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Lenovo ThinkStation P3 Tower Gen 2

The Core Ultra (Series 2) refresh of Lenovo's entry tower workstation, adding an on-die NPU, PCIe 5.0, Wi-Fi 7 and support for up to an NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU.

Memory

Slots
4 x DDR5 UDIMM/CUDIMM, 2-channel
Max
256 GB (4 x 64 GB DDR5 CUDIMM)
Type
DDR5-5600 UDIMM (ECC or non-ECC) or DDR5-6400 CUDIMM (non-ECC)
Protection
ECC on models with ECC DIMMs and an ECC-capable processor

Storage

Bays
Up to 4 disk bays (bay 1 standard; bays 2-4 optional, bay 4 only with 500 W PSU; bay 3 doubles as front-access swap bay)
3.5" HDD
Up to 12 TB each
2.5" SATA SSD
Up to 7.68 TB each
M.2
Up to 4 M.2 SSD: 1 onboard PCIe 5.0 x4 (up to 4 TB), 2 onboard PCIe 4.0 x4, 1 via Single M.2-to-PCIe adapter; Opal 2.0
Controllers
Integrated SATA (RAID 0/1/10/5); integrated NVMe (RAID 0/1/5)
Optical
Optional slim 9.0 mm DVD-ROM, DVD+-RW or Blu-ray drive
Card reader
Optional SD card reader

Graphics

Integrated
Intel Graphics (on-die, Core Ultra Series 2)
Discrete
Up to 1 x NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition, or 2 x NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation
Options
RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB) and Max-Q variant, RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell (72GB/48GB), RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell (32GB), RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell (24GB), RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell (16GB), RTX 5000 Ada (32GB), RTX 4000 Ada (20GB), RTX 2000 Ada (16GB), RTX A1000 (8GB), RTX A400 (4GB)

Expansion

Slot 1
PCIe 5.0 x16, full height/length, 75 W, double-width
Slot 2
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W, open-ended
Slot 3
PCIe 4.0 x16 (x4 electrical), full height, half length, 25 W
Slot 4
PCIe 3.0 x1, full height, half length, 25 W, open-ended

Networking

Onboard Ethernet
Gigabit Ethernet, Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 1 x RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
Wi-Fi
Optional Intel Wi-Fi 7 BE200, 802.11be 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.4
Optional Ethernet
Add-in cards up to 25 GbE: Intel I210-T1 (1x RJ-45), I350-T4 (4x RJ-45), 2.5GbE Realtek RTL8125BGS, 10GbE Intel X710-T2L (2x RJ-45), 25GbE Intel E810-XXVDA2 (2x SFP28)

Power

Power supply
500 W, 750 W or 1100 W internal PSU, 92% efficient, 80 PLUS Platinum, autosensing

Ports

Front
1 x USB-C (20Gbps), 2 x USB-A (5Gbps), 2 x USB-A (10Gbps), 1 x headphone/mic combo (3.5mm), 1 x microphone (3.5mm); optional SD card reader
Rear
2 x USB-A 2.0, 2 x USB-A (5Gbps, 1 with Smart Power On), 1 x HDMI 2.1, 2 x DisplayPort 1.4, 1 x GbE RJ-45, 1 x line-out (3.5mm)
Optional rear
Flex IO port (USB-C/DP, HDMI, DP 1.2 or VGA), parallel (via cable/bracket), USB-C 20Gbps (via PCIe card), 2x USB-C USB4 40Gbps (via adapter), USB-A 2.0 x2 (via cable/bracket), USB-A 5Gbps x2 (via adapter), serial (via cable), 4x serial (via expansion card)

Physical

Dimensions
180 x 370 x 415 mm (7.09 x 14.57 x 16.34 in), W x D x H
Weight
14.38 kg (31.70 lb, maximum configuration)
Security
Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG/FIPS 140-2), Kensington Security Slot, optional cable lock/E-lock, padlock loop, chassis intrusion switch, MIL-STD-810H tested

Management

vPro
Optional Intel vPro Enterprise with Intel AMT 16 (CPU-dependent)
BIOS security
Administrator/power-on password, UEFI Secure Boot, self-healing BIOS
Diagnostics
Lenovo Diagnostics for Windows

Operating systems

Supported
Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Home Single Language, Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024, Ubuntu Linux LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 (certified)

Processors

  • Intel Core Ultra 5 225
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 235
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 235A
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 245
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 245K
  • Intel Core Ultra 5 250K Plus
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 265
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
  • Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
  • Intel Core Ultra 9 285
  • Intel Core Ultra 9 285K