Lenovo ThinkPad T460 review

ThinkPad T460 — a 940MX-equipped workhorse with an honest asterisk on its graphics score

The T460 (2015) is the standard 14-inch T-series with a real entry dGPU in this configuration: a Core i5-6300U, GeForce 940MX, and 32GB of RAM at $162, about half the $297 business-class median. The graphics score of 45.85 against a 3.84 class median needs the usual framing — a top-quartile placing that flatters the 940MX against an iGPU-dominated class. The ok-flags are the real envelope. The measured weakness is CPU: 21.5 against a 53 median, a 59% shortfall on generation grounds.

What it does well

By ok-flags it clears minimum settings for Grand Theft Auto V, Rainbow Six Siege, and Civilization 6 — the 940MX gives it a modest but genuine gaming dimension beyond the pure-iGPU siblings. The 32GB of RAM is generous, and the T-series chassis brings the full keyboard standard and classic durability at half the class median.

The trade-offs, stated plainly

The dual-core Skylake CPU is the measured weak axis: office-adequate, outclassed by the class's newer quad-cores, and the bottleneck in any CPU-bound moment while the 940MX idles. Reliability at 19 versus 42.5 marks a nine-year-old platform — battery condition is the first question. Graphics expectations stay era-scoped: the ok-flags describe older titles at low settings.

Price trajectory

From a $1,300 launch configuration it has declined at about 6.9% per year to $162, with a projected $141 in two years (13% further). Utility-stage pricing for a classic chassis.

Against its neighbors

A ThinkPad T470 at $182 and a Dell Latitude 7280 at $174 sit above; an HP EliteBook 840 G4 at $146 and a Latitude 3470 at $152 below. The T470 at $182 is the one-generation-newer sibling — the honest upgrade path for $20 more; the T460 counters with the dGPU the T470 baseline often lacks.

Bottom line

Worth its price for the buyer who wants classic T-series ergonomics plus a modest genuine gaming dimension at utility money. Read the 45.85 as flattery, the ok-flags as fact, and the CPU score as the honest ceiling on heavy work.