Lenovo has decided that IFA[1] is the ideal time to show off its most powerful (and most chunky) hardware. And easily at the top of that heap is the Thinkpad P16 Gen 3. With a starting price of $3,339, it’s the most expensive and the most powerful of the lot. It packs the latest Core Ultra 200HX[2] processors and has options for Nvidia’s RTX Pro GPUs, up to 192GB of DDR5 RAM, and up to 12TB of PCIe Gen5 NVMe storage; there is also an option for a 16-inch 3.2K OLED touchscreen. Unsurprisingly, the P16 Gen 3 is a beefy machine, at well over an inch thick and with a starting weight of 5.6 pounds, but on the plus side, it has a user-replaceable battery and two Thunderbolt 5 ports.
If that’s too bulky but you still want some serious oomph, there is the new Thinkpad P1 Gen 8. You get Core Ultra 200 H series processors, and your graphics options are capped at the slightly lower RTX Pro 2000 tier (versus the 5000 on the P16), plus you still get two Thunderbolt 5 ports and can opt for the same 16-inch OLED panel. The perk is that it’s in a much less boxy chassis that weighs only 4 pounds and gets down to 0.8 inches thick, with a slightly more reasonable starting price of $2,819.
Even though the P series is aimed at pros doing 3D rendering, it’s the Legion Pro 7 gaming machine that is actually the heftiest of the bunch. It’s slightly thinner than the P16 at 1.05 inches, but it weighs 6 pounds. It starts at $2,399, but can be configured with up to an AMD Ryzen 9955HX3D and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080. That’s more than enough to push most AAA titles to the 16-inch 240Hz OLED. If 16 inches isn’t enough real estate, Lenovo also unveiled a trio of gaming OLEDs: the $699.99 Pro 27Q-10, the $999.99 Pro 27UD-10, and the $1,099.99 Pro 32UD-10.
References
- ^ IFA (www.theverge.com)
- ^ Core Ultra 200HX (www.theverge.com)