Lenovo ThinkPad E530
laptop
2012
15.6"
dGPU
⏱ ~5h
⚖️ 2.45 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
27
out of 100
Fit for you
34/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_mobility
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
27
Core i7-3632QM
GPU
2
GeForce GT 630M
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
48 Wh ~
~5h
Price
$157
market
Age
14 years
2012
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 27/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (98), weakest — Gaming (13).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (98)
⚠ Weaknesses
Gaming (13)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $157, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.5/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $157 price invested at 4.16%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Oct 30, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.6/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$77/year (6%).
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Specs in context
LB Score
27
CPU score
27
Basic tier
GPU score
2
Office tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
2.45 kg
Heavy
Battery
48 Wh
Standard
Bars show where each spec sits on the site-wide level scale (same thresholds as the quick verdict). For weight, shorter bars mean a lighter laptop.
Full specifications
- Brand
- Lenovo
- Series
- ThinkPad (other)
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2012
- Screen size
- 15.6"
- Resolution
- 1600x900
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i7 3632QM
- Graphics
- GeForce GT 630M
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 2.45 kg
- Ports
- 7
- Battery
- 48 Wh~
Configuration options
Available model options · 3 variants across 3 categories
⚙ Processors (1)
Intel Core i7 3632QM
🎮 Graphics (1)
GeForce GT 630M
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Performance metrics
Performance
16
Portability
27
Light office
40
Gaming
13
Creative
31
Energy efficiency
39
Connectivity
98
Value
47
Color accuracy
—
Processors (1)
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | Medium (1080p) | High (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | — | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| GTA V | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | — | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| F1 2014 | — | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Valorant | — | 30 | ⚠ Playable |
| Dota 2 | — | 23 | ✗ Low |
| GRID: Autosport | — | 19 | ✗ Low |
| Rocket League | 29 | 19 | ✗ Low |
| Farming Simulator 17 | — | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Dirt Rally | — | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Metal Gear Solid V | — | 15 | ✗ Low |
| World of Warships | — | 15 | ✗ Low |
| Alien: Isolation | — | 14 | ✗ Low |
| Wolfenstein: The New Order | — | 12 | ✗ Low |
| Rainbow Six Siege | — | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Risen 3: Titan Lords | — | 10 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield Hardline | — | 9 | ✗ Low |
| Civilization: Beyond Earth | — | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Grand Theft Auto V | — | 8 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | — | 7 | ✗ Low |
| The Evil Within | — | 7 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | — | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Evolve | — | 6 | ✗ Low |
| Ryse: Son of Rome | — | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | — | 3 | ✗ Low |
| Fortnite | — | 3 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | — | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | — | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | — | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | — | 1 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | — | 1 | ✗ Low |
💡 32 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
3%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
137%
GPU
48%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
275%
GPU
24%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
50%
GPU
15%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
183%
GPU
48%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
10%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
50%
GPU
5%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
50%
GPU
6%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
61%
GPU
8%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
183%
GPU
48%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
50%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
3%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
50%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
275%
GPU
48%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
183%
GPU
48%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
39%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
61%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
13%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
61%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
48%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
69%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
12%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
9%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
229%
GPU
24%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
12%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
12%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
10%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
6%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
86%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
65%
GPU
4%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
10%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
6%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
125%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
86%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
55%
GPU
5%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
183%
GPU
24%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
137%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
6%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
79%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
183%
GPU
24%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
153%
GPU
20%
RAM
200%
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