Laptops With Thunderbolt 3

We’ve seen Thunderbolt ports on enthusiast computers for a while now, but these days Thunderbolt is becoming the port everyone wants on a new laptop, regardless of size, form-factor, or budget.
The 3rd and 4th generations of Thunderbolt are significant upgrades over their predecessors and in many ways, the one port that could replace all others in the years to come.
Physically, both Thunderbolt 4 and Thunderbolt 3 are USB Type-C connectors, thus compact, reliable, and reversible. Technically, the two standards are mostly similar as well. For starters, both TB3 and TB4 support throughputs of up to 40 Gbps, both can drive external monitors via DisplayPort 1.2 or HDMI 2.0 video outs, both offer 10 GbE fast networking, as well as power delivery (at a minimum of 15W of power).


 The list of laptops that support Thunderbolt 3 are as follows:


13-inch (and smaller) ultraportables with Thunderbolt 3 connectors

Model Type Screen Hardware TB3 ports Charging Updated
Acer Aspire Switch 12S 2-in-1 12.5″ touch Core Y w/ Intel HD 1 No 2017
Acer Aspire R13 2-in-1 13.3″ touch Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x2 No 2017
Acer Swift 3 13.5 clamshell 13.5″ Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Alienware 13 Gaming 13.3″ Core HQ w/ Nvidia GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2017
Asus Zenbook UX391 Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Apple MacBook Air Ultraportable 13.3″ Core Y w/ Intel HD 2 x4 Yes 2019
Apple MacBook Pro 13 Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel Iris UHD 4 x4 Yes 2019
Dell Latitude 12 7000 Ultraportable 12.0″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Dell Latitude 12 7000 2-in-1 2-in-1 12.5″ touch Core Y w/ Intel HD 2 x4 Yes 2019
Dell Latitude 13 7000
Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell XPS 13 Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 Convertible 13.3″ Core Y w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Huawei MateBook X Pro Convertible 13.9″ touch Core U w/ up to MX250 1 x2 Yes 2020
HP Elite X2 Tablet 12.0″ touch Core Y w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2018
HP EliteBook 830 Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2018
HP EliteBook Folio Ultraportable 12.5″ Core Y w/ Intel HD 2 x4 Yes 2018
HP Elitebook x360 13 Convertible 13.3″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2019
HP Spectre x360 13 Convertible 13.3″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2020
Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 13 Ultraportable 13.3″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x2 Yes 2017
Lenovo IdeaPad 730s 13 Ultraportable 13.3″ glossy Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Lenovo Yoga 730 13 Convertible 13.3″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Lenovo Yoga 920 Convertible 13.9″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2017
Lenovo Yoga C930 Convertible 13.9″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Lenovo Yoga S940 Clamshell 13.9″ glossy Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad X390 Convertible 13.3″ matte Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Tablet Tablet 13.0″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 Yes 2018
Lenovo ThinkPad X 12-inch Ultraportable 12.5″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 Yes 2018
Razer Blade Stealth 13 Ultraportable 13.3″ matte/touch Core U w/ GTX 1650 1 x4 Yes 2020
Samsung Notebook 9 Pen Convertible 13.3″ touch Core U w/ UHD 620 2 x4 Yes 2019
Samsung Notebook 9 Pro Convertible 13.3″ touch Core U w/ UHD 620 2 x4 Yes 2019
Toshiba Portégé X20W Convertible 12.5″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2018
Toshiba Portégé X30 Ultraportable 13.3″ touch Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2020

 

14 to 17-inch portable laptops with Thunderbolt 3 connectors

Model Type Screen Hardware TB3 ports Charging Updated
Acer Swift 7 Black Edition Convertible 14.0″ Core Y w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2019
Acer Swift 3 14 clamshell 14.0″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Acer TravelMate P6 P614 clamshell 14.0″ Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Acer ConceptD 7 Workstation 15.6″ Core H w/ Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
Acer Predator Triton 500 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ up to RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2020
Acer Predator Triton 700 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1080MQ 1 x4 No 2018
Alienware m15 Gaming 15.6″ matte Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q 1 x4 No 2019
Alienware m17 Gaming 17.3″ matte Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 Max-Q 1 x4 No 2019
Apple MacBook Pro 15 Ultraportable 15.6″ glossy Core H w/ up to AMD Vega 20 4 x4 Yes 2019
Apple MacBook Pro 16 Ultraportable 16″ glossy Core HK w/ up to AMD Radeon Pro 4 x4 Yes 2020
Asus ExpertBook B9450FA clamshell 14.0″ Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2020
Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501 Gaming 15.6″ matte Core H w/ up to Nvidia GTX 1080MQ 1 x4 No 2017
Asus ROG Zephyrus S15 GX502 Gaming 15.6″ matte Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 Super MQ 1 x4 No 2020
Asus ROG Zephyrus M15 GU502 Gaming 15.6″ matte Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2070 Super MQ 1 x4 No 2020
Asus ROG Zephyrus GM501 Gaming 15.6″ matte Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1070 1 x4 No 2017
Asus StudioBook Pro W700 Workstation 17.3″ matte Core U w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 2019
Asus StudioBook Pro X W730 Workstation 17.3″ matte Core U w/ Nvidia Quadro 2 x4 2019
Asus Zenbook 3 Deluxe UX490UA Ultraportable 14.0″ Core U w/ Intel HD 2 x4 Yes 2018
Asus Zenbook Pro UX550 Multimedia 15.6″ Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 2 x4 (*) No 2018
Asus Zenbook Pro UX580 Multimedia 15.6″ Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti 2 x4 (*) No 2018
Asus ZenBook Pro Duo UX581 Multimedia 15.6″ Core HK w/ Nvidia RTX 2060 1 x4 No 2019
Clevo PB851EF-G / Sager NP8356 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ up to RTX 2070 1 x4 No 2019
Clevo PB871EF-G / Sager NP8376 Gaming 17.3″ Core H w/ up to RTX 2070 1 x4 No 2019
Dell Precision 15 5000 Series Workstation 15.6″ Core HK or Xeon w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell Latitude 14 7000 Ultraportable 14.0″ Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell Latitude 14 7000 2-in-1 2-in-1 14.0″ touch Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell Vostro 15 7000 Multimedia 15.6″ matte Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1660Ti 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell XPS 15 Multimedia 15.6″ touch up to 9th gen Core HK w/ Nvidia GTX 1650 1 x4 Yes 2019
Dell XPS 15 2-in-1 Convertible 15.6″ touch up to 8th gen Core G w/ Radeon RX Vega M 2 x4 Yes 2018
Gigabyte Aero 15 Gaming 15.6″ up to 9th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
Gigabyte Aero 17 Gaming 17.3″ up to 9th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
HP Omen 15 Gaming 15.6″ up to 9th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
HP Omen X 2s Gaming 15.6″ up to 9th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2070MQ 1 x4 No 2019
HP Omen 17 Gaming 17.3″ up to 8th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia GTX 1070MQ 1 x4 No 2018
HP Spectre x360 15 Convertible 15.6″ touch up to 8th gen Core G w/ Radeon RX Vega M 1 x4 Yes (*) 2019
HP EliteBook 840 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x2 Yes (*) 2018
HP EliteBook 850 Ultraportable 15.6″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ AMD RX540 1 x2 Yes (*) 2018
HP EliteBook 1040 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 7th gen Core U w/ Intel HD 1 x4 Yes (**) 2018
HP ZBook 14u Workstation 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 3100 1 x4 Yes (**) 2019
HP ZBook 15u Workstation 15.6″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 3100 1 x4 Yes (**) 2019
Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 14 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 7th gen Core U w/ Nvidia 940MX 1 x2 (?) 2018
Lenovo IdeaPad 720s 15 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 7th gen Core U w/ up to GTX 1050 Ti 1 x2 (?) No 2018
Lenovo ThinkPad 25 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 7th gen Core U w/ Nvidia 940MX 1 x2 Yes 2018
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Workstation 15.6″ up to 9th gen Core HK w/ up to Quadro T2000 2 x4 Yes (*) 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad P53s Workstation 15.6″ Core U w/ up to Quadro P520 1 x2 No 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad T490 Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Nvidia MX250 1 x4 (?) Yes 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad T590 Ultraportable 15.6″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Nvidia MX250 1 x4 (?) Yes 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad T480s Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Nvidia MX150 1 x2 Yes 2018
Lenovo ThinkPad T490s Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Nvidia MX250 1 x4 (?) Yes 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Ultraportable 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Multimedia 15.6″ up to 9th gen Core HK w/ Nvidia 1650MQ 2 x4 Yes (*) 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga Convertible 14.0″ up to 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 2 x4 Yes 2019
Lenovo Yoga 730 15 Multimedia 15.6″ touch Core HQ w/ Nvidia 1050 1 x2 No 2018
Lenovo Yoga C730 Convertible 15.6″ touch up to 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes 2018
LG Gram 15 Ultraportable 15.6″ touch up to 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes (*) 2018
LG Gram 17 Ultraportable 17.3″ matte/touch 8th gen Core U w/ Intel UHD 1 x4 Yes (*) 2019
MSI GS65 Stealth Thin Gaming 15.6″ matte up to 9th gen Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
MSI GS75 Stealth Thin Gaming 17.3″ matte up to 9th gen Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
MSI P65 Creator Workstation 15.6″ matte up to 9th gen Core HK w/ up to RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
MSI WS65 Workstation 15.6″ matte up to 8th gen Core H w/ Quadro P3200 1 x4 No 2019
Razer Blade 14 Gaming 14.0″ up to 7th gen Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2018
Razer Blade 15 Advanced Gaming 15.6″ matte up to 8th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
Razer Blade Pro 17 Gaming 17.3″ up to 9th gen Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080MQ 1 x4 No 2019
Samsung Notebook 9 Pen 15 Convertible 15.6″ touch 8th gen Core U w/ MX150 2 x4 Yes 2019

