Lenovo ThinkCentre M90q Gen 3
One-litre business desktop on the Intel Q670 chipset, spanning Celeron/Pentium up to 12th-gen Core i9, with DDR5 SO-DIMM memory, dual M.2 NVMe SSDs plus a 2.5" bay, and an internal low-profile PCIe x8 slot for a quad-port NIC or serial card.
Memory
- Slots
- Two DDR5 SO-DIMM slots, dual-channel capable
- Type
- DDR5-4800
- Max
- Up to 64 GB DDR5-4800 (2 × 32 GB), based on Lenovo's tested memory
Storage
- Support
- Up to three drives: 1 × 2.5" HDD + 2 × M.2 SSD; 2.5" HDD up to 1 TB, M.2 SSD up to 2 TB each
- Storage types
- 2.5" SATA HDD, SATA 6 Gb/s, 7.2K, 500 GB/1 TB; M.2 2242 SSD, PCIe NVMe 3.0 x2, 128 GB; M.2 2280 SSD, PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4, 256/512 GB/1 TB, Opal 2.0; M.2 2280 SSD, PCIe NVMe 4.0 x4 Performance, 512 GB/1 TB/2 TB, Opal 2.0
- RAID
- RAID 0/1 support for M.2 SSDs (RAID preset only via special-bid models)
- Optical
- DVD-ROM or DVD±RW, slim 9.0 mm, via external USB ODD box; or none
- Card reader
- No card reader
Graphics
- Integrated
- Intel UHD Graphics 710 (Celeron/Pentium), 730 (Core i3/i5-12400/12400T), or 770 (Core i5-12500 and up), shared memory
- Discrete
- Optional Intel Iris Xe MAX 100, 2 GB LPDDR4X, DirectX 12 / OpenGL 4.6, max 3840×2160@60Hz via 2× DP
- Max resolution (integrated)
- 4096×2160@60Hz (HDMI); 1920×1200@60Hz (VGA); 4096×2160/2304@60Hz (DP); 4096×2160/2304@60Hz (USB-C with DP function)
- Outputs
- 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 1 × DisplayPort 1.4, 2 × optional punch-out ports (2× HDMI/VGA/DP, or USB-C with DP function + HDMI/VGA/DP)
- Monitor support
- Up to 4 independent displays via onboard DP, onboard HDMI, and two optional punch-out ports
Expansion
- PCIe
- One PCIe 4.0 x8, low-profile
- M.2
- Two M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 slots for SSD; one M.2 slot for WLAN
Networking
- Onboard
- Gigabit Ethernet, Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- Optional Ethernet
- Intel Ethernet Server Adapter I350-T4 (GbE, 4 × RJ-45, PCIe x4, not available in EMEA), or Realtek RTL8125BGS (2.5GbE, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN)
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- Realtek Wi-Fi 6 RTL8852AE or RTL8852BE (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3); Realtek Wi-Fi 6E RTL8852CE (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3); Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX201 (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.2, vPro option); AMD Wi-Fi 6E RZ616 (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3); Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 (802.11ax 2×2 + BT 5.3, vPro); M.2 card; or none
Power
- Adapter
- 65 W, 90 W, 135 W or 230 W external adapter, 89% efficient, autosensing
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (data), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 (Always On, 5V@2.1A charging), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1 × headphone/microphone combo jack (3.5 mm)
- Rear
- 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (one Smart Power On), 2 × USB 3.2 Gen 2, 1 × HDMI 2.1 TMDS, 1 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × Ethernet (RJ-45)
- Optional rear
- Punch-out port 1: VGA / DisplayPort / HDMI / serial / USB-C 3.2 Gen 1 with DP function, 100 W PD in; Punch-out port 2: VGA / DisplayPort / HDMI / serial / RJ-45; or 2×/4× USB 3.2 Gen 1 sharing one Gen 1 link; or 1× 2.5GbE RJ-45 (RTL8125BGS); or 4× GbE RJ-45 via additional PCIe adapter
Physical
- Form factor
- Tiny, 1 L
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- Tiny only: 179 × 182.9 × 36.5 mm with rubber feet (7.05 × 7.2 × 1.44 in); Tiny & ODD: 204.2 × 186.6 × 64 mm (8.04 × 7.35 × 2.52 in)
- Weight
- Tiny only: 1.25 kg (2.76 lb); with VESA mount & ODD box: 1.74 kg (3.84 lb)
- Case color
- Black
- Bays
- 1 × 2.5" disk bay
- Stand / mounting
- Optional vertical stand; VESA mount bracket kit, 75 mm and 100 mm
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG, FIPS 140-2 certified); Kensington Security Slot, 3 × 7 mm; chassis intrusion switch (hardware-ready, needs special bid or manual BIOS enable)
- Audio
- High Definition Audio, Realtek ALC256VB codec; premium single 2 W speaker or single 2 W speaker
- Rugged
- MIL-STD-810H tests passed
- Environment
- Operating 5-35°C, 20-80% humidity, 0-3048 m
Management
- Remote
- Intel vPro Enterprise (offered models) or Non-vPro
- BIOS security
- Administrator, power-on and hard disk passwords; boot sequence control; boot without keyboard/mouse; certificate-based BIOS management; cover presence switch; individual USB port disablement; self-healing BIOS; Smart USB protection
- Status
- Machine types announced 2022-03-29; end of support 2030-01-29 (PSREF)
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home (and Single Language), Windows 11 DG Windows 10 Pro 64, Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 (special bid), Ubuntu Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 (certified only), no OS
Processors
- Intel Celeron G6900
- Intel Celeron G6900T
- Intel Pentium Gold G7400
- Intel Pentium Gold G7400T
- Intel Core i3-12100
- Intel Core i3-12100T
- Intel Core i3-12300
- Intel Core i3-12300T
- Intel Core i5-12400
- Intel Core i5-12400T
- Intel Core i5-12500
- Intel Core i5-12500T
- Intel Core i5-12600
- Intel Core i5-12600T
- Intel Core i7-12700
- Intel Core i7-12700T
- Intel Core i9-12900
- Intel Core i9-12900T