Lenovo ThinkPad Z16 Gen 1
A 16-inch 16:10 premium ThinkPad built around soldered AMD Ryzen PRO 6000-series (Rembrandt) processors, with an optional discrete Radeon RX 6500M GPU, a 72 Wh battery, an SD card reader and an optional WQUXGA OLED display. Positioned as the larger, more capable sibling to the Z13.
Memory
- Configuration
- 16 GB or 32 GB soldered to the system board; no slots, not upgradable
- Type
- LPDDR5-6400, dual-channel
Storage
- Slot
- One M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
- Max
- One drive, up to 2 TB M.2 2280 SSD
- Offered
- 256 GB PCIe NVMe (PCIe 3.0/4.0 x4 substitution), Opal 2.0; Performance 512 GB / 1 TB / 2 TB PCIe NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4, Opal 2.0
- Card reader
- SD card reader, supports UHS-II SD card
Graphics
- AMD Radeon 660M
- Integrated, shared memory, DirectX 12
- AMD Radeon 680M
- Integrated, shared memory, DirectX 12
- AMD Radeon RX 6500M
- Discrete, 4 GB GDDR6, DirectX 12 Ultimate
- External displays
- Up to 4 independent (native panel + 3 external via USB4 and USB-C); USB-C up to 5K@120Hz, USB4 up to 8K@30Hz
Networking
- WLAN
- Qualcomm Wi-Fi 6E NFA725A, 802.11ax 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.1 (5.2 hardware-ready); 6E requires Windows 11
- WWAN (optional)
- Quectel EM05-G 4G LTE Cat4 M.2 card, or Fibocom L860-GL-16 4G LTE Cat16 M.2 card, with Gemalto physical eSIM card
- Ethernet
- None onboard; via optional Lenovo USB-C to Ethernet Adapter
- NFC
- Not supported
Power
- Adapter
- 135 W USB-C slim (3-pin), PD 3.0, 100–240 V 50/60 Hz
Ports
- Standard
- 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (data, PD 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4a), 2 × USB4 40 Gbps (data, PD 3.0, DisplayPort 1.4a), 1 × headphone/mic combo jack (3.5 mm), 1 × SD card reader
- Optional
- 1 × nano-SIM card slot (WWAN models)
- Security
- Kensington Nano Security Slot, 2.5 × 6 mm
Display
- 16" WUXGA IPS non-touch
- 1920×1200, 400 nits, anti-glare, 16:10, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz, low power, TÜV Low Blue Light
- 16" WUXGA IPS touch
- 1920×1200, on-cell 10-point touch, 400 nits, anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 1000:1, 100% sRGB, 60 Hz
- 16" WQUXGA OLED touch
- 3840×2400, OGS 10-point touch, 400 nits, anti-reflection/anti-smudge, 16:10, 100,000:1, 100% DCI-P3, 60 Hz, DisplayHDR 400, Dolby Vision
- Pen
- Not supported (purchased separately; non-touch panels don't support pen input)
Battery
- Capacity
- Integrated Li-Polymer 72 Wh, Rapid Charge
- Rated life (best config)
- Up to 20.5 h MobileMark 2018 / 20.0 h MobileMark 25 / 25.9 h JEITA 2.0 / 28.2 h local video (Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H, WUXGA non-touch, 16 GB, best power efficiency mode)
Physical
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 354.4 × 237.4 × 15.8 mm (13.95 × 9.35 × 0.62 in)
- Weight
- OLED models from 1.81 kg (3.99 lb); WUXGA non-touch from 1.83 kg (4.04 lb); WUXGA multi-touch from 1.94 kg (4.28 lb)
- Case
- Arctic grey (top), black (bottom); aluminium top and bottom
- Keyboard
- 6-row, spill-resistant, LED backlight; TrackPoint + 80 × 120 mm glass haptic touchpad (UltraNav)
- Audio
- Stereo speakers 2 W × 2, Dolby Atmos; dual-microphone array, 360° far-field, Dolby Voice
- Camera
- FHD 1080p + IR discrete or FHD 1080p + IR hybrid, E-shutter, fixed focus
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (FIPS 140-2) and Microsoft Pluton TPM 2.0 (one enabled at a time), fingerprint reader in keyboard key (match-on-chip), IR camera for Windows Hello, E-shutter, Glance by Mirametrix
- Durability
- MIL-STD-810H tested
Management
- BIOS
- Supervisor, power-on, system-management and NVMe passwords; certificate-based BIOS authentication, FIDO authentication, self-healing BIOS
- System management
- DASH or non-DASH depending on model
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Windows 11 downgrade to Windows 10 Pro 64, Fedora Linux, Ubuntu Linux, other Linux, or no preload
Processors
- AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 6650H
- AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H
- AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 6950H