Lenovo ThinkPad P1 16" Gen 8 Black 2025
Its 16-inch 3200x2000 tandem OLED touchscreen hits 1500 nits peak brightness with a 120Hz refresh rate, paired with Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 graphics for demanding professional workloads. With 64GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a 2TB SSD, Wi-Fi 7, and Thunderbolt 5, it combines workstation-grade connectivity in a 1.84kg chassis. This laptop is best for video editors manipulating HDR timelines and 3D artists rendering complex scenes, thanks to its color-accurate OLED and RTX PRO graphics.
CPU Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
RAM 64 GB
Storage 2 TB
Screen 16" 3200x2000
GPU NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell
OS Windows 11 Pro
Weight 1.8 kg
Battery 90 Wh
85 Overall Score
Price CA$7,272
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong ram (99th percentile) 99th
- Strong port (97th percentile) 97th
- Strong storage (95th percentile) 95th
Cons
- Below average compact (24th percentile)
What owners think
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Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 2.9 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell |
| Type | discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 2 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 3200 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 1500 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 3 |
| USB Ports | 1 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 |
| HDMI | 1 x HDMI |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Ethernet | No Onboard Ethernet |
Physical
| Weight | 1.8 kg / 4.1 lbs |
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkPad P1 16" Gen 8 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 | HP OMEN Transcend 14-fb1023dx | MSI Titan 18 HX AI Norse Myth 18" | Microsoft Surface Laptop ZGQ-00001 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 2048 | 8192 | 2000 | 1024 | 2048 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 3200x2000 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 18" 3840x2400 | 13.8" 2304x1536 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | Qualcomm Adreno GPU |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | - | 71 | 100 | 54 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | Cpu | Gpu | Ram | Port | Screen | Compact | Storage | Reliability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad P1 16" Gen 8 | 88.8 | 81.4 | 99 | 97.2 | 99.4 | 23.8 | 94.6 | 78.9 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 92.1 | 18.7 | 96.3 | 79.7 | 99.1 | 67.5 | 99.7 | 96.4 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 86.6 | 91.5 | 92.3 | 66.5 | 95.6 | 72.8 | 90 | 58.6 |
| HP OMEN Transcend 14-fb1023dx Compare | 88.8 | 87.5 | 91.1 | 92.1 | 95.6 | 71.6 | 69.4 | 32.1 |
| MSI Titan 18 HX AI Norse Myth 18" Compare | 98.3 | 91.5 | 98 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 57.5 | 98.7 | 58.6 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop ZGQ-00001 Compare | 98.8 | 38.2 | 81.4 | 51.3 | 84.5 | 87.5 | 81.5 | 78.9 |
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