Lenovo ThinkCentre M70q Gen 3
One-litre business desktop on the Intel Q670 chipset with 35 W 12th-gen Core i3 to i9 T-series processors (plus Celeron and Pentium Gold), up to 64 GB DDR4-3200, one PCIe 4.0 M.2 SSD and a 2.5" bay, and up to four displays. vPro Enterprise is offered on the i5-12500T and up.
Memory
- Slots
- 2 DDR4 SO-DIMM, dual-channel capable
- Type
- DDR4-3200 SO-DIMM
- Max
- 64 GB, based on Lenovo's tested memory
Storage
- Support
- Up to two drives: 1 × 2.5" HDD + 1 × M.2 SSD
- M.2
- 1 × M.2 SSD slot: M.2 2242 PCIe 3.0 x2 or M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe (Opal 2.0 optional), up to 2 TB
- Bays
- 1 × 2.5" SATA 6 Gb/s bay (7200 rpm HDD, up to 1 TB)
- RAID
- No RAID support
- Optical
- No internal optical; slim 9 mm DVD-ROM or DVD±RW in an external USB ODD box
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel UHD Graphics 710, 730 or 770 (by processor)
- Discrete
- None offered
- Outputs
- 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 1 × DP 1.4a (HBR2, DSC), 2 optional punch-out ports (2 × HDMI / VGA / DP, or USB-C with DP plus HDMI / VGA / DP)
- Max resolution
- HDMI 4096×2160 @ 60 Hz; DP and USB-C 4096×2304 @ 60 Hz; VGA 1920×1200 @ 60 Hz
- Monitors
- Up to 4 independent displays (onboard DP, onboard HDMI, 2 optional punch-out ports)
Expansion
- PCIe
- No PCIe slot
- M.2
- 2 × M.2: one for the WLAN card, one for an SSD
- Punch-out ports
- Two rear punch-out positions (see Ports); the optional 2.5 GbE card uses punch-out port 2
Networking
- Onboard
- Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM Gigabit, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- Optional Ethernet
- Realtek RTL8125BGS 2.5 GbE, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN (occupies punch-out port 2)
- WLAN
- Optional Realtek RTL8822CE (Wi-Fi 5, BT 5.0), Intel Wireless-AC 9560 (Wi-Fi 5, BT 5.1), Realtek RTL8852BE (Wi-Fi 6, BT 5.3), Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (BT 5.2, vPro or non-vPro), or Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (BT 5.3, vPro); BT 5.2/5.3 need Windows 11
Power
- Adapter
- 65 W, 90 W or 135 W external ac adapter, 89%, auto-sensing
- IO box
- 300 W fixed supply (90%, 100-240 V) with the optional IO box, connected to the box's DC-in
- By processor
- PSREF model list: Core i7-12700T and i9-12900T ship with 135 W; i5-12400T/12500T mostly with 90 W; the 90 W adapter may increase performance scores with those two chips
- Adapter cage
- Optional power adapter cage
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 (data, 5 V 0.9 A charging), 1 × USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 (Always On, 5 V 2.1 A charging), 1 × USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, headset jack
- Rear
- 1 × USB 2.0 (smart power-on), 1 × USB-A 3.2 Gen 1, 2 × USB-A 3.2 Gen 2, 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 1 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × RJ-45
- Rear optional
- Punch-out port 1: one of VGA, DP, HDMI, serial, or USB-C 2.0 with DP and 100 W PD in; punch-out port 2: one of VGA, DP, HDMI, serial, or RJ-45 (2.5 GbE)
- IO box
- Optional: 1 × serial (RS-232), Gigabit Ethernet, 2 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 with DP 1.4, 1 × USB-A 2.0 (12 V 3 A), 2 × USB-A 2.0 (24 V 3 A), 1 × USB-C link to the Tiny, 300 W DC-in
Physical
- Form factor
- Tiny, 1 L
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 179 × 182.9 × 36.5 mm with rubber feet (7.05 × 7.2 × 1.44 in)
- With ODD
- 204.2 × 186.6 × 64 mm (Tiny + ODD)
- Weight
- About 1.25 kg (2.76 lb) Tiny only; about 1.74 kg with VESA mount and ODD box
- Machine types
- 11T3, 11T4, 11TY, 11U0, 11UD, 11X2, 11X6
- Colour
- Raven black
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified); Kensington slot 3 × 7 mm; chassis intrusion switch (hardware ready: special bid or enable in BIOS)
- Accessories
- Vertical stand, VESA 75/100 mm mount bracket, dust filter, power adapter cage, toolless chassis screw
- Audio
- Realtek ALC256VB HD Audio, single 2 W speaker (premium speaker optional)
- Rugged
- MIL-STD-810H tests passed
- Environment
- Operating 5-35 °C, 20-80% humidity, up to 3048 m
- Materials
- 85% post-consumer recycled plastic in the chassis
Management
- Remote
- Intel vPro Enterprise (i5-12500T, i7-12700T, i9-12900T models) or Non-vPro
- BIOS security
- Administrator, power-on and hard disk passwords; Absolute persistence module; cover tamper detection; certificate-based BIOS authentication; configuration change detection; secure boot; self-healing BIOS; Smart USB protection; individual USB port disable
- Status
- Withdrawn (PSREF); models announced 2022-02-22 to 2024-06-11; end of support 2029-09-22 (2028-09-22 for a few models)
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home (and Single Language), Windows 11 Pro with Windows 10 Pro downgrade, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, Ubuntu Linux, no OS
- Linux note
- Some features such as Intel RST RAID may not be supported with a Linux preload (PSREF)
Processors
- Intel Celeron G6900T
- Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
- Intel Core i3-12100T
- Intel Core i3-12300T
- Intel Core i5-12400T
- Intel Core i5-12500T
- Intel Core i5-12600T
- Intel Core i7-12700T
- Intel Core i9-12900T