Thinkpad X13 Gen 2 (AMD)
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I bought a Thinkpad to replace my Thinkpad. While I had originally intended to replace it with an MNT Reform, this is what I've ended up with. Here's some technical information Linux can provide on it.
1. Minor version differences
- The AMD second-generation model has a removable M.2 wifi card. This is useful because the one it comes with (Realtek) is crap on Linux.
- The Intel second and third generation models have soldered Intel wifi cards. Which is great on Linux, and the best option you could have for a soldered card.
- The third-generation AMD model has a soldered Realtek card. Which is the worst of both worlds.
- All generations have an odd (proprietary) port for a (dumb) Ethernet adaptor. The second-gen AMD model has an onboard Realtek ethernet controller driven by the r8169 module, which is perhaps better than depending on USB C? I don't really understand why they did this, and it's Realtek, so I doubt it.
2. cpuinfo
processor : 11 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 25 model : 80 model name : AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 5650U with Radeon Graphics stepping : 0 microcode : 0xa50000c cpu MHz : 400.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 12 core id : 5 cpu cores : 6 apicid : 11 initial apicid : 11 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 16 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt pdpe1gb rdtscp lm constant_tsc rep_good nopl nonstop_tsc cpuid extd_apicid aperfmperf rapl pni pclmulqdq monitor ssse3 fma cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 movbe popcnt aes xsave avx f16c rdrand lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt tce topoext perfctr_core perfctr_nb bpext perfctr_llc mwaitx cpb cat_l3 cdp_l3 hw_pstate ssbd mba ibrs ibpb stibp vmmcall fsgsbase bmi1 avx2 smep bmi2 erms invpcid cqm rdt_a rdseed adx smap clflushopt clwb sha_ni xsaveopt xsavec xgetbv1 xsaves cqm_llc cqm_occup_llc cqm_mbm_total cqm_mbm_local clzero irperf xsaveerptr rdpru wbnoinvd cppc arat npt lbrv svm_lock nrip_save tsc_scale vmcb_clean flushbyasid decodeassists pausefilter pfthreshold avic v_vmsave_vmload vgif v_spec_ctrl umip pku ospke vaes vpclmulqdq rdpid overflow_recov succor smca fsrm bugs : sysret_ss_attrs spectre_v1 spectre_v2 spec_store_bypass bogomips : 4591.47 TLB size : 2560 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm hwpstate cpb eff_freq_ro [13] [14]
3. dmidecode (memory, soldered)
Handle 0x0008, DMI type 17, 92 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0001
Error Information Handle: 0x0007
Total Width: 32 bits
Data Width: 32 bits
Size: 8 GB
Form Factor: Other
Set: None
Locator: DIMM 0
Bank Locator: P0 CHANNEL A
Type: LPDDR4
Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
Speed: 4266 MT/s
Manufacturer: Hynix
Serial Number: 00000000
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: H9HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE
Rank: Unknown
Configured Memory Speed: 4266 MT/s
Minimum Voltage: 0.6 V
Maximum Voltage: 0.6 V
Configured Voltage: Unknown
Memory Technology: DRAM
Memory Operating Mode Capability: Volatile memory
Firmware Version: Unknown
Module Manufacturer ID: Bank 1, Hex 0xAD
Module Product ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Manufacturer ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Product ID: Unknown
Non-Volatile Size: None
Volatile Size: 8 GB
Cache Size: None
Logical Size: None
Handle 0x000B, DMI type 17, 92 bytes
Memory Device
Array Handle: 0x0001
Error Information Handle: 0x000A
Total Width: 32 bits
Data Width: 32 bits
Size: 8 GB
Form Factor: Other
Set: None
Locator: DIMM 0
Bank Locator: P0 CHANNEL B
Type: LPDDR4
Type Detail: Synchronous Unbuffered (Unregistered)
Speed: 4266 MT/s
Manufacturer: Hynix
Serial Number: 00000000
Asset Tag: Not Specified
Part Number: H9HCNNNCPMMLXR-NEE
Rank: Unknown
Configured Memory Speed: 4266 MT/s
Minimum Voltage: 0.6 V
Maximum Voltage: 0.6 V
Configured Voltage: Unknown
Memory Technology: DRAM
Memory Operating Mode Capability: Volatile memory
Firmware Version: Unknown
Module Manufacturer ID: Bank 1, Hex 0xAD
Module Product ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Manufacturer ID: Unknown
Memory Subsystem Controller Product ID: Unknown
Non-Volatile Size: None
Volatile Size: 8 GB
Cache Size: None
Logical Size: None
4. GPU Information
- Configurable memory allocation up to 8GB
- ROCm not supported, sadly.
- Wayland has no issues I've experienced on Fedora 37.
- Renior (Vega micro-architecture)
Extended renderer info (GLX_MESA_query_renderer):
Vendor: AMD (0x1002)
Device: RENOIR (renoir, LLVM 15.0.0, DRM 3.48, 6.0.8-300.fc37.x86_64) (0x1638)
Version: 22.2.3
Accelerated: yes
Video memory: 4096MB
Unified memory: no
Preferred profile: core (0x1)
Max core profile version: 4.6
Max compat profile version: 4.6
Max GLES1 profile version: 1.1
Max GLES[23] profile version: 3.2
Memory info (GL_ATI_meminfo):
VBO free memory - total: 3269 MB, largest block: 3269 MB
VBO free aux. memory - total: 5785 MB, largest block: 5785 MB
Texture free memory - total: 3269 MB, largest block: 3269 MB
Texture free aux. memory - total: 5785 MB, largest block: 5785 MB
Renderbuffer free memory - total: 3269 MB, largest block: 3269 MB
Renderbuffer free aux. memory - total: 5785 MB, largest block: 5785 MB
Memory info (GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info):
Dedicated video memory: 4096 MB
Total available memory: 9987 MB
Currently available dedicated video memory: 3269 MB
OpenGL vendor string: AMD
OpenGL renderer string: RENOIR (renoir, LLVM 15.0.0, DRM 3.48, 6.0.8-300.fc37.x86_64)
OpenGL core profile version string: 4.6 (Core Profile) Mesa 22.2.3
OpenGL core profile shading language version string: 4.60
5. Firmware
- Supported by the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS).
- Updates with fwupd work.
- Updates through gnome-software work.
- Lap-detection works for power-modes (no 'performance' mode on your lap).
- Keyboard backlight combo (fn+spc) and function keys work.
- Combo Power+Fingerprint sensor works with PAM, no issues adding fingerprints in GNOME.