Lenovo has announced an all-new ThinkStation machine designed for performance-hungry professionals. The new ThinkStation P-series lineup consists of four of his machines based on up to two Intel Sapphire Rapids processors and up to four Nvidia RTX series professional graphics cards. One of the interesting things about Lenovo’s announcement is that the new workstation’s chassis was co-designed with Aston and his Martin, the automaker whose designers use his ThinkStation to build cars.
Lenovo’s latest ThinkStation P series workstation family consists of three base machines.th Powered by Generation Xeon scalable ‘Sapphire Rapids’ processors with up to 120 total cores, up to 4 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace graphics cards and 48GB of GDDR6 memory. Powered by Intel’s Xeon W-3400 series processors, the high-end ThinkStation P7 features up to 56 cores and up to 3 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace graphics boards. The relatively compact ThinkStation 5 is powered by Intel’s Xeon W-2400 series CPUs with up to 24 cores and up to two Nvidia RTX A6000 Ampere-based graphics with 48 GB of memory that can be connected using NVLink It has a card. The updated ThinkStation has a baseboard management controller and can be serviced remotely.
said Rob Harman, vice president of Lenovo’s Workstation and Client AI business unit.We’ve worked closely with Intel, Nvidia, and Aston Martin to ensure these new systems offer the best form and function by combining premium chassis with ultra-high-end graphics, memory, and processing power.“
Lenovo ThinkStation PX
Speaking of Aston Martin, every workstation has a chassis with a front panel inspired by the front grille of Aston Martin’s DBS cars (e.g. Aston Martin DBS Superleggera). Lenovo and Aston His Martin-designed chassis features Lenovo’s his 3-channel cooling system, which can be repaired without the use of tools.
| Lenovo ThinkStation P5, P7, and PX: General Specifications | |||||
| anand tech | Think Station P5 | Think Station P7 | ThinkStation PX | ||
| CPU | Zeon W-2400 Up to 24 cores |
Zeon W-3400 Up to 56 cores |
2x Xeon Scalable Up to 120 cores |
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| chipset | W790 | W790 | C741 | ||
| RAM | Up to 512 GB DDR5-4800 with ECC | Up to 1 TB DDR5-4800 with ECC | Up to 2 TB DDR5-4800 with ECC | ||
| GPUs | Up to 2x Nvidia RTX A6000 Ampere |
Up to 3x Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace |
Up to 4x Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace |
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| depository | Up to 6 total drives: M.2: 3 (12TB) 3.5″: 3 (36TB) Raid: |
Up to 7 total drives: M.2: 4 (16TB) 3.5″: 3 (36TB) again Up to 6 total drives: Raid: |
Up to 9 total drives: M.2: 7 (28TB) 3.5″: 2 (24TB) again Up to 7 total drives: Raid: |
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| Expansion | 2x PCIe 5.0 x16 1x PCIe 4.0 x8 3x PCIe 4.0 x4 |
3x PCIe 5.0 x16 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 1x PCIe 4.0 x8 1x PCIe 5.0 x4 1x PCIe 4.0 x4 |
Dual CPU system: 4x PCIe 5.0 x16 4x PCIe 4.0 x16 1x PCIe 4.0 x8 Single CPU system: |
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| networking | 1GbE Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 + BT 5.2 |
10GbE 1GbE Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 + BT 5.2 |
10GbE 1GbE Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 + BT 5.2 |
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| input/output | Front port: audio combo jack Optional front port: Rear port: |
Front port: audio combo jack Optional front port: Rear port: |
Optional front port: 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 2x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Rear port: 2x USB 2.0 4x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen 2×2 1GbE 10GbE ethernet line in line out serial (optional) |
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| size | (mm): 165 x 453 x 440 (inch): 6.5 x 17.8 x 17.3 |
(mm): 175 x 508 x 435 (inch): 6.9 x 20 x 17.1 |
(mm): 220 x 575 x 435 (inch): 8.7 x 22.6 x 17.1 |
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| PSUs | 750W 1000W |
1000W 1400W |
1850W Optional redundancy |
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| safety | TPM2.0 Self-healing BIOS power on password UEFI secure boot Kensington lock slot padlock loop |
TPM2.0 Self-healing BIOS power on password UEFI secure boot Kensington lock slot |
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| OS | Preload: Windows 11 Pro for Workstations Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (preinstalled with Windows 11 Pro downgrade rights) Ubuntu Linux support: |
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ThinkStation PX: The Ultimate Machine
The top-of-the-line Lenovo ThinkStation PX is a classic, no-compromise dual-socket workstation with up to two Intel 4s.th Generation Xeon Scalable processors are based on the latest 120 general purpose cores, paired with up to 2 TB of DDR5-4800 memory and up to 4 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB GDDR6 graphics cards. As for storage, the ThinkStation PX can accommodate three or seven M.2 SSDs and four 3.5-inch hard drives. Depending on the configuration, Lenovo ThinkStation PX offers different levels of storage capacity with 28 TB or 12 TB of NAND flash storage and up to 24 TB or 48 TB of HDD storage. For the first time, Lenovo’s most powerful workstations can no longer have optical disc drives.
