Lenovo ThinkPad T430
laptop
2012
14"
iGPU
⏱ ~6h
⚖️ 2.20 kg
⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
24
out of 100
Fit for you
36/100
✚ Strong: fit_price
⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
Your focus
Performance 20%
Mobility 20%
Reliability 20%
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Profile
vs medianCPU
18
Core i5-3210M
GPU
3
NVS 5400M
RAM max
16 GB
DDR3
Battery
57 Wh
~6h
Price
$117
market
Age
14 years
2012
📌 Quick verdict
Overall score 24/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (93), weakest — Performance (13).
✓ Strengths
Connectivity (93)
⚠ Weaknesses
Performance (13)
Money & ownership
All money blocks on one card
Cost to own
Buying at listing price $117, 2-year horizon — price minus projected resale, spread over months.
≈ $1.1/mo
Money could earn
Keeping the $117 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
24
CPU score
18
Basic tier
GPU score
3
Office tier
RAM max
16 GB
Comfort
Weight
2.20 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 T14/T4xx/T16
- 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 3360M , Intel Core i5 3320M , Intel Core i7 3520M , Intel Core i5 2520M , Intel Core i5 3230M , Intel Core i3 3110M
- Graphics
- NVS 5400M
- RAM (max)
- 16 GB DDR3
- Storage interface
- non-NVMe
- Weight
- 2.20 kg
- Ports
- 7
- TPM (security)
- ✓
- Optical drive
- ✓
- Battery
- 57 Wh
Configuration options
Available model options · 23 variants across 6 categories
🖥 Displays (2)
1366 x 768 (HD)
1600 x 900 (HD+)
• Igpu (1)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
⚙ Processors (7)
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3210M
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3360M
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3320M
Intel Core i7 (3rd Gen) 3520M
Intel Core i5 (2nd Gen) 2520M
Intel Core i5 (3rd Gen) 3230M
Intel Core i3 (3rd Gen) 3110M
🔲 Memory (3)
4 GB
6 GB (1 x 4 GB + 1 x 2 GB)
8 GB
🎮 Graphics (3)
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVS 5400M / Intel HD Graphics 4000
💾 Storage (7)
120 GB SSD
128 GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s
180 GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s
240 GB SSD
256 GB SSD SATA 6Gb/s
320 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
500 GB HDD SATA 3Gb/s
Performance metrics
Performance
13
Portability
47
Light office
24
Gaming
24
Creative
16
Energy efficiency
39
Connectivity
93
Value
42
Color accuracy
—
Processors (7)
Core i5-3210M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
AES
14
Core i5-3360M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
AES
17
Core i5-3320M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
AES
15
Core i7-3520M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
AES
18
Core i5-2520M
Intel · 2nd · 2 cores
VM
AES
11
Core i5-3230M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
AES
15
Core i3-3110M
Intel · 3rd · 2 cores
VM
0
Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)
🎮
No FPS data for this model's GPU.
The GPU may be integrated or not yet benchmarked.
💻 Software compatibility
Counter-Strike 2
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Grand Theft Auto V
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Cyberpunk 2077
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Minecraft
✗ Weak
CPU
185%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Fortnite
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
18%
RAM
200%
Valorant
✗ Weak
CPU
123%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
11%
RAM
267%
Elden Ring
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
6%
RAM
133%
Red Dead Redemption 2
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
10%
RAM
200%
Apex Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
7%
RAM
267%
Hogwarts Legacy
✗ Weak
CPU
41%
GPU
9%
RAM
100%
Dota 2
✗ Weak
CPU
123%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Baldur's Gate 3
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Starfield
✗ Weak
CPU
26%
GPU
4%
RAM
100%
Call of Duty: Warzone
✗ Weak
CPU
34%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
League of Legends
✗ Weak
CPU
185%
GPU
57%
RAM
800%
Sims 4
✗ Weak
CPU
123%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
Helldivers 2
✗ Weak
CPU
26%
GPU
4%
RAM
200%
Battlefield 5
✗ Weak
CPU
41%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Far Cry 5
✗ Weak
CPU
46%
GPU
13%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 4
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
16%
RAM
200%
Forza Horizon 5
✗ Weak
CPU
41%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Metro Exodus
✗ Weak
CPU
46%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Overwatch
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
57%
RAM
400%
PUBG: Battlegrounds
✗ Weak
CPU
46%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil 4 Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Escape from Tarkov
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
God of War
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Horizon Zero Dawn
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Death Stranding
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Control
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Doom Eternal
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Batman: Arkham Knight
✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Hitman 3
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Flight Simulator 2020
✗ Weak
CPU
66%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
Watch Dogs Legion
✗ Weak
CPU
66%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Borderlands 3
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
10%
RAM
267%
Anno 1800
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Rainbow Six Siege
✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
28%
RAM
267%
The Division 2
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
11%
RAM
200%
Gears Tactics
✗ Weak
CPU
74%
GPU
19%
RAM
200%
Hunt Showdown
✗ Weak
CPU
66%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Mafia Definitive Edition
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
267%
Days Gone
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
9%
RAM
200%
Ghostwire Tokyo
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
12%
RAM
133%
Returnal
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Dying Light 2
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Resident Evil Village
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
The Callisto Protocol
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Atomic Heart
✗ Weak
CPU
58%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Alan Wake 2
✗ Weak
CPU
44%
GPU
4%
RAM
100%
Black Myth Wukong
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
12%
RAM
100%
Ghost of Tsushima
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
The Last of Us Part 1
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
7%
RAM
100%
Diablo 4
✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Spider-Man Miles Morales
✗ Weak
CPU
62%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
5%
RAM
200%
Dead Space Remake
✗ Weak
CPU
58%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Lies of P
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
Sons of the Forest
✗ Weak
CPU
37%
GPU
6%
RAM
133%
Rise of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
123%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
14%
RAM
200%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
12%
RAM
200%
F1 24
✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
7%
RAM
200%
Need for Speed Heat
✗ Weak
CPU
53%
GPU
8%
RAM
200%
Civilization 6
✗ Weak
CPU
123%
GPU
28%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order
✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
24%
RAM
200%
🔗 Same series
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≅ Similar by specs
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≈ Similar class
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Series review
Lenovo ThinkPad T14/T4xx/T16 series guide