Lenovo ThinkStation P8
A single-socket AMD Threadripper PRO tower workstation (also sold as a 4U rack) built on the WRX90 chipset, with up to 96 cores, eight-channel DDR5 and up to three double-width professional GPUs. Positioned for rendering, simulation and AI development that needs the most single-socket cores Lenovo offers.
Memory
- Slots
- 8 DDR5 DIMM, 8 channels
- Type
- DDR5-4800 3DS-RDIMM ECC; DDR5-4800 RDIMM ECC; DDR5-6400 RDIMM ECC (CPU dependent)
- Max
- 1 TB (8 x 128 GB RDIMM)
- Protection
- ECC
Storage
- Max support
- 15 drives (HDD max: 3 x 3.5" HDD + 12 x M.2) or 16 drives (M.2 max: 16 x M.2) or 8 drives (U.2/U.3 max: 4 x U.2/U.3 + 4 x M.2); 3.5" HDD up to 12 TB, M.2 up to 4 TB, U.2/U.3 up to 15.36 TB
- 3.5" HDD
- SATA 6 Gb/s, 5.4K rpm 2 TB or 7.2K rpm 2/6/12 TB
- M.2 SSD
- 2280, PCIe NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4 (onboard/HDD bay/front-access) or PCIe 5.0 x4 (onboard/Quad M.2 adapter), 512 GB-4 TB, Opal 2.0 option
- U.2 / U.3 SSD
- 2.5" 15 mm, PCIe NVMe, PCIe 4.0 x4 (U.3) or PCIe 5.0 x4 (U.2), 15.36 TB, Opal 2.0 option
- Bays
- 3 internal 3.5" bays (bay 1-2 each optionally hold 2 x M.2 or 1 x U.3 instead) plus 1 front-access M.2 bay
- M.2 slots
- Up to 16 x M.2: 3 onboard (PCIe 5.0 x4), 8 via two Quad M.2-to-PCIe Gen 4 adapters or 4 via one Quad M.2-to-PCIe Gen 5 adapter, 4 via HDD bay (PCIe 4.0 x4), 1 via front-access bay
- U.2/U.3 slots
- Up to 4 x U.2/U.3: 2 via Single U.2/U.3-to-PCIe 4.0 adapters, 2 via HDD bays 1-2 (PCIe 5.0 x4)
- Controllers
- Integrated SATA controller, RAID 0/1/5; integrated NVMe controller, RAID 0/1/5/10
- Card reader
- 13-in-1 or 15-in-1 card reader, or none
Graphics
- Top configuration
- Up to three NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation Edition (300 W); or one RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition (600 W); or up to three NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
- Cards offered (Blackwell / Ada)
- RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell WS Ed. 96 GB (600 W, dual-slot); RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q 96 GB (300 W, dual-slot); RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 72 GB (300 W, dual-slot); RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell 48 GB (300 W, dual-slot); RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell 32 GB (200 W, dual-slot); RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell 24 GB (140 W, single-slot); RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell 16 GB (70 W, dual-slot); RTX 6000 Ada 48 GB (300 W, dual-slot); RTX A6000 48 GB (300 W, dual-slot, NVLink); RTX 5000 Ada 32 GB (250 W, dual-slot); RTX 4500 Ada 24 GB (210 W, dual-slot); RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB (130 W, single-slot); RTX 2000 Ada 16 GB (70 W, dual-slot)
- Cards offered (entry / AMD)
- T1000 8 GB (50 W, single-slot); T400 4 GB (40 W, single-slot); RTX A4000 16 GB (140 W, single-slot); RTX A2000 12 GB (70 W, dual-slot); RTX A1000 8 GB (50 W, single-slot); RTX A400 4 GB (50 W, single-slot); AMD Radeon PRO W7900 48 GB (295 W, triple-slot); AMD Radeon PRO W7600 8 GB (130 W, single-slot); AMD Radeon PRO W6400 4 GB (50 W, single-slot)
- NVLink
- Available on dual RTX A6000
- Monitor support
- Number of displays depends on the graphics card fitted
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width
- Slot 2
- PCIe 5.0 x8, full height, full length, 25 W
- Slot 3
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width
- Slot 4
- PCIe 5.0 x8, full height, full length, 25 W
- Slot 5
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W, double-width
- Slot 6
- PCIe 5.0 x16, full height, full length, 75 W
- Slot 7
- PCIe 4.0 x8, full height, half length, 25 W
Networking
- Onboard Ethernet
- GbE + 10 GbE: Realtek RTL8111EP and Marvell AQtion AQC-113, 2 x RJ-45, Wake-on-LAN
- Optional Ethernet
- One extra adapter, up to four extra 25 GbE ports: Intel I350-T2 (1 GbE x2); Intel I350-T4 (1 GbE x4); Broadcom BCM5719 (1 GbE x4); Broadcom BCM5720 (1 GbE x2); Intel X550-T2 (10 GbE x2); NVIDIA Mellanox ConnectX-6 (25 GbE x2, SFP28)
- WLAN + Bluetooth
- Optional AMD Wi-Fi 6E RZ616, 802.11ax 2x2 + Bluetooth 5.3, or none
Power
- PSU
- 1000 W or 1400 W, fixed, 92% efficient, autosensing, 80 PLUS Platinum
Ports
- Front (fixed)
- 1 x headphone/microphone combo jack (3.5 mm)
- Front (optional)
- 2 x USB-C (10 Gbps); 2 x USB-A (10 Gbps, one Always On)
- Rear (fixed)
- 1 x USB-C (20 Gbps / USB 3.2 Gen 2x2); 2 x USB-A (Hi-Speed USB 2.0); 3 x USB-A (10 Gbps); 1 x Ethernet (10 GbE RJ-45); 1 x Ethernet (GbE RJ-45); 1 x line-in; 1 x line-out
- Rear (optional)
- 2 x USB-C (USB4, 40 Gbps, via PCIe x4 adapter); 1 x serial (via cable); 2 x PS/2 (via cable)
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, 39 L, or 4U rack (needs optional rail kit)
- Dimensions (W x D x H)
- 175 x 508 x 434.4 mm (6.9 x 20 x 17.1 in, with feet)
- Weight
- 22.7 kg (50.0 lb) maximum configuration
- Serviceability
- Tool-less side cover, memory, 3.5" HDD and PCIe card removal
- Security
- Discrete TPM 2.0 (TCG certified); chassis intrusion switch; Kensington Security Slot (3 x 7 mm); optional access-panel lock kit (common or unique key); BIOS admin/power-on password, UEFI Secure Boot, self-healing BIOS
- Operating temperature
- 10-35 degC (50-95 degF)
- Storage temperature
- -40-60 degC (-40-140 degF)
- Altitude
- Operating 0-3048 m; storage 0-12192 m
- Humidity
- Operating 20-80%; storage 10-90%
Management
- Remote management
- Optional Aspeed AST2600 graphics/management processor, IPMI 2.0-compliant BMC; AMD PRO Manageability
- Diagnostics
- ThinkStation Diagnostics; front diagnostic panel with QR code
Operating systems
- Preloads
- Windows 11 Pro; Windows 11 downgrade to Windows 10 Pro 64; Ubuntu Linux LTS; no preload
Processors
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7945WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7955WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7965WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7975WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7985WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9945WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9965WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX