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The lightest laptops by screen size, from the makers' own weights

By SMART SC Editorial Team · Updated · How we research

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ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 14US Letter sheet, 11 × 8.5 inThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14: 12.30 in wide8.49 in
Footprints to the same scale, lid closed: Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 14 12.31 × 8.42 in; ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 12.3 × 8.49 in, over a US Letter sheet (11 × 8.5 in).

Short answer

The lightest laptops we list start at 2.15 lb: Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 and Yoga Slim 7 Ultra, both 14-inch, with the ASUS Zenbook A14 at 2.16 lb. The lightest 13-inch models, the MacBook Neo and MacBook Air, are 2.7 lb. At 15 inches the lightest is the Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i at 3.28 lb with its OLED screen, just ahead of the MacBook Air 15 at 3.3 lb; at 16 inches, the ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 at 3.58 lb. Nine of the laptops we list start under 3 lb. These are makers’ starting weights, for the lightest configuration sold.

Key takeaways

  • Under 2.2 lb: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14, Yoga Slim 7 Ultra, Zenbook A14 (all 14-inch).
  • Lightest 16-inch: ThinkPad T16 Gen 5, 3.58 lb.
  • Lightest with a graphics chip: Lenovo Legion 5, 4.25 lb; the 16-inch ROG Zephyrus G16 is 4.3 lb.
  • The lightest models have soldered memory and no Ethernet port.

Weight is the specification you feel every day and the one stores bury. This page sorts every laptop in our catalogue by the weight its maker publishes. We don’t weigh laptops ourselves; where a maker gives a range by configuration, we list the lightest, which is what “starting at” means on a spec sheet.

Every laptop we list, lightest first

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29 laptops, from each maker's own specification document.
LaptopSizeWeight (starting)ScreenWidth × depthThicknessBatteryCheck price
ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 Lenovo · 202614 in2.15 lb14 in12.3 × 8.49 in0.3–0.56 in58 WhAmazon
Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 14 Lenovo · 202614 in2.15 lb14 in12.31 × 8.42 in0.55 in75 WhAmazon
ASUS Zenbook A14 ASUS · 202614 in2.16 lb14 in12.23 × 8.42 in0.53–0.63 in70 WhAmazon
MacBook Neo Apple · 202613 in2.7 lb13 in11.71 × 8.12 in0.5 in36.5 WhAmazon
MacBook Air 13 (M5) Apple · 202613 in2.7 lb13.6 in11.97 × 8.46 in0.44 in53.8 WhAmazon
ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 (Intel) Lenovo · 202614 in2.8 lb14 in12.35 × 8.73 in0.44–0.63 in75 WhAmazon
ThinkPad E14 Gen 8 (Intel) Lenovo · 202614 in2.95 lb14 in12.32 × 8.67 in0.4–0.6 in64 WhAmazon
Dell Pro 14 Dell · 202514 in2.97 lb14 in12.35 × 8.87 in0.74–0.8 in45 WhAmazon
Lenovo Chromebook m 14 Lenovo · 202614 in2.99 lb14 in12.57 × 8.79 in0.78 in50 WhAmazon
Dell XPS 14 (2026) Dell · 202614 in3 lb14 in12.19 × 8.26 in0.58–0.6 in70 WhAmazon
Yoga 7 2-in-1 14 (Intel) Lenovo · 202614 in3.04 lb14 in12.48 × 8.98 in0.61 in70 WhAmazon
IdeaPad Slim 3i 15 Lenovo · 202615 in3.28 lb15.3 in13.52 × 9.51 in0.67–0.7 in60 WhAmazon
MacBook Air 15 (M5) Apple · 202615 in3.3 lb15.3 in13.4 × 9.35 in0.45 in66.5 WhAmazon
MacBook Pro 14 Apple · 202614 in3.4 lb14.2 in12.31 × 8.71 in0.61 in72.4 WhAmazon
ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 (Intel) Lenovo · 202616 in3.58 lb16 in14.09 × 9.76 in0.45–0.72 in75 WhAmazon
IdeaPad Slim 5a 16 Lenovo · 202616 in3.64 lb16 in14.03 × 9.87 in0.67 in80 WhAmazon
Dell XPS 16 (2026) Dell · 202616 in3.65 lb16 in13.88 × 9.35 in0.58–0.6 in70 WhAmazon
ASUS Vivobook S16 ASUS · 202616 in3.7 lb16 in14.06 × 9.87 in0.63–0.7 in70 WhAmazon
ThinkPad L16 Gen 3 (Intel) Lenovo · 202616 in4.08 lb16 in14.06 × 9.98 in0.43–0.77 in57 WhAmazon
Dell 16 Dell · 202516 in4.15 lb16 in14.06 × 9.86 in0.65–0.72 in41 WhAmazon
Dell 15 Dell · 202515 inup to 4.19 lb15.6 in14.11 × 9.27 in0.67–0.75 in41 WhAmazon
Legion 5 15 (Intel) Lenovo · 202615 in4.25 lb15.3 in13.54 × 9.63 in0.75–0.79 in80 WhAmazon
ROG Zephyrus G16 (2026) ASUS · 202616 in4.3 lb16 in13.94 × 9.69 in0.59–0.7 in90 WhAmazon
LOQ Essential 15 (Intel) Lenovo · 202615 in4.6 lb15.3 in13.58 × 10.03 in0.82–0.92 in60 WhAmazon
MacBook Pro 16 Apple · 202616 in4.7 lb16.2 in14.01 × 9.77 in0.66 in100 WhAmazon
Alienware 16 Aurora Dell · 202516 in5.49 lb16 in14.05 × 10.45 in0.73–0.89 in96 WhAmazon
ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 Lenovo · 202516 in5.6 lb16 in14.25 × 9.92 in0.62–0.82 in99.9 WhAmazon
Legion Pro 7 16 (Intel) Lenovo · 202516 in5.67 lb16 in14.35 × 10.86 in0.86–1.05 in99.9 WhAmazon
ROG Strix G16 (2026) ASUS · 202616 in5.84 lb16 in13.94 × 10.55 in0.9–1.21 in90 WhAmazon

