Lenovo ThinkStation P720
Dual-socket 36L tower workstation for first- and second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors up to 165 W each, with 12 DIMM slots for up to 768 GB of ECC RDIMM and room for two dual-slot pro GPUs. Lenovo positions it between the single-socket P520 and the larger dual-socket P920.
Memory
- Slots
- 12 DDR4 DIMM: 6 per CPU, 6 channels per CPU (one DIMM per channel)
- Type
- DDR4-2666 or DDR4-2933 ECC RDIMM, 1.2 V (no LRDIMM listed)
- Max
- 768 GB (12 × 64 GB RDIMM, two CPUs)
- DIMM sizes
- 8 / 16 / 32 / 64 GB RDIMM, any combination (user guide)
- Single CPU
- Only the six CPU 1 DIMM slots can be used
- Fill order per CPU (Lenovo)
- 1 DIMM: slot 3; 2: slots 3, 5; 3: slots 1, 3, 5; 4: slots 3, 4, 5, 6; 6: all. 5 per CPU works but is not recommended
- Speed by CPU (HMM)
- Bronze 2133, Silver 2400, first-gen Gold/Platinum 2666, second-gen Gold/Platinum and Xeon W-3200 2933 MT/s
Storage
- Support (PSREF)
- Up to 6 × 3.5" SATA HDD / 10 × 2.5" SATA HDD / 8 × 2.5" SAS HDD / 10 × 2.5" SATA SSD / 4 × 2.5" PCIe SSD, plus 9 × M.2 PCIe SSD and 2 × PCIe add-in SSD
- Internal bays
- 2 × 3.5" standard; 2 more with the 3rd-disk or Storage Bay Upgrade Kit; 2 more via the flex bays
- 2.5" doubling
- The 4 internal 3.5" bays can hold 2 × 2.5" drives each (up to 8); needs a 9440-8i or 9460-16i adapter and other parts
- Onboard M.2
- 2 × M.2 PCIe NVMe (PCIe 3.0 x4) on the board
- More M.2
- Up to 9 M.2 SSDs in total; Lenovo lists a Quad M.2 PCIe adapter and a PCIe x4 to M.2 adapter
- SATA ports
- 9 × SATA 6 Gb/s connectors plus 1 × eSATA on the board
- Drive sizes offered
- 3.5" SATA HDD 1–6 TB; 2.5" SATA HDD 500 GB; 2.5" SAS HDD 300/600 GB; 2.5" SATA SSD 256 GB–2 TB; M.2 NVMe 256 GB–2 TB; 2.5" PCIe (U.2 Optane) 1.5 TB; PCIe add-in (Optane 905P) 480 GB
- Onboard RAID
- Intel RSTe SATA RAID 0/1/5/10
- Optional RAID
- Broadcom 9440-8i (SAS/SATA, 0/1/5/10); Broadcom 9460-16i (0/1/5/6/10, 4 GB cache, SuperCap); Intel VROC NVMe Basic (0/1/10), Premium or Intel SSD only (0/1/5/10)
- Optical
- Up to two half-height or 9.0 mm slim drives: DVD-ROM, DVD±RW, Blu-ray
- Card reader
- SD card reader on almost all PSREF models; optional 15-in-1 reader on the flex module
Graphics
- Top configuration (PSREF)
- Up to two NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 48 GB with NVLink
- Quadro (Pascal/Volta/Turing)
- P400, P600, P620, P1000, P2000, P2200, P4000, P5000, P6000, GP100, GV100, RTX 4000, RTX 5000, RTX 6000, RTX 8000
- NVIDIA T / RTX A
- T400 2 GB/4 GB, T600, T1000 4 GB/8 GB, RTX A2000 6 GB/12 GB, RTX A4000, RTX A4500, RTX A5000, RTX A5500
- RTX count vs PSU (Lenovo 2018 matrix)
- 900 W: up to 1 × RTX 8000/6000/5000 or 2 × RTX 4000. 690 W: 1 × RTX 4000 only
- GPU power by PSU (Power Configurator)
- 690 W: one card up to 180 W with dual CPUs of 115 W or less; bus-powered (75 W) cards only with dual 120–150 W CPUs. 900 W: 1 × 250 W or 2 × 180 W. 1000 W: 2 × 295 W with dual CPUs up to 125 W (up to 150 W with onboard Intel storage); with 165 W CPUs 2 × 265 W (onboard Intel storage) or 1 × 300 W + 2 × 75 W or 2 × 180 W
- Aux power
- Board-mounted GPU power headers: 690 W has only GFX_PWR1 live with one 8-pin (6+2) drop; 900 W both headers, two 8-pin (6+2) drops; 1000 W two 8-pin + 6-pin drops
- Onboard video
- None; displays run from the graphics card
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, CPU 2 (full length only if the onboard M.2 slots are unused)
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width, CPU 1
- Slot 3
- PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, full length, 25 W, open-ended, CPU 1
- Slot 4
- PCIe 3.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width, CPU 1
- Slot 5
- PCI (conventional), full height, full length, 25 W
- Slot 6
- PCIe 3.0 x4, full height, half length, 25 W, open-ended, PCH
- Flex bays
- 2 × 5.25" flex bays: 2 × half-height ODD, 2 × slim ODD, slim ODD + 2 × 3.5"/2.5" drives, a Front Access Storage Enclosure, or a flex module (slim ODD plus 15-in-1 reader, 2 × Thunderbolt or 4-digit diagnostic display; front USB-C or eSATA ports)
Networking
- Onboard
