there’s not many.
• L14 G7 Intel
  • No sold listings
    • A gen 2 system sold… but I’ll keep the search for next time.
    • Starting and EX+ avail prices from listed items.
• L14 G7 AMD
  • No sold listings
    • Lowest and EX+ avail listing posted.

Pretend this W550s is a T550 (same chassis)
At the Saguaro in Palm Springs <3

15″ T Series

• T580 Libre
  • New to guide. Linked the EX+ seller, respectsyourtech somehow not the priciest.
    • myrsky22
      Fremont, CA USA
• T590
  • Low price seller linked.
    • tvrsales2
      Stockton, CA USA
• T15 G1
  • Mid price seller linked, lotta laptops.
    • ReUseItJax
      Jacksonville, FL USA

Sorry, i don’t have anything to write about these models. You either go for the 14″ standard, want a small sleek 12 or (i guess) 13.3″ machine… if you’re going 15″, might as well try to get Workstation. YES I’ve had 15″ shitboxes in the past (literally typing on a Zbook G8 FireFly which has a fucking iGPU) But these T series I got nuffin to want about them. The W550s literally is everything I need from a 15″ ThinkPad of this era, I have replaced it with a lil gaming laptop and this FireFly… except well it doesn’t have a 3K display…. Shit I forgot I wanted a P50 for a bit, so I have a shitty P51 with base model and my dad has a P50 with locked bios that I had. Way fucking awesome build quality, ok so I dont recommend the T Series if you go up against that, esp when its NVMe 4×4 w/ multiple drives and ur fucked iwth one or two drives and 2242 bs.

For screens I know that the T540p thru T560p offered the 15.5″ 3K panel, which is nice on the W550s. I think T570 and later had 4K optional but don’t quote me on that. Ill have to do panel research another day (maybe when I do on the P series… wait no :P)

Oh yeah, there was no A Series 15″ models, those were only in the 12″ and 14″ form factors, honestly I really don’t know why. Maybe their L and E Series was just too good. I mean they didnt offer AMD on the G1 or G2 systems. Heck when they went to 16″, they just skipped AMD on gen 3, oh well.

16″ 16:10 T Series

• T16 G1 Intel
  • Holy fucking price jump.
    • eCycle Solutions of Ohio
      North Canton, OH USA
• T16 G1 AMD
  • Small seller linked, cheap!
    • Bargain Bytes
      Sioux Falls, SD USA
• T16 AMD G5
  • Crazy these are cheaper than the Intel models

Although these are bigger laptops than the 14″, they still have one fucking hard drive… ugh. And all of them are Integrated graphics, except the Intels G1 & G2 which had dGPU optional, so good luck with that! Not getting into the RAM crap, its similar to the 14″ models, even some have a soldered slot. what the fuck?!

I didnt separate those with Lunar Lake Intel or Gorgon Point AMD, they are all the same search… maybe if there’s a lot then I would. Me doing it for skylake/kaby lake was just OCD, but honestly the performance gains were there… on these? well yeah, but I mean, i gotta be shilled enough for it (I stopped reading ThinkPad Generals on 4chan, Discord or TP forums).

Budget models

Nothing at all, oh well 🙂

• L560
  • Lotta these in the UK, linked the seller
    • Pro-AVIT
      UK, United Kingdom
• L570 All
  • EH EX+ might be too much. 3x lot sold for 70 ea
• L580
  • PayMore Mira Mesa
    San Diego, CA USA
• L590
  • The Good Computer Guy
    Rochester, NY USA
• L15 Intel
  • Small uk seller linked
    • RecTech Notebooks
      Huddersfield, UK
• L15 AMD
  • cascade-assets
    Madison, WI USA
• L15 G2 AMD
  • Tech Salvage
    Toledo, OH USA

There was no L550, I have no idea why. Well lenovo botched their xx40 series launch, maybe that had something to do with it. Too many people buying the xx30 systems and not much on the xx40. These still had TN HD panels as their base and you could get FHD IPS as an option, but no fancy 3K or UHD displays.

• L15 G3 Intel
  • cascade-assets
    Madison, WI USA
• L15 G3 AMD
  • Small seller linked.
    • Triangle Ecycling Computers
      Durham, NC USA
• L15 G4 Intel
  • Briitiiish seller linked.
    • Cash Recycle Online
      Southhampton, UK
• L15 G4 AMD
  • EX+ Seller linked
    • ATYTECH
      Skokie, IL USA
• L16 G2 Intel
  • NIB Mid to EX+ seller linked.
    • Craving Savings
      Eatontown, NJ USA
• L16 G2 AMD
  • Seller linked, they are new, so maybe illl check another time.
    • devicebuyers
      Frederick, MD USA
• L16 G3 Intel
  • None sold nor any available in the US, linked an Aussie seller.
    • geekstationparts
      Austrailia
• L16 G3 AMD
  • None avail in USA, only overseas.
  • I may have to update this search bc itll conflict w/ G2 bc they share some of the same AMD Gorgon Point processors.
  • Linked a german seller 🙂
    • ITsupplyfusion
      München, Germany

In 2022 when Lenovo launched the 16″ Z Series (and went 16:10 on most of their line up), they didn’t launch the L series to be that size or form factor either. Maybe it was because the 15.6″ 16:9 panels were cheap, but there was also the launch of the Z Series Z16 model. That was an oddball indeed, ultrabook, cheap, but no trackpoint. So for two model years the L series stayed 15.6″, but on the third year, the L Series went to 16″. Hence the T16 G3 lines up with the L16 G1, but if we are on the 14″ models, then the L16 G4 and T14 G4 are similar platforms & specs. Anywho when the L16 came out… there was no Z16 G3, I think the no trackpoint was a slump, and maybe “gen Z” didn’t care for it. With that said, there’s still an ultrabook 16″ market, but I think the P16s AMD series needed to secure that.