The Dell 15 is at the end because Dell publishes only a maximum weight for it.

The lightest by size

Class Lightest we list Starting weight
13-inch Apple MacBook Neo and MacBook Air 13 2.7 lb
14-inch Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 and Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 2.15 lb
15-inch Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3i (OLED model) 3.28 lb
16-inch Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 3.58 lb
With a discrete graphics chip Lenovo Legion 5 (15-inch) 4.25 lb

The 14-inch class holds the lightest laptops, lighter than the 13-inch MacBooks: Lenovo’s sheets name the materials for its two: carbon fiber and magnesium on the X1 Carbon, a magnesium-aluminium alloy on the Yoga Slim 7 Ultra.

ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 14US Letter sheet, 11 × 8.5 inThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14: 12.30 in wide8.49 in
Footprints to the same scale, lid closed: Yoga Slim 7 Ultra 14 12.31 × 8.42 in; ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 12.3 × 8.49 in, over a US Letter sheet (11 × 8.5 in).

What the lightest laptops give up

Every laptop we list under 2.75 lb has soldered or unified memory and no Ethernet port. The details differ:

  • Lenovo Yoga Slim 7 Ultra (2.15 lb): three Thunderbolt 4 ports and nothing else on Lenovo’s port list. No USB-A, no HDMI. It has the largest battery of the three, 75 Wh.
  • Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 (2.15 lb): keeps a USB-A port and HDMI beside three Thunderbolt 4 ports, with a 58 Wh battery.
  • ASUS Zenbook A14 (2.16 lb): two USB4 ports, USB-A and HDMI, a 70 Wh battery, Snapdragon processors.

If you want light with replaceable memory and an Ethernet port, the ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 has both at 2.8 lb.

Weight is not the whole load

A gaming laptop’s power adapter adds to what you carry: the adapters listed for the gaming models here are 245 to 400 W units, where the thin laptops charge from a 65 to 100 W USB-C adapter. And the heaviest configurations of a chassis can be well above the starting weight. For footprint instead of weight, see laptop sizes.

Frequently asked questions

What is the lightest laptop?

Of the current laptops we list, Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 and Yoga Slim 7 Ultra, both starting at 2.15 lb (975 to 977 g), then the ASUS Zenbook A14 at 2.16 lb.

Which laptops weigh under 3 pounds?

Nine that we list: ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14, Yoga Slim 7 Ultra, ASUS Zenbook A14, MacBook Neo, MacBook Air 13, ThinkPad T14 Gen 7, ThinkPad E14 Gen 8, Lenovo Chromebook m 14 and Dell Pro 14.

What is the lightest 16-inch laptop?

Of those we list, the Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 5 (Intel), starting at 3.58 lb, then the IdeaPad Slim 5a at 3.64 lb and the Dell XPS 16 at 3.65 lb.

What is the lightest gaming laptop?

Of the gaming laptops we list, the 15-inch Lenovo Legion 5 at 4.25 lb, followed by the 16-inch ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16 at 4.3 lb. The power adapter is extra.

Is the MacBook Air the lightest laptop?

No. The 13-inch MacBook Air is 2.7 lb; three 14-inch Windows laptops we list start under 2.2 lb with a larger screen.

What does starting weight mean?

The weight of the lightest configuration the maker sells. A larger battery, a touchscreen, a cellular modem or a discrete graphics chip adds to it: Lenovo’s ThinkPad T14 Gen 7 runs from 2.80 lb to 3.13 lb depending on battery and modem.

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