Bambu Lab X1 Carbon vs Bambu Lab P2S
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon and Bambu Lab P2S are level on what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
It's a dead heat.
Neither pulls ahead on the published figures, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.
Choose Bambu Lab X1 Carbon if…
- • You want Bambu Lab X1 Carbon's edge on how hot its bed gets and how heavy it is
Choose Bambu Lab P2S if…
- • You want Bambu Lab P2S's edge on how fast it prints and how many colors it can print
Round by round
- Round 1How fast it printsBambu Lab P2S winsBambu Lab X1 Carbon5/10
500 mm/s
max toolhead speed (mm/s)
- 500 mm/s, against 600 mm/s
Source: public-cdn.bambulab.com ↗
Bambu Lab P2S wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How many colors it can printBambu Lab P2S winsBambu Lab X1 Carbon5/10
16 colors (4x AMS)
max colors
- 16 colors (4x AMS), against 20 colors (8 AMS units)
Source: bambulab.com ↗
Bambu Lab P2S wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How hot its bed getsBambu Lab X1 Carbon winsBambu Lab X1 Carbon8/10
120 °C (110 V)
max build plate temperature (US 110 V)
Source: public-cdn.bambulab.com ↗
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How heavy it isBambu Lab X1 Carbon wins
Bambu Lab X1 Carbon wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How big a print it can makeTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6How hard it can accelerateTieBambu Lab X1 Carbon7/10
20 m/s²
max acceleration (as the page states it; no unit conversion)
- max acceleration
Source: bambulab.com ↗
Nothing to separate them here.
Side by side
- max acceleration
- 256 x 256 x 256 mm, against 325 x 320 x 325 mm
- 500 mm/s, against 1000 mm/s
- 16 colors (4x AMS), against up to 25 colors
- 300 °C, against 350 °C
- 110 °C, against 120 °C
- 256 x 256 x 256 mm, against 350 x 350 x 350 mm
- 20,000 mm/s², against 30,000 mm/s²
- 300 °C, against 350 °C