- 2 × Gigabit Ethernet: Intel I219-LM and I210-AT, 2 × RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN, PXE
- Optional Ethernet
- Up to two more adapters (up to four extra 10 GbE ports): Intel I210-T1, I350-T2, I350-T4, X540-T2, X550-T2, X710-DA2 (SFP+); Broadcom BCM5719, BCM5720; Marvell AQtion AQN-107 (10 GbE), AQN-108 (5 GbE); Bitland BN8E88
- WLAN
- Optional Intel Wireless-AC 8265 + Bluetooth 4.2, or Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 + Bluetooth 5.1
Power
- PSU options
- 690 W, 900 W or 1000 W fixed, 92% efficient, 80 PLUS Platinum, autosensing
- Input
- 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz, C14 inlet
- Design
- The PSU plugs into the board through an edge connector and GPU aux power is cabled from the board, so a PSU upgrade needs no disassembly (Power Configurator)
Ports
- Front
- 4 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 (one Always On / fast charge), headphone/mic combo jack, SD card slot
- Front optional
- 2 × Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C, flex module, one with video out), 1 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 1, 1 × eSATA
- Rear
- 4 × USB 3.2 Gen 1, 2 × USB 2.0, 2 × RJ-45, line-in, line-out, mic, 2 × PS/2
- Rear optional
- 2 × USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 (PCIe card), 1 × Thunderbolt 3 (PCIe card), 1 × serial
- Video
- From the graphics card only (DisplayPort, mini DisplayPort or DVI depending on card)
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, 36 L
- Dimensions (W×D×H)
- 175 × 485 × 446 mm (6.89 × 19.1 × 17.6 in, with feet)
- Weight
- 25.7 kg (56.7 lb) maximum configuration (PSREF); the user guide gives 24 kg (52.91 lb)
- Machine types
- 30BA, 30BB
- Motherboard
- Custom ATX, 334 × 378.5 mm
- Cooling
- One front and one rear system fan, one fan per CPU, two memory fans, PSU fan
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG, FIPS 140-2), chassis intrusion switch, Kensington slot (3 × 7 mm), padlock loop, optional access-panel lock kit (common or unique key)
- Operating temperature
- 10–35 °C (50–95 °F)
Management
- Remote
- Intel vPro with Intel AMT 11
- BIOS
- AMI UEFI, 32 MB flash
- Diagnostics
- ThinkStation Diagnostics, Lenovo UEFI Bootable Diagnostics, front signal LED and photoelectric sensor for Lenovo PC Diagnostics (Android/iOS), optional front 4-digit diagnostic display
- Model dates (PSREF)
- Model announce dates 2017-09-26 to 2023-11-09
- End of support (PSREF)
- 2029-04-30 for most models (2025-10-26 for a few)
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro for Workstations, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (including Windows 11 downgrade), Ubuntu Linux LTS, no OS
- Certified / supported
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.5 certified (PSREF); tech specs also list RHEL 7.3 and 8.2 and Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04 and 20.04 LTS
Processors
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3104
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4108
- Intel Xeon Silver 4109T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4110
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4116
- Intel Xeon Silver 4208
- Intel Xeon Silver 4209T
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4216
- Intel Xeon Gold 5115
- Intel Xeon Gold 5118
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120T
- Intel Xeon Gold 5122
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5217
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220
- Intel Xeon Gold 5222
- Intel Xeon Gold 6128
- Intel Xeon Gold 6130
- Intel Xeon Gold 6134
- Intel Xeon Gold 6136
- Intel Xeon Gold 6138
- Intel Xeon Gold 6142
- Intel Xeon Gold 6146
- Intel Xeon Gold 6148
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230
- Intel Xeon Gold 6234
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238T
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6242
- Intel Xeon Gold 6244
- Intel Xeon Gold 6246
- Intel Xeon Gold 6248
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8160T
- Intel Xeon W-3223
- Intel Xeon W-3225