HP Z6 G5 A Workstation
HP's AMD-based Z6 tower workstation: single-socket Threadripper PRO 7000WX/9000WX (sTR5), 8 DDR5 ECC RDIMM slots (up to 1 TB), six PCIe Gen4/Gen5 slots and room for up to three double-width GPUs. The AMD counterpart to the Xeon W-based Z6 G5.
Memory
- Slots
- 8 DDR5 DIMM slots
- Type
- DDR5 registered ECC RDIMM and 3DS RDIMM (16/32/64/128 GB)
- Speed
- Up to 6400 MT/s; the system runs at the slowest of what the CPU or the installed DIMMs support
- Max
- 1 TB (8 × 128 GB RDIMM)
- Protection
- ECC on data
- Cooling
- 32 GB or larger RDIMMs ship with (or require, after-market) the HP Z6 G5 A Memory Cooling Solution (760N6AA)
Storage
- Bays
- 1 internal 3.5" (acoustic damping rail) + 1 external 5.25" (requires HP Z4/Z6 A HDD Cable Kit 74Y88AA for internal HDD install)
- M.2
- 4 onboard M.2 slots: 2 × PCIe Gen5 x4 (slot 2/3) + 2 × PCIe Gen4 x4 (slot 0/1)
- Front NVMe
- 2 SlimSAS PCIe Gen4 x8 connectors for the HP CRU QX448 front removable carrier (up to 4 hot-swap M.2 devices total)
- SATA
- 2 integrated SATA 6 Gb/s ports
- PCIe SSD cards
- HP Z Turbo Drive Dual Pro (56Q86AA) and Quad Pro (7H9Z3AA) PCIe 4x4 carriers
- Z Turbo M.2 drives
- 512 GB to 8 TB PCIe 4.0 x4 TLC; SED OPAL2 versions available
- RAID
- RAID 0/1/5/10 via AMD RAIDXpert2 (SATA/NVMe); Windows 11, RHEL 8.6+, SLE 15 SP4+ and Ubuntu 20.04+ supported
- Optical
- 9.5 mm slim DVD-ROM, DVD writer or BDXL Blu-ray writer
- Boot drive
- Windows must be installed on SSD; HDDs are data-only
Graphics
- Integrated
- None
- Compute
- NVIDIA A800 40 GB (no display outputs, needs a separate display GPU; 2 max)
- Ultra high-end
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB (1 max), RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q Blackwell 96 GB (3 max)
- High-end
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB, RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48 GB, RTX 5000 Ada 24 GB, RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32 GB, RTX 4500 Ada 24 GB, RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24 GB, RTX 4000 Ada 16 GB (3 max each); AMD Radeon Pro W7900 48 GB (1 max)
- Mid-range
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16 GB, RTX 2000E Ada 16 GB, RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB; AMD Radeon Pro W7600 8 GB, Radeon Pro W7500 8 GB (3 max each)
- Entry
- NVIDIA RTX A1000 8 GB, T1000 4 GB, RTX A400 4 GB (3 max); AMD Radeon RX 6400 4 GB (1 max)
- Max cards
- 3 for most cards; NVIDIA Quadro Sync II / RTX PRO Sync Card offered
- Required kits
- Single/dual/triple configurations of most cards need the HP Z6 G5 A Fan and Front Card Guide Kit (760N5AA); triple configurations also need the HP Z6 G5 A PCIe Retainer with Fans (760N7AA). RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (non-CTO) needs the RTX PRO 6000 Z6 G5 A Retrofit Kit (CA0E4AA). RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell/RTX 4000 Ada only supported with the 1125/1275 W or 1450 W PSU
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length
- Slot 2
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length
- Slot 3
- Mechanical only
- Slot 4
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length
- Slot 5
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length
- Slot 6
- PCIe 4.0 x16, full height, full length
- Slot 7
- PCIe 4.0 x4, full height, half length
- M.2
- 4 onboard PCIe (2 × Gen5 x4, 2 × Gen4 x4)
- Other
- 2 front NVMe SlimSAS PCIe Gen4 x8; 1 connector for HP Dual Port 10GbE NIC G2 (PCIe Gen4 x4); optional HP Dual Thunderbolt 4 PCIe x4 low-profile card (340L1AA)
Networking
- Onboard
- 1 × 1GbE RJ-45, Realtek RTL8111EPP (WOL, PXE, DASH)
- Optional onboard
- 2 × 10GbE Network Module (rear panel)
- Flex I/O options
- HP Flex 10GbE, 2.5GbE, 1GbE, 1GbE fiber LC, HP Flex MediaTek RZ616 Wi-Fi 6 + BT 5.3, Intel AX210 Wi-Fi 6E + BT 5.2 (external antenna)
- Cards
- NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx dual 10/25GbE SFP28, Intel E810-XXVDA2 10/25GbE SFP28, HP Dual Port 10GbE NIC G2, Intel X550 dual 10GbE, Intel I226-T1 2.5GbE, Intel I350-T4 4-port 1GbE, Allied Telesis AT-2911Ta/2 and AT-2914SX/LC, Broadcom 5720 1GbE
Power
- 775 W
- 80 PLUS Gold (90% at 50% load), up to 230 W auxiliary graphics power
- 1200/1350 W
- 80 PLUS Platinum (92% at 50% load), 110 V, up to 750 W auxiliary graphics power
- 1700 W
- 80 PLUS Platinum, 230 V, up to 900 W auxiliary graphics power
- Input
- Rated 100-240 VAC (90-269 VAC operating), 50-60 Hz
Ports
- Front (Premium)
- 1 × USB-C 20 Gbps (USB PD 3.0), 2 × USB-A 5 Gbps (1 with battery charging), CTIA headset jack, optional SD reader
- Front (Entry)
- 4 × USB-A 5 Gbps (1 with battery charging), CTIA headset jack, optional SD reader
- Rear
- 6 × USB-A 5 Gbps, 1 × RJ-45 1GbE (DASH), universal audio jack, optional 2 × 10GbE, optional Flex I/O module
- Internal
- 2 SATA, 1 USB 3.2 Gen1 header, 1 USB 2.0 header
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower (4U when racked)
- Dimensions (H×W×D)
- 444.5 × 169 × 465 mm footprint (470.2 mm max depth, measured to rear fan)
- Packaged
- 630 × 313 × 593 mm
- Weight
- Minimum 13.2 kg, typical 14.8 kg, maximum 23.1 kg
- Operating temp
- 5–40 °C (reduced above 1524 m altitude); non-operating -40–60 °C
- Rack
- Z2 Mini/Z2 Tower/Z4/Z6 depth-adjustable fixed rail rack kit (2A8Y5AA)
- Noise
- 3.19–3.94 B idle to active (entry/mid config, floor-tested)
Management
- Remote
- HP Remote System Controller (PCIe, integrated or main-board adapter variants), Universal KVM version
- Security
- Integrated TPM 2.0 (Infineon SLB 9672, Common Criteria EAL4+), AMD ROM Armor v3, AMD Transparent SME, chassis intrusion sensor, optional solenoid hood lock, padlock loop and Kensington slot
- BIOS
- UEFI 2.7, HP BIOS Configuration Utility (F10), HP PC Hardware Diagnostics UEFI, System/Emergency ROM Flash Recovery
Operating systems
- Preinstalled
- Windows 11 Pro High End, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, HP Linux-ready
- Supported
- Windows 10 Pro for Workstations, RHEL Workstation 8 & 9 (paper license), Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Not supported
- Windows 7 and 8
Processors
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9965WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7955WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX