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Lenovo released three new ones ThinkStation workstations, with the PX being the top model, a model that can handle two 4th gen Intel Xeon scalable CPUs (formerly known as Sapphire rapids). With a pair of $17,000 Intel Xeon Platinum 8490H processors, users can access 120 cores (240 threads) and 225MB of cache.
The other highlight of the new PX range is the ability to support four of them NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Lovelace GPU cards with 48GB of memory each, making them a great choice for traditional creative and data usage scenarios (animation, data visualizationsimulation, displayAnd video editing) but also for VDI (Virtual desktop infrastructure) applications.
As expected, it can support up to 2 TB DDR5 RAM (registered ECC) and up to nine storage drives (a combination of SSD And HDD). Not surprisingly, all of this requires a hefty PSU (a 1.85kW model comes with optional redundancy) and Windows 11 Pro Workstation has a special edition of Windows 11 installed.
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The dual-socket machine comes with a rack-optimized 4U chassis, meaning 10 of these can be stacked high in a 42U rack. Lenovo is collaborating with Aston Martin – incidentally one of its customers – for the design of these workstations.
Elsewhere, the P5 and P7 are single-socket models with fewer expansion options. Like the PX, they are also missing Lightning strike 4 connectivity which may prove to be a problem for creative professionals seeking access to DAS (directly attached storage) devices such as a external SSD. Expect the three models to take over the current P920, P720 and P520 series from May 2023 with a huge performance boost.
The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 powering the current P920 not only has less than half the number of cores than the 8490H, it’s also nearly four years old. But a fully loaded ThinkStation PX doesn’t come cheap; a P920 (opens in new tab) with 1 TB of memory, a pair of Platinum 8280, two NVIDIA RTX A6000 and five 2TB SSDs cost nearly $90,000.
No news yet on EPYC or Threadripper Pro
All eyes will now be on the successor to the award-winning ThinkStation P620, currently powered by the 64-core Thread Ripper Pro 5995WX, one that launched in July 2020 and has yet to receive an update. Of particular note is the fact that several of Lenovo’s smaller rivals have rolled out EPYC-based workstations, including BroadBerry, ThinkMate, Supermicro, Velocity Micro, and AVADirect.
Current EPYC models still use PCIe 4.0 and DDR4.0, but when the 4th generation AMD Epyc processors (Genoa, 9004 series) become more widely available in the coming weeks, workstations with 192 cores and 384 threads (two EPYC 9654) can be expected to go on sale very soon.
