Lenovo ThinkPad T490

ultrabook 2019 14" dGPU ⏱ ~5h ⚖️ 1.46 kg ⚖️ GPU-bound
LB Score
45
out of 100
Fit for you
54/100
✚ Strong: fit_price ⚠ Weak: fit_reliability
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Related resources

CPU
46
GPU
24
GeForce MX250
RAM max
32 GB
DDR4
Battery
48 Wh ~
~5h
Price
$219
market
Age
7 years
2019
📝 Our review

Lenovo ThinkPad T490 review

Lenovo ThinkPad T490 — from 2019, 1.46 kg, performance 37.

LB Score
45
/100
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ThinkPad T490 vs

📌 Quick verdict

Overall score 45/100. Strongest suit — Connectivity (95), weakest — Gaming (16).

✓ Strengths

Connectivity (95) · Energy efficiency (77)

⚠ Weaknesses

Gaming (16)

💰 Price trend

$1,300 $884 $468 2019: $1,300 2019 2020: $1,144 2021: $1,007 2022: $886 2023: $780 2024: $686 2025: $604 2026: $531 2026 2027: $468 (forecast) 2027
📉 Loses ~$110/year (8%). Dashed segment is a model forecast, not observed listings.

Specs in context

LB Score 45
CPU score 46 Office tier
GPU score 24 Light tier
RAM max 32 GB Professional
Weight 1.46 kg Light tier
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 T14/T4xx/T16
Type
Business
Release year
2019≈
Screen size
14"
Resolution
1366x768
Panel type
tn
Color gamut (sRGB)
100%~
Processor
Intel Core i7 8665U , Intel Core i5 8365U , Core i5 8265U , Core i5 10210U , Core i7 8565U , Core i7 10510U , Core i7 10710U
Graphics
GeForce MX250
RAM (max)
32 GB DDR4
Weight
1.46 kg
Ports
6
Battery
48 Wh~

Performance metrics

Performance 40
Portability 70
Light office 73
Gaming 16
Creative 44
Energy efficiency 77
Connectivity 95
Value 60
Color accuracy —

Graphics (1 discrete + 0 integrated)

