Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2: Still Powerful & Reliable!

[@BandH]

Tell us about your experience using ThinkPads in the comments!

[@AleTravi]

We have a p16 gen2 at work with the i9-13980HX and rtx3500 and that thing is a beast! No matter what you throw at it, it won’t overheat. And did i mention it has 128gb of ram? It’s a beast. We use it with the docking station that has the good old ethernet port and more display outputs than you’ll ever need

[@erentabar6628]

Where are you working at ?

[@tukangjawa5140]

Can it handle lenovo 4k monitor 34 inch curve easyly when we are working with Solidworks? Equal +10.000 piece part

[@protobaby1]

do u have problems with high fans speed (noisy) when temperature is normal ?

[@Sadakorka]

Wtf, 128gb? You could probably have 5 people using that at the same time and it’d be fine

[@brucefulton]

I suspect many (most?) users will use the thinkpad workstation as I do, with a dock and dual external monitors. The missing ethernet functionality is handled by the dock, and not missed on the road. I do have an ethernet dongle, still unused.

[@graycock]

Yeah, but I have old P-series thinkpad at home and it has all ports possible, so I just pluged two monitors via hdmi and thunderbolt, lan and sd cards just like that.

[@theaveragejoebody]

This is my daily driver for work, and it is a beast! Handles everything i throw at it.

[@MarkHyde]

My AMD model comes with an ethernet port - love it. Great video review.

[@andyH_England]

Great review. Thanks!

[@BandH]

Thanks for watching!

[@pilchard2000]

Still use my trusty old W540 , i7 Nvidea 16gig 250ssd and 1Tb backup , the P16's grandaddy I suppose , love Lenovo's Thinkpads.

[@HellFire107]

I'm looking for upgrade options from the W540 I use now. I love it and only wish battery lasted more than 3 hours. Screen and trackpad could be improved too. Specwise, i7-4800MQ, Quadro K2100M, 16GB DDR3

[@EvoKey]

That red knob is wonderful in flight. When you sit like an T-rex you cannot use the trackpad, so the distance is perfect.

[@-ef]

Great video! Just bought one last week :)

[@Papiringo505]

What do you think so far? I'm also interested in this laptop

[@Tyuwhebsg]

thanks! great review

[@kingofl337]

I hate that the P16 doesn't have an ethernet jack. I have real-time applications that need an onboard nic, I have a thunderbolt nic on order to see if I can keep the laptop.

[@ayeye-69]

rich student riding lambo ❌ rich student riding thinkpad ✅

[@thesun___]

Hi, this video was really informative! It appears that your configuration is coloured black, but on Lenovo's website and on the model's spec sheet, the only available colour is "storm grey". Can you confirm whether your model is actually black or that it looks black due to your lighting?

[@BandH]

The color is a darker gray, it may look black in the video from the lighting.

[@thesun___]

@@BandH Thanks. I don't think that I'll buy this laptop anyway due to the ridiculous 60 hertz display on such a premium laptop. There are other screen options, but those aren't 4K nor pen compatible.

[@lostinthedifference]

​@@thesun___ The OLED has both options you are looking for

[@quillaja]

Trackpad is the main reason I still look at Thinkpads, though the 4 ram slots and user-replaceable GPU is certainly appealing. However, I had to return this laptop as it wouldn't even fit into my large backpack. It's just that bulky, unfortunately.

[@judasthepious1499]

help me choose.. P16 gen 2 ..or... P1 gen 6 yeah the naming convention really sucks here.. thx Lenovo I mainly gonna use it for game developing (Unreal Engine and Unity), maybe some video processing too..

[@BandH]

In order make the best recommendation for your use case, it would be best for you to contact our product specialists so they can hone in on your specific use case/discuss specific model laptop numbers with you. Please email us at [e-mail], or visit the B&H website to live chat with one of our PC product specialists.

[@DeutschlandGuy]

For running Davinci Resolve, how would this stack up against a 16-inch MacBook Pro Apple M3 Pro Chip with 12‑Core CPU and 18‑Core GPU with 16MB unified memory and a 1 TB SST? (The price for the Mac is about the same as for this machine.) Logic tells me that the 64MB on this machine is better than the 16MB memory on the Mac.

[@madhistory421]

Is this review considering user upgrades? Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it is possible to replace the inbuilt ram options with recently released 48 gigabtye ram modules.

[@kevinnapier8996]

It is. But you can not use ECC ram for the 192GB ram setup. 128GB setup can use ECC ram.

[@madhistory421]

@@kevinnapier8996 i see, thanks for the clarification!

[@PoppaBear760]

Do you think it’s sufficient for 3D animation work? Autodesk Maya?

