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