 

15 to 21-inch full-size notebooks with Thunderbolt 3 connectors

Model Type Screen Hardware TB3 ports Charging Updated
Acer Aspire V15 Nitro Multimedia 15.6″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2017
Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Multimedia 17.3″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2017
Acer Predator 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1070 1 x4 No 2018
Acer Predator 17 Gaming 17.3″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1070 1 x4 No 2018
Acer Predator Helios 500 Gaming 17.3″ Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1070 2 x4 No 2018
Acer Predator Triton 900 Gaming 17.3″ Core H w/ RTX GTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
Alienware Area 51m Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
Alienware 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core HK w/ up to GTX 1080 1 x4 No 2018
Alienware 17 Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to GTX 1080 1 x4 No 2018
Asus ROG Mothership GZ700GX Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 1×4 No 2019
Asus ROG G703 Series Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 1×4 No 2019
Asus ROG G752 Series Gaming 17.3″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1070 1 No 2017
Asus ROG GL502VM Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ Nvidia GTX 1060 1 x2 No 2017
Asus ROG GL702VM Gaming 17.3″ Core HQ w/ Nvidia GTX 1060 1 x2 No 2017
Asus ROG GX800 Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to GTX 1080 SLI 1 No 2018
Clevo P750TM1-G / Sager NP9156 Gaming 15.6″ Core K w/ up to GTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
Clevo P775TM1-G / Sager NP9176 Gaming 17.3″ Core K w/ up to GTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
Clevo P750DM2 / Sager NP9152 / Schenker XMG U507 Gaming 15.6″ Core K w/ up to GTX 1080 1 x4 No 2018
Clevo P775DM3 / Sager NP9172 / Schenker XMG U717 Gaming 17.3″ Core K w/ up to GTX 1080 1 x4 No 2018
Dell G3 Gaming 15/17 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ Nvidia GTX 1660Ti 1 x4 No 2019
Dell G5 Gaming 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2060 1 x4 No 2019
Dell G7 Gaming 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core HK w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 MQ 1 x4 No 2019
Dell G7 Gaming 17 Gaming 17.3″ Core H w/ up to Nvidia RTX 2080 MQ 1 x4 No 2019
Dell Inspiron Gaming 7577 Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ Nvidia 1060 MQ 1 x4 No 2018
Dell Precision 15 3000 Series Workstation 15.6″ Core HK w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
Dell Precision 15 7000 series Workstation 15.6″ Core HK or Xeon w/ AMD FirePro or Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
Dell Precision 17 7000 series Workstation 17.3″ Core HK or Xeon w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
Lenovo Legion Y720 Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2017
Lenovo Legion Y730 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1060 1 x2 No 2018
Lenovo Legion Y730 17 Gaming 15.6″ Core HQ w/ up to GTX 1060 1 x4 No 2018
Lenovo Legion Y740 15 Gaming 15.6″ Core H w/ up to RTX 2070 Max-Q 1 x4 No 2019
Lenovo Legion Y740 17 Gaming 17.3″ Core H w/ up to RTX 2080 Max-Q 1 x4 No 2019
Lenovo Legion Y920 Gaming 17.3″ Core HQ w/ GTX 1070 1 x4 No 2017
Lenovo ThinkPad P53 Workstation 15.6″ Core H or Xeon w/ Nvidia Quadro 2 x4 No 2019
Lenovo ThinkPad P73 Workstation 17.3″ Core H or Xeon w/ Nvidia Quadro 2 x4 No 2019
HP ZBook 15 Workstation 15.6″ Core HK w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
HP ZBook 17 Workstation 17.3″ Core HK w/ Nvidia Quadro 1 x4 No 2019
MSI GT73 Titan Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ up to GTX 1070 SLI 1 x4 No 2018
MSI GT75 Titan Gaming 17.3″ Core HK w/ Nvidia RTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
MSI GT76 Titan Gaming 17.3″ Core K w/ Nvidia RTX 2080 1 x4 No 2019
MSI GT83VR Titan Pro Gaming 18.4″ Core HK w/ up to GTX 1080 SLI 1 x4 No 2018
MSI WT75 Workstation 17.3″ Core K w/ up to Quadro P5200 1 x4 No 2019