[@cezarras]

I have t570 7 years... Since 3 yoars I'm bacpaking in Latin America 1 year ago cabel conacing disk ssd got broken. In the service thay connected disk via USB and laptop still working 😅

[@AnonymousHippo5]

Will Thinkpad be coming back out with a 17" or larger screen in the 4th quarter 2024 or during 2025?

[@ilapiaqq1021]

Does it have the ethernet exit and the HDMI one?

[@darkassasin7074]

Personally, I like to use ThinkPad's as my go to security & reliability laptop. For me there are more advantages using this instead of a MacBooks (Linux, interchangeable ram/storage, good build quality for tough environments, vast numbers of ports, etc.) If i need to prank india from Ashgabat I know for sure this laptop will have my back.

[@BronzeKats]

Would the P16 Gen 2 or the just released P16v Gen2 workstation be suitable for running music production software such as Presonus or other DAW to record and produce home recorded music? Thanks!

[@BandH]

Both the Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2 and P16v Gen 2 would be more than capable of running a DAW such as PreSonus Studio One. ThinkPads make excellent portable audio workstations in general, as they are sturdy, reliable, and can be configured with abundant RAM to handle large sessions.

[@BronzeKats]

Thanks very much for your quick and informative response. Not only does the B&H website have excellent information, it is great to discover your excellent KZbin channel. In Canada, the P16v Gen 2 higher end configuration is available with a Ultra 7 155H or Ultra 9 185H processor, 32 or 64 GB maximum of RAM, 1 TB max. of RAM, and either a RTX 2000 or 3000 graphics card. Do you think 64 GB of RAM be abundant enough, and would the RTX 2000 or the 3000 graphics card be more suitable? I'm hoping it will come on sale at some point soon :) Thanks again.

[@danukool]

Are these customizations all upgradable after purchase?

[@BandH]

The Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 2's RAM and storage drive are user-upgradeable, but the CPU, GPU, and other components cannot be modified.

[@danukool]

@@BandH so its best to get the best gpu and cpu at purchase

[@mac2105]

the trackpoint is absolutely a gamechanger for me and I won't buy a laptop that doesn't have it. But also I'm old af so...

[@coffeeaddikkt]

Doesn’t do well with a drop in a backpack from the shoulder… case cracked and the metal screen cover bent stopping the hinge from working

[@thesun___]

For real?

[@coffeeaddikkt]

@@thesun___ yea, Lenovo UK were good on the warrany repair, but these are not made anything like the old toughbooks! good Powerful computer with Phenomenal airflow, if you want your laptop working like a desktop this is the best I could find, but caution must be taken with transport, its HEAVY and Bulky but the 16 x 10 screen is EXCEPTIONAL, the options are brilliant, I was on a tight budget specking 8 units for my Technical department so we can run solidworks and they have been a marked upgrade on the ancient towers and I couldn't see any option from DELL that was even in the same ball park

[@cezarras]

Can you please make dicent compartion with razor blade and lenowo i9 and realy explain differentce in performance, durability, and build quality?

[@TaiLe-dr5ve]

I have Thinkpad P16 gen 1 display 4K OLED, when i set up 'High performance' for browsers Edge, Opera, Chrome in Graphic setting (It means using GPU Hybrid mode for browsers), display has flicker when scroll down/up facebook news feed, could you check this one with your laptop? Is there the same flicker?

[@AL-HD]

no LAN port! WTF

[@willalford3592]

The only reason I won't buy one. I'm holding off until the next generation specifically for this.

[@nomsotechnologies67]

Mine came with a USB type c to Lan converter.

[@MrThealfito]

Good video, RAM and SSD images and caption are reversed.

[@fgrdvsnellac7602]

@BandH you got something wrong the max configuration for ram is not 128 it is 192 gigs of ram

[@princewynad]

128 GB is ECC Ram.

[@scottbass1530]

The auctioneer quick speak kinda sucks. Off to the next review.

[@03.giabao76]

I dont play any game but there some gaming laptop is quite stronger workstation at the same price, i am ambivalent about chosing one

[@DeutschlandGuy]

02:15 Slow the talking the heck down! I had to keep going back and playing segments over and over again to catch what you were saying.

[@n2b998]

75% playback option

[@pete0274]

Workstation without Ethernet port what a stupid idea, vulnerability and unreliable network packets... no thx, they can keep it.

[@alibargh]

I have Gen 2 with 13950HX, it is not performing better than gaming laptops. The RAM speed is limited, cpu TDP is set lower than similar spec laptops. Very disappointing

[@AleTravi]

Thinkpads are workstations meaning that you might get a little less raw performance but reliability, build quality and compatibility with your software are the biggest concerns for the manufacturers. We are comparing a military grade machine with a laptop full of rgb😂❤

[@pilchard2000]

@@AleTraviyes, they don't advertise P16 as a Games machine.