Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 2 (AMD)
16-inch 16:10 business ThinkPad on AMD Ryzen 7040-series (Phoenix) mobile processors, with soldered LPDDR5/LPDDR5x memory, a USB4 40 Gbps port, and an NPU-equipped AI PC configuration on the Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U.
Memory
- Options
- 8 GB LPDDR5-6400, or 16 GB / 32 GB / 64 GB LPDDR5x-6400 (physical LPDDR5x-7500 run at 6400 due to platform limitation), soldered to the system board, no slots, dual-channel, not upgradable
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slot
- Max
- One drive, up to 2 TB M.2 2280 SSD
- Offered
- 256 GB / 512 GB / 1 TB Opal 2.0; Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB Opal 2.0 (both PCIe NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4)
- Card reader
- None
Graphics
- Integrated
- AMD Radeon 740M (Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U/7545U) or AMD Radeon 780M (Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U), shared memory, DirectX 12
- NPU
- Integrated AMD Ryzen AI, up to 10 TOPS, up to 32 TOPS overall (Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U models only)
- External displays
- Up to 4 independent (native display + 3 external via HDMI, USB-C and USB4); HDMI up to 4K@60Hz, USB-C/USB4 up to 4K@60Hz (4 displays), 5K@60Hz (3 displays) or 5K@120Hz (up to 2 displays)
Networking
- Ethernet
- Gigabit Ethernet, Realtek RTL8111EPV, 1 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- MediaTek Wi-Fi 6E RZ616 or Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6E NFA725A, 802.11ax 2×2 + Bluetooth 5.3 (Windows 11 required)
- WWAN (optional)
- Quectel EM05-G 4G LTE Cat4, or Fibocom L860-GL-16 4G LTE Cat16, M.2 card, both with embedded eSIM
- SIM
- KDDI eSIM program (Japan, special bid only); no physical SIM slot standard
- NFC
- Optional Near Field Communication
Power
- Adapters
- 65 W (2-pin, 3-pin, or slim) or 100 W USB-C slim (3-pin), PD 3.0, 100–240 V, 50–60 Hz
- Rapid Charge
- 52.5 Wh battery: up to 80% in 1 hour (system off, standby, or hibernation)
Ports
- Standard
- 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (Always On), 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (data, PD 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4a), 1 × USB4 40 Gbps (data, PD 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4a), 1 × HDMI 2.1 (up to 4K/60Hz), 1 × headphone/mic combo (3.5 mm), 1 × RJ-45
- Optional
- Nano-SIM card slot (WWAN models), smart card reader
Display
- 16" WUXGA IPS
- 1920×1200, non-touch, 300 nits, anti-glare, 800:1, 45% NTSC, 85° all round
- 16" WUXGA IPS touch
- 1920×1200, multi-touch, 300 nits, anti-glare, 800:1, 45% NTSC, 85° all round
- 16" WUXGA IPS low power
- 1920×1200, non-touch, 400 nits, anti-glare, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 85° all round, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
- 16" WUXGA IPS touch Privacy Guard
- 1920×1200, multi-touch, 500 nits, anti-glare, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 85° all round, ThinkPad Privacy Guard
- 16" WQUXGA OLED
- 3840×2400, non-touch, 400 nits, anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 87.5° all round, DisplayHDR True Black 500, Dolby Vision, Eyesafe Certified 2.0
Battery
- Options
- 52.5 Wh or 86 Wh rechargeable Li-ion, Rapid Charge (52.5 Wh: 80% in 1 hr)
- Rated life (max, config 1)
- WUXGA low power, Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U, 16 GB LPDDR5X, 86 Wh: MobileMark 25 up to 21.6 hr (701 score) @250 nits, JEITA 2.0 up to 30.8 hr @150 nits, local video up to 26.1 hr @150 nits
- Rated life (config 2)
- WUXGA touch, Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U, 16 GB LPDDR5X, 86 Wh: MobileMark 25 up to 15.3 hr (654 score), JEITA 2.0 up to 23.0 hr, local video up to 21.2 hr
- Rated life (WQUXGA OLED)
- Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U, 32 GB LPDDR5X, 52.5 Wh: MobileMark 25 up to 5.7 hr (640 score), JEITA 2.0 up to 9.2 hr, local video up to 8.6 hr
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 361.9 × 255.5 × 20.5 mm (14.25 × 10.06 × 0.81 in)
- Weight
- Thunder black + 52.5 Wh from 1.71 kg (3.76 lb); storm grey + 52.5 Wh from 1.75 kg (3.84 lb); thunder black + 86 Wh from 1.83 kg (4.02 lb); storm grey + 86 Wh from 1.85 kg (4.08 lb)
- Case
- Storm grey (aluminium top and bottom) or thunder black (carbon fiber hybrid top, PPS bottom)
- Camera
- HD 720p, FHD 1080p + IR hybrid, or 5.0 MP + IR discrete, all with privacy shutter (fixed focus); optional no camera
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG, FIPS 140-2 certified) and Microsoft Pluton TPM 2.0 (one enabled at a time), Kensington Nano Security Slot (2.5 × 6 mm), optional smart card reader (ISO 7816, EMV), fingerprint reader in power button (match-on-chip) standard on storm grey, optional on thunder black
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H military test passed
Management
- System management
- DASH
- BIOS security
- NVMe, power-on, supervisor and system management passwords, certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication, self-healing BIOS
- Other security
- Camera privacy shutter, Ultrasonic Human Presence Detection (IR camera models), optional IR camera for Windows Hello, Glance by Mirametrix, Privacy Guard with Privacy Alert
- Certifications
- ENERGY STAR 9.0, EPEAT 1.0 Gold Registered, ErP Lot 6/26, RoHS compliant, TCO Certified generation 9
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro/Home/Home Single Language, Windows 11 DG Windows 10 Pro 64, Ubuntu Linux, Linux, no preload operating system
Processors
- AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7540U
- AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7545U
- AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U