GeForce MX250 (dGPU)
2 GB · GDDR5
CUDA 6.1
24

🎮 Gaming performance

FPS @ 1080p for the model's best GPU

Game Medium (1080p) High (1080p) Verdict
CS:GO — 240 ✓ Comfortable
Overwatch — 240 ✓ Comfortable
GTA V — 140 ✓ Comfortable
Playerunknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) 28 140 ✓ Comfortable
Valorant 118 118 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 20 82 77 ✓ Comfortable
Counter-Strike 2 — 75 ✓ Comfortable
World of Warships — 73 ✓ Comfortable
FIFA 21 76 71 ✓ Comfortable
Dota 2 — 64 ✓ Comfortable
Fortnite 55 55 ⚠ Playable
Rocket League 77 52 ⚠ Playable
Rainbow Six Siege — 50 ⚠ Playable
Monster Hunter Stories 2 53 47 ⚠ Playable
FIFA 19 46 43 ⚠ Playable
Farming Simulator 19 63 39 ⚠ Playable
Star Wars Squadrons 46 37 ⚠ Playable
Grand Theft Auto V — 36 ⚠ Playable
Prey 46 36 ⚠ Playable
Resident Evil 7 54 32 ⚠ Playable
Forza Horizon 4 31 31 ⚠ Playable
Destiny 2 32 30 ⚠ Playable
For Honor 29 27 ✗ Low
Ready or Not 28 27 ✗ Low
F1 2018 33 26 ✗ Low
Diablo 4 27 25 ✗ Low
F1 2019 30 25 ✗ Low
Back 4 Blood 28 24 ✗ Low
Battlefield 5 20 24 ✗ Low
Counter-Strike 2 41 24 ✗ Low
Vampire Bloodhunt 27 24 ✗ Low
Civilization 6 — 23 ✗ Low
Farming Simulator 22 33 23 ✗ Low
Darksiders III 28 22 ✗ Low
Escape from Tarkov 29 22 ✗ Low
F1 2020 35 22 ✗ Low
F1 2021 28 22 ✗ Low
GRID Legends 26 22 ✗ Low
Star Wars Battlefront 2 25 22 ✗ Low
Dead Island 2 28 21 ✗ Low
Dirt Rally 2.0 29 21 ✗ Low
ELEX 25 21 ✗ Low
The Witcher 3 — 21 ✗ Low
Apex Legends 24 20 ✗ Low
F1 22 28 20 ✗ Low
Outriders 27 20 ✗ Low
Rise of the Tomb Raider — 20 ✗ Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 27 20 ✗ Low
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order 26 20 ✗ Low
The Crew 2 20 20 ✗ Low
Far Cry 5 75 19 ✗ Low
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 22 19 ✗ Low
Middle-earth: Shadow of War 27 19 ✗ Low
The Finals 22 19 ✗ Low
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 21 18 ✗ Low
Far Cry New Dawn 20 18 ✗ Low
Ghost Recon Wildlands 21 18 ✗ Low
Just Cause 4 25 18 ✗ Low
Forza Horizon 5 17 17 ✗ Low
Ghost Recon Breakpoint 16 17 ✗ Low
Lies of P 17 17 ✗ Low
Monster Hunter World 18 17 ✗ Low
Days Gone 16 — ✗ Low
Gears Tactics 20 16 ✗ Low
Hitman 2 17 16 ✗ Low
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — 16 ✗ Low
Total War Pharaoh 28 16 ✗ Low
Yakuza Like a Dragon 16 16 ✗ Low
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 15 — ✗ Low
Call of Duty: Warzone 22 15 ✗ Low
Rainbow Six Extraction 19 15 ✗ Low
Cyberpunk 2077 9 14 ✗ Low
Death Stranding 15 14 ✗ Low
F1 23 20 14 ✗ Low
Ghostwire Tokyo 16 14 ✗ Low
GRID 2019 23 14 ✗ Low
Hitman 3 — 14 ✗ Low
Hunt Showdown 18 14 ✗ Low
Mafia Definitive Edition 15 14 ✗ Low
Need for Speed Heat 17 14 ✗ Low
Anno 1800 18 13 ✗ Low
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 13 — ✗ Low
Resident Evil 4 Remake — 13 ✗ Low
Assassin's Creed Odyssey 18 12 ✗ Low
Borderlands 3 18 12 ✗ Low
High On Life 14 12 ✗ Low
New World 14 12 ✗ Low
Riders Republic 16 12 ✗ Low
The Division 2 19 12 ✗ Low
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 11 — ✗ Low
Elden Ring 11 — ✗ Low
Horizon Zero Dawn 13 11 ✗ Low
Rage 2 14 11 ✗ Low
Sons of the Forest 11 — ✗ Low
Alan Wake Remastered 10 — ✗ Low
Armored Core 6 10 — ✗ Low
Dying Light 2 10 — ✗ Low
Far Cry 6 14 10 ✗ Low
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 16 10 ✗ Low
Red Dead Redemption 2 13 10 ✗ Low
The Callisto Protocol 14 10 ✗ Low
The Quarry 14 10 ✗ Low
Total War: Three Kingdoms 20 10 ✗ Low
X-Plane 11.11 10 10 ✗ Low
Anthem 11 9 ✗ Low
Control 14 9 ✗ Low
Crysis Remastered 32 8 ✗ Low
Dirt 5 13 8 ✗ Low
Hogwarts Legacy 8 — ✗ Low
The Witcher 3 v4 21 8 ✗ Low
Atomic Heart 20 7 ✗ Low
Flight Simulator 2020 11 7 ✗ Low
Metro Exodus 7 7 ✗ Low
Serious Sam 4 10 7 ✗ Low
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 13 7 ✗ Low
Ashes of the Singularity 16 6 ✗ Low
God of War 13 6 ✗ Low
💡 117 games in the database for this GPU. ✓ playable (≥60 FPS), ⚠ medium (30-59), ✗ low (<30).