Connectivity and scalability (or rather, flexibility) are among the key features of workstations, as these machines are used for a wide range of professional applications such as animation, professional visualization, simulation, rendering, and video editing. It’s one. To meet these needs, ThinkStation PX can be equipped with up to 4 PCIe 5.0 x16 add-in boards (for example, 4 graphics cards), 4 PCIe 4.0 x16 AIBs and 1 PCIe 4.0 x8 card. This machine has one 10GbE port, one GbE connector, one Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 adapter, one USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C on the back and multiple USB 3.2 Gen2 on the front It has Type-A and Type-C, and on the back, it has an audio connector. Surprisingly, this workstation does not have Thunderbolt 4 or USB4 connectivity.
The ThinkStation PX is the ultimate machine with unprecedented performance, but Lenovo understands that such dual-socket workstations are dying out. The system comes in a rack-optimized chassis and can be used remotely or for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) applications.
ThinkStation P7: Versatile Xeon W Workstation
Lenovo’s ThinkStation P7 sits below the PX, but this single-socket machine offers outstanding performance to meet the needs of demanding architects, content creators, designers, engineers, and data scientists. Like its big brother, this unit comes in a rack-optimized case.
ThinkStation P7 machines are powered by Intel’s Xeon W-3400 series CPUs with up to 56 cores, up to 1 TB of DDR5-4800 memory and up to 3 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada graphics cards with 48 GB of memory. I’m here. The machine can be equipped with up to 4x M.2 SSDs and 3x 3.5-inch hard drives, offering up to 52TB of storage space.
In terms of expansion capabilities, the unit can accommodate 3 PCIe 5.0 x16 AIBs, 1 PCIe 5.0 x4 card, 1 PCIe 4.0 x16 board, 1 PCIe 4.0 x8 AIB and 1 PCIe 4.0 x4 card. It features one 10GbE port, one GbE connector, an Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 adapter, a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C on the back, multiple USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A and Type-C ports, and an audio jack. increase. Again, the machine has no TB4 and USB4 connections.
ThinkStation P5: compact and powerful
The ThinkStation P5 may not be as advanced and powerful as the P7 or PX, but it’s more powerful than almost any high-performance desktop and is aimed at a wide variety of performance-hungry workloads. At 165mm x 453mm x 440mm, this relatively compact traditional desktop, on the other hand, is not suitable for rack mounting (although it is not entirely impossible with the right third-party kits. ).
Lenovo’s ThinkStation P5 is powered by up to 24-core Intel Xeon W-2400 series processors with up to 512 GB of DDR5-4800 memory and up to two Nvidia RTX A6000 graphics boards with 48 GB of GDDR6 SGRAM can be combined. Connect to each other with NVLink. The workstation can be equipped with 3x M.2 SSDs and 3x 3.5″ HDDs for a total storage space of 48TB.
This machine has 2 PCIe 5.0 x16 slots, 1 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot and 3 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots. It also comes with GbE, Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 adapters, a USB 3.2 Gen2x2 Type-C port, multiple USB 3.2 Gen2 connectors, and an audio jack. Unfortunately the system does not have Thunderbolt 3 and USB4 ports.
availability and price
Lenovo plans to start selling the new ThinkStation PX, P7, and P5 workstations in May of this year.The company hasn’t disclosed pricing for these machines, but it’s likely similar to that price. current generation Dual socket and P700 and P500 series machines.
