Lenovo ThinkStation P7

Single-socket 39L tower (rack-mountable as 4U) for Intel Xeon W-3400 and W-3500 processors up to 60 cores, with 8-channel DDR5-4800 ECC memory up to 1 TB, seven PCIe slots (four PCIe 5.0) and room for three 300 W GPUs. Onboard 10 GbE, a 1400 W PSU option and an optional BMC make it Lenovo's high-end single-CPU workstation for simulation, rendering and AI work.

Memory

Slots

8 DDR5 DIMM slots, 8 channels, 1 DIMM per channel, 4 memory controllers

Type

DDR5-4800 ECC RDIMM (16 / 32 / 64 GB) or 3DS RDIMM (128 GB)

Max

1 TB (8 × 128 GB 3DS RDIMM); 512 GB with 64 GB RDIMMs

Speed

Up to 4800 MT/s; 4400 MT/s with the w5-3423 and w5-3433

Population

1 DIMM: slot 4; 2: slots 4, 7; 4: slots 2, 4, 5, 7; 6: slots 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7; 8: all. 3, 5 and 7 DIMMs not supported

Mixing

Don't mix single- and dual-rank DIMMs or RDIMMs with 3DS RDIMMs; use identical DIMMs; fill all 8 for best bandwidth

Cooling

Every P7 has a 40 mm fan and baffle kit around each memory bank

Storage

Max (PSREF)

Up to 11 drives (3 × 3.5" SATA HDD + 8 × M.2 SSD) or 9 × M.2 SSD

3.5" bays

Internal storage bays 1 and 2 standard (each optionally takes an M.2 SSD); bay 3 optional, above the CPU heatsink

Front-access M.2 bay

Optional flex module, 1 × M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0, hot-swappable; either this or M.2 in the two HDD bays, not both

Onboard M.2

3 × M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4: 2 horizontal (Gen 4 or Gen 5 SSDs per the HMM) + 1 vertical Gen 4 slot that needs an optional holder

M.2 adapter

4 more via a Quad M.2 to PCIe adapter: Gen 4 (4 × PCIe 4.0 x4) or Gen 3 (4 × PCIe 3.0 x4); a Gen 5 adapter's slots are PCIe 5.0 capable, with PCIe 4.0 SSDs supplied

Internal bay NVMe

With the HDD-bay NVMe kit (blind-connect board) the internal bays take 2 × M.2, E1.S or U.2/U.3 NVMe drives

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

512 GB–4 TB PCIe 4.0 Opal (onboard, HDD bay, front bay and Quad adapter); shipped models also list PCIe 5.0 SSDs

Onboard SATA RAID

Intel RSTe, RAID 0 / 1 / 5

NVMe RAID

Intel VROC: Basic RAID 0 / 1 / 10, Premium adds RAID 5

Add-in RAID (PSREF)

Broadcom RAID 940-8i: SAS 12 Gb/s / SATA 6 Gb/s, RAID 0 / 1 / 5, 4 GB DDR4 cache, SuperCap

Add-in RAID (RAID guide)

Broadcom 9560-16i: 2 × M.2 / E1.S / U.2 / U.3 NVMe (RAID 0/1) or 3 × 3.5" SATA HDD (RAID 0/1/5)

Card reader

Optional 13-in-1 or 15-in-1

Graphics

Onboard video

None; monitors run from the graphics card

PSREF max

Three RTX 6000 Ada; three RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q (300 W); or one RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (600 W)

NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell

RTX PRO 6000 Workstation Edition 96 GB (600 W), RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q 96 GB (300 W), RTX PRO 5000 72 GB or 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 6000 Ada 48 GB (300 W; some regions), RTX 5880 Ada 48 GB (285 W), 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

Rules (HMM)

At least one graphics card; GeForce cards in slot 1; single-slot 140 W RTX cards in slot 3, 1 or 6; the 600 W RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell uses slot 3 but its top-venting thermal kit fills slots 1–4

Expansion

Slot 1

PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width

Slot 2

PCIe 4.0 x8, full height, full length, 25 W

Slot 3

PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width

Slot 4

PCIe 4.0 x4, full height, full length, 25 W

Slot 5

PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width

Slot 6

PCIe 4.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W (BMC card goes here)

Slot 7

PCIe 5.0 x4, full height, full length, 25 W

Layout

Slots 1–4 in the upper card area and 5–7 in the lower, each with its own fan

Slot rules (HMM)

Quad M.2 adapters Gen 3/4 and Intel E810-XXVDA2 in slot 1, 3, 5 or 6; Gen 5 Quad M.2 adapter in 1, 3 or 5; AX210 Wi-Fi kit in 2 or 5; Thunderbolt card in 4 or 7

Flex bay

1 flex bay: flex module (front-access M.2) or media card reader

Internal headers

VROC key, ALT_TPM, BMC and BMC USB, Thunderbolt, serial, internal USB 3.2 and USB 2.0, three graphics power connectors

Networking

Onboard

Intel I219-LM GbE + Marvell AQtion AQC-113C 10 GbE, 2 × 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)

WLAN

Optional Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3, vPro (PCIe kit in slot 2 or 5)

Power

PSU

1000 W or 1400 W fixed, 92% efficient, autosensing, 80 PLUS Platinum

1400 W limits

Output limited to 1125 W at 100–111.9 V input and 1250 W at 120 V

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 × 10 GbE RJ-45, 1 × GbE RJ-45, line-in, line-out, power button

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, 39 L; 4U rack with the optional rail kit

Dimensions (W × D × H)

175 × 508 × 434.4 mm (6.9 × 20 × 17.1 in), with feet (datasheet: 440.4 mm high)

Weight

24.5 kg (54 lb) maximum configuration

Tool-less

Side cover, memory, 3.5" HDD, PCIe cards

Ventilation

Some models have side and top air vents; keep 4.5 cm (or 1U in a rack) clear of the left side cover

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 6)

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, or none

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 w5-3423
• Intel Xeon w5-3425
• Intel Xeon w5-3433
• Intel Xeon w5-3435X
• Intel Xeon w7-3445
• Intel Xeon w7-3455
• Intel Xeon w7-3465X
• Intel Xeon w9-3475X
• Intel Xeon w9-3495X
• Intel Xeon w5-3525
• Intel Xeon w5-3535X
• Intel Xeon w7-3545
• Intel Xeon w7-3555
• Intel Xeon w7-3565X
• Intel Xeon w9-3575X
• Intel Xeon w9-3595X