💻 Software compatibility

Counter-Strike 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
34%
RAM
400%
Grand Theft Auto V ✓ Runs well
CPU
231%
GPU
474%
RAM
800%
Cyberpunk 2077 ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
79%
RAM
400%
Minecraft ✓ Runs well
CPU
462%
GPU
237%
RAM
800%
Fortnite ✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
148%
RAM
400%
Valorant ✓ Runs well
CPU
308%
GPU
474%
RAM
800%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
95%
RAM
533%
Elden Ring ✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
49%
RAM
267%
Red Dead Redemption 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
85%
RAM
400%
Apex Legends ✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
59%
RAM
533%
Hogwarts Legacy ✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
79%
RAM
200%
Dota 2 ✓ Runs well
CPU
308%
GPU
474%
RAM
800%
Baldur's Gate 3 ✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
68%
RAM
400%
Starfield ✗ Weak
CPU
66%
GPU
34%
RAM
200%
Call of Duty: Warzone ✗ Weak
CPU
84%
GPU
68%
RAM
400%
League of Legends ✓ Runs well
CPU
462%
GPU
474%
RAM
999%
Sims 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
308%
GPU
474%
RAM
800%
Helldivers 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
66%
GPU
36%
RAM
400%
Battlefield 5 ✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
79%
RAM
400%
Far Cry 5 ✓ Runs well
CPU
116%
GPU
108%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
132%
GPU
132%
RAM
400%
Forza Horizon 5 ✗ Weak
CPU
103%
GPU
68%
RAM
400%
Metro Exodus ✗ Weak
CPU
116%
GPU
76%
RAM
400%
Overwatch ✓ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
474%
RAM
800%
PUBG: Battlegrounds ✗ Weak
CPU
116%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil 4 Remake ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
58%
RAM
400%
Escape from Tarkov ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
God of War ✗ Weak
CPU
210%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
Horizon Zero Dawn ✗ Weak
CPU
210%
GPU
79%
RAM
400%
Death Stranding ✗ Weak
CPU
185%
GPU
76%
RAM
400%
Control ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
79%
RAM
400%
Doom Eternal ✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Batman: Arkham Knight ✓ Runs well
CPU
257%
GPU
118%
RAM
533%
Hitman 3 ✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Flight Simulator 2020 ✗ Weak
CPU
165%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Watch Dogs Legion ✗ Weak
CPU
165%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
Borderlands 3 ✗ Weak
CPU
185%
GPU
85%
RAM
533%
Anno 1800 ✓ Runs well
CPU
154%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Rainbow Six Siege ✓ Runs well
CPU
385%
GPU
237%
RAM
533%
The Division 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
210%
GPU
95%
RAM
400%
Gears Tactics ✓ Runs well
CPU
185%
GPU
158%
RAM
400%
Hunt Showdown ✓ Runs well
CPU
165%
GPU
118%
RAM
533%
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
58%
RAM
400%
Mafia Definitive Edition ✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
118%
RAM
533%
Days Gone ✗ Weak
CPU
210%
GPU
79%
RAM
400%
Ghostwire Tokyo ✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
99%
RAM
267%
Returnal ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
59%
RAM
200%
Dying Light 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
154%
GPU
58%
RAM
400%
Resident Evil Village ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
68%
RAM
400%
The Callisto Protocol ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
59%
RAM
400%
Atomic Heart ✗ Weak
CPU
144%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
Alan Wake 2 ✗ Weak
CPU
110%
GPU
36%
RAM
200%
Black Myth Wukong ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
99%
RAM
200%
Ghost of Tsushima ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
The Last of Us Part 1 ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
59%
RAM
200%
Diablo 4 ✓ Runs well
CPU
210%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Spider-Man Miles Morales ✓ Runs well
CPU
154%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Star Wars Jedi Survivor ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
43%
RAM
400%
Dead Space Remake ✗ Weak
CPU
144%
GPU
58%
RAM
400%
Lies of P ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
Sons of the Forest ✗ Weak
CPU
92%
GPU
51%
RAM
267%
Rise of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
308%
GPU
237%
RAM
800%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider ✓ Runs well
CPU
257%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Odyssey ✓ Runs well
CPU
231%
GPU
118%
RAM
400%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
99%
RAM
400%
F1 24 ✗ Weak
CPU
257%
GPU
58%
RAM
400%
Need for Speed Heat ✗ Weak
CPU
132%
GPU
68%
RAM
400%
Civilization 6 ✓ Runs well
CPU
308%
GPU
237%
RAM
800%
Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order ✓ Runs well
CPU
257%
GPU
197%
RAM
400%

🔗 Same series

4 models in the series.

2017
Lenovo ThinkPad T480
$ $256
2019
Lenovo ThinkPad T490s
$ $288
2020
Lenovo ThinkPad T14s
$ $333
2020
Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 1
$ $302

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Similar performance profile across other series and brands.

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cpu≈42, ram≈32
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cpu≈70, ram≈64
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cpu≈41, ram≈32

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Same lineage_class (how iconic the series is), other series.

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Configuration options

Available model options · 12 variants across 6 categories

🖥 Displays (1)
1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
🎮 Graphics (1)
GeForce MX250
• Igpu (1)
Intel UHD Graphics
⚙ Processors (7)
Intel Core i7 (8th Gen) 8665U Intel Core i5 8365U Core i5-8265U Core i5-10210U Core i7-8565U Core i7-10510U Core i7-10710U
🔲 Memory (1)
16 GB
💾 Storage (1)
512 GB SSD

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