Lenovo ThinkPad L430
laptop
2012
14"
dGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 2.30 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
25
out of 100
Fit for you
34/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
15
Core i5-3210M
GPU
3
NVS 5400M
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
57 Wh
~6h
Price
$106
market
Age
14 years
2012
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 25/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (93), weakest — Performance (11).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (93)
⚠ Weaknesses
Performance (11)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $106, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.0/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $106 price invested at 4.21%/yr (US Treasury 3-month bill, as of Nov 2, 2026) over 2 years instead of buying.
≈ $0.4/mo
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💰 Price trend
📉 Loses ~$77/year (6%).
Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.
Specs in context
LB Score
25
CPU score
15
Basic tier
GPU score
3
Office tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
2.30 kg
Standard
Battery
57 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 L13/L14/L15/L16
- Type
- Business
- Release year
- 2012
- Screen size
- 14"
- Resolution
- 1600x900
- Panel type
- tn
- Color gamut (sRGB)
- 100%~
- Processor
- Intel Core i5 3210M , Intel Core i5 2520M , Intel Core i3 3110M , Intel Core i5 3230M
- Graphics
- NVS 5400M
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 2.30 kg
- Ports
- 7
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Optical drive
- ✓
- Battery
- 57 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 14 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (2)
1366 x 768 (HD)
1600 x 900 (HD+)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
⚙ Processors (4)
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3210M
Intel Core i5 (2nd Gen) 2520M
Intel Core i3 (3rd Gen) 3110M
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3230M
🔲 Memory (2)
4 GB (1 x 4 GB)
8 GB (2 x 4 GB)
🎮 Graphics (3)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVS 5400M
💾 Storage (2)
320 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
500 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
Performance metrics
Performance
11
Portability
44
Light office
34
Gaming
25
Creative
31
Energy efficiency
32
Connectivity
93
Value
38
Color accuracy
—
Processors (4)
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮 Gaming performance
FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU
| Game | FPS (1080p) | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Counter-Strike 2 | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Overwatch | 240 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| PUBG: Battlegrounds | 140 | ✓ Comfortable |
| Valorant | 35 | ⚠ Playable |
| Dota 2 | 18 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 8 | ✗ Low |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 7 | ✗ Low |
| Fortnite | 5 | ✗ Low |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 3 | ✗ Low |
| Far Cry 5 | 3 | ✗ Low |
| Battlefield 5 | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Metro Exodus | 2 | ✗ Low |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 1 | ✗ Low |
💡 15 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
73%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
18%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
11%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
6%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
7%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
33%
GPU
9%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
4%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
27%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
147%
GPU
57%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
21%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
33%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
13%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
33%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
52%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
52%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
10%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
122%
GPU
28%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
59%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
52%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
35%
GPU
12%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
46%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
35%
GPU
4%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
67%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
49%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
5%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
46%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
29%
GPU
6%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
73%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
42%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
98%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
82%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
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