Lenovo ThinkStation P5
Single-socket 33L tower workstation for Intel Xeon W-2400 and W-2500 processors (up to 26 cores) on the W790 chipset, with 4-channel DDR5-4800 ECC memory up to 512 GB, two PCIe 5.0 x16 slots and room for two 300 W professional GPUs. Lenovo's mainstream Xeon workstation for CAD, visualisation and media work that needs more memory and I/O than a desktop CPU gives.
Memory
- Slots
- 8 DDR5 DIMM slots, 4 memory channels
- Type
- DDR5-4800 ECC RDIMM
- Max
- 512 GB (8 × 64 GB RDIMM)
- DIMM sizes shipped
- 16 / 32 / 64 GB RDIMM (PSREF models)
- Speed
- Up to 4800 MT/s; 4400 MT/s with the w3-2423, w3-2425 and w3-2435
- Cooling
- Memory fan duct with two memory fans over the DIMMs
- Population
- Follow the install order in the HMM (memory module figure)
Storage
- Max (PSREF)
- Up to 10 drives: 3 × 3.5" SATA HDD + 7 × M.2 SSD
- 3.5" bays
- Bay 1 and bay 2 standard; bay 3 optional (optional HDD cage kit)
- Front-access M.2 bay
- Optional flex module in the flex bay, 1 × M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4, hot-swappable
- Onboard M.2
- 2 × M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots with heatsink; the HMM and shipped models also list Gen 5 M.2 SSDs
- M.2 adapter
- 4 more via one Quad M.2 to PCIe adapter: Gen 4 (4 × PCIe 4.0 x4) or Gen 3 (4 × PCIe 3.0 x4); the HMM also lists a Gen 5 adapter
- HDDs offered
- 3.5" SATA 6 Gb/s: 5400 rpm 2 TB; 7200 rpm 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 TB
- M.2 SSDs offered
- Onboard / front M.2: 512 GB–4 TB PCIe 4.0 Opal; Quad adapter: 512 GB–2 TB PCIe 4.0 Opal
- Onboard SATA RAID
- Intel RSTe, RAID 0 / 1 / 5
- NVMe RAID
- Intel VROC (needs an upgrade key on the VROC connector): Basic RAID 0 / 1 / 10, Premium adds RAID 5
- Add-in RAID
- Broadcom 9540-8i: up to 3 × 3.5" SATA HDD, RAID 0 / 1 (only SATA HDDs certified); the HMM also covers a Broadcom 940-8i
- Card reader
- Optional 13-in-1 or 15-in-1
- Datasheet note
- Lenovo's datasheet lists three onboard M.2 slots and M.2 support in bays 1–2; PSREF and the HMM list two onboard slots
Graphics
- Onboard video
- None; monitors run from the graphics card
- PSREF max
- Two NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada or two RTX A6000; two RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q (300 W)
- NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell
- RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q 96 GB (300 W), RTX PRO 5000 48 GB (300 W), RTX PRO 4500 32 GB (200 W), RTX PRO 4000 24 GB (140 W, single slot), RTX PRO 2000 16 GB (70 W)
- NVIDIA RTX Ada
- RTX 5000 Ada 32 GB (250 W), RTX 4500 Ada 24 GB (210 W), RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB (130 W, single slot), RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB (70 W)
- NVIDIA RTX A
- RTX A6000 48 GB (300 W, NVLink; some regions), A5500 24 GB (NVLink), A5000 24 GB, A4500 20 GB (NVLink), A4000 16 GB, A2000 12 GB, A1000 8 GB, A400 4 GB
- NVIDIA T
- T1000 8 GB, T400 4 GB
- Also shipped
- RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB appears in PSREF model configurations
- Rules (HMM)
- At least one graphics card; if more than two are fitted they must be identical; GeForce cards go in slot 1
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width, CPU
- Slot 2
- PCIe 4.0 x4, full height, full length, 25 W, PCH
- Slot 3
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width, CPU
- Slot 4
- PCIe 4.0 x4, full height, full length, 25 W, PCH
- Slot 5
- PCIe 4.0 x8, full height, full length, 25 W, CPU (BMC card goes here)
- Slot 6
- PCIe 4.0 x4, full height, full length, 25 W, PCH
- Slot rules (HMM)
- Quad M.2 adapters (Gen 3/4/5), GeForce cards and NVIDIA ConnectX-6 go in slot 1; Thunderbolt card in slot 6, 4 or 2
- Flex bay
- 1 flex bay: flex module (front-access M.2) or 15-in-1 media card reader
- Internal headers
- VROC key, ALT_TPM, BMC, Thunderbolt cable and power, serial, Wi-Fi card, 15-in-1 reader
Networking
- Onboard
- Intel Ethernet Connection I219-LM, 1 × GbE RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- Optional Ethernet
- Up to two adapters: Intel I210-T1, Realtek RTL8168H (1 × GbE); Intel I350-T2, Broadcom BCM5720 (2 × GbE); Intel I350-T4, Broadcom BCM5719 (4 × GbE); Intel X550-T2 (2 × 10GBASE-T); Intel X710-DA2 (2 × SFP+)
- WLAN
- Optional Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3, vPro
Power
- PSU
- 750 W or 1000 W fixed, 92% efficient, autosensing, 80 PLUS Platinum
- GPU cabling
- The HMM gives separate GPU power-cable routings for the 750 W and 1000 W units
Ports
- Front
- 1 × headphone/mic combo jack
- Front (optional)
- 2 × USB-A 10 Gbps (one Always On), 2 × USB-C 10 Gbps (data only)
- Rear
- 1 × USB-C 20 Gbps (USB 3.2 Gen 2x2), 3 × USB-A 10 Gbps, 2 × USB-A 2.0, 1 × GbE RJ-45, line-in, line-out
- Rear (optional)
- Serial, 2 × PS/2, Thunderbolt 4 via PCIe card
- Audio
- Realtek ALC897-Q HD audio, 1.5 W internal speaker
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, 33 L
- Dimensions (W × D × H)
- 165 × 453.9 × 440 mm (6.5 × 17.9 × 17.3 in), with feet
- Weight
- 19 kg (41.9 lb) maximum configuration
- Tool-less
- Side cover, memory, 3.5" HDD, PCIe cards
- Operating environment
- 10–35 °C, 20–80% humidity, up to 3048 m
Management
- BMC
- Optional Aspeed AST2600 IPMI 2.0 BMC card with management graphics (PCIe slot 5)
- vPro
- Intel vPro Enterprise with AMT 16
- Diagnostics
- Front diagnostic LCD with QR code; ThinkStation Diagnostics
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (FIPS 140-2), chassis intrusion switch, Kensington slot 3 × 7 mm, optional side-cover lock kits, self-healing BIOS
- Warranty
- 1-, 2- or 3-year limited onsite
Operating systems
- Preload
- Windows 11 Pro for Workstations; Windows 10 Pro for Workstations via Windows 11 downgrade; no OS
- Linux
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 (certified only)
Processors
- Intel Xeon w3-2423
- Intel Xeon w3-2425
- Intel Xeon w3-2435
- Intel Xeon w5-2445
- Intel Xeon w5-2455X
- Intel Xeon w5-2465X
- Intel Xeon w7-2475X
- Intel Xeon w7-2495X
- Intel Xeon w3-2525
- Intel Xeon w3-2535
- Intel Xeon w5-2545
- Intel Xeon w5-2555X
- Intel Xeon w5-2565X
- Intel Xeon w7-2575X
- Intel Xeon w7-2595X