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Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower and Tiny Workstations Announced

by Lyle Smith

Lenovo has announced the ThinkStation P360 Tower and Tiny, their latest additions to its portfolio of entry-level desktop workstations. These value-oriented offerings are purpose-built for engineers and designers that work with clock-speed-driven 3D applications, while also being suitable for AI practitioners and data scientists who work on smaller-sized projects and datasets.

Lenovo has announced the ThinkStation P360 Tower and Tiny, their latest additions to its portfolio of entry-level desktop workstations. These value-oriented offerings are purpose-built for engineers and designers that work with clock-speed-driven 3D applications, while also being suitable for AI practitioners and data scientists who work on smaller-sized projects and datasets.

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower Front

The ThinkStation P360 Tower is powered by the latest 12th i9 Gen Intel processors and supports up to the NVIDIA RTX A5000 professional GPU, the former of which is up to 58% faster than the previous generation. Moreover, the P360 Tower chassis also features an industry-leading 92% 750W power supply, four PCIe Gen4 slots, and a range of I/O for peripheral support.

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower Back

Users can also outfit the Tower with up to 128GB in DDR5 4000MHz memory and features three DisplayPort ports, allowing for support of up to 12 independent displays.

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower Specifications

Processor Up to 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K (16 cores, 5.2GHz)
Chipset Intel W680
Operating System
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Windows 10 Pro (preinstalled through downgrade rights in Windows 11 Pro)
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (certified)
Graphics Up to NVIDIA RTXTM A5000 24GB VRAM
Total Memory Up to 128GB DDR5, 4000MHz

Memory DIMM Capacity:
Up to 128GB DDR5, 4000MHz 4 UDIMM Slots

Storage
  • M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD up to 2TB, 4TB3
  • 3.5″ SATA 7200rpm up to 6TB
  • 2.5″ SATA HDD up to 1TB
Total storage Up to 7 total drives

  • Max M.2 = 3 (6TB), (10TB)
  • Max 3.5″ = 2 (12TB)
  • Max 2.5″ = 4 (4TB)
RAID
  • M.2 = 0/1
  • SATA = 0/1/5/10
Power Supply
  • 500W (92% efficient)
  • 750W (92% efficient)
Front Ports
  • (4) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
  • Audio Jack
  • (1) Microphone Jack
Rear Ports
  • (4) USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
  • Audio (Line Out)
  • DisplayPort
  • Flexible IO Port (DisplayPort/HDMI/Type-C)
  • HDMI
  • RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
  • Serial Port
  • Thunderbolt
  • PS/2
  • Parallel Port
  • VGA
  • Single Type-C Ports USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 Adapter
  • (1) Dual Type-A Ports USB 3.0 Adapter
WLAN
  • Intel AX211 AC WiFi 6e + Bluetooth 5.2
  • Intel AX201 AC WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0
  • Intel Wi-Fi w/ Bluetooth External Antenna Kit
Removeable Storage
  • (1) 3-in-1 Media Card Reader
  • (1) Slim ODD
  • (1) Front Accessible Drive Bay
Expansion Slots
  • (1) PCIe 4.0 x16
  • (1) PCIe 4.0 x4
  • (2) PCIe 4.0 x1
Expansion Options Serial/DP/HDMI/TypeC-DP/VGA/Thunderbolt 4
Dimensions (WxDxH)
  • (mm): 170 x 315.4 x 376
  • (inches): 6.7 x 12.4 x 14.8
Weight Starting at: 20.7lbs (9.4kg)
Software Windows Preloads: Lenovo Commercial Vantage

ISV Certifications:
Including AVID, Adobe, Altair, Autodesk, ANSYS, Bentley, Dassault, Nemetschek, PTC, Siemens, Barco, McKesson

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tiny

At less than 1L in volume, the ThinkStation P360 Tiny is dubbed by Lenovo as the smallest desktop workstation available, offering great performance that is “96% smaller” than a traditional desktop for optimal mobility. It is powered by the latest 12th Gen i9 Intel Core processors (16 cores, 5.2GHz) and supports up to the NVIDIA T1000 professional GPU. The Tiny is also highlighted by its RAID storage configurations to improve data security and the Intel WiFi 6e standard for improved connectivity.

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tiny side

The P360 family continues Lenovo’s commitment to environmental sustainability, utilizing post-consumer recycled materials in the systems and their packaging, as well as important certifications like Energy Star and EPEAT Gold.

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tiny front

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tiny Specifications

Processor Up to 12th Gen Intel Core i9 (16 cores, 5.2GHz)
Chipset Intel Q670
Operating System
  • Windows 11 Pro
  • Windows 11 Home
  • Windows 10 Pro (preinstalled through downgrade rights in Windows 11 Pro)
  • Ubuntu Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (certified)
Graphics Up to NVIDIA T1000 8GB VRAM
Total Memory Up to 64GB DDR5, 4800MHz

Memory DIMM Capacity: 8GB / 16GB / 32GB – 2 SoDIMM Slots

Storage M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD up to 2TB

Total Storage:

  • Up to 2 total drives
  • Max M.2 = 2 (4TB)
Power Supply
  • 170W or 230W
  • 90% efficient
Front Ports
  • (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C
  • (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (Fast Charge)
  • (1) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • (1) Combo Audio/Microphone Jack
Rear Ports
  • (2) USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A
  • (2) USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A
  • (1) DisplayPort
  • (1) HDMI
  • (1) RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet
  • (1) Wi-Fi Dipole Antenna2
  • (2) Punch Out (Support for Serial/DP/
  • HDMI/TypeC+DP/VGA/USB/LAN)
WLAN
  • Intel WiFi 6e AX211 +BT5.0
  • Foxconn WiFi 6e AX +BT5.0
  • Intel WiFi 6 AX201 +BT5.0
  • RTL8852BE WiFi 6 AX +BT5.1
Expansion Slots (1) PCIe 4.0 x 8
Expansion Options (2) Serial/DP/HDMI/TypeC+DP/VGA/USB/LAN Thunderbolt
Dimensions (WxDxH)
  • (mm): 37.0 x 182.9 x 179
  • (inches): 1.5 x 7.2 x 7.0
Weight Starting at 3.01lbs (1.4kg)
Software Windows Preloads: Lenovo Commercial Vantage

ISV Certifications:
Including 3D Experience, Auto-CAD, Creo, Inventor, McKesson, Media Composer, Microstation, NX, PDMS, Revit, Solid Edge, SolidWorks, Teamcenter, Tecnomatix, Vectorworks

Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower and Tiny Availability and Pricing

The Lenovo ThinkStation P360 Tower and Tiny are slated for a release sometime in April 2022, starting at $1,249 and $1,149, respectively.

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