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Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 is a 16-inch mobile workstation on Intel Core Ultra 5, 7 and 9 H-series chips (up to the Core Ultra 9 285H) with RTX PRO 1000 or 2000 Blackwell graphics, up to 64GB of LPCAMM2 memory and Thunderbolt 5. Lenovo announced a US starting price of $2,819; specs here are for a Core Ultra 7 255H, RTX PRO 2000, 32GB, 1TB model with the 3.2K tandem OLED.
Pros
- 16-inch 3200x2000 tandem OLED with 40-120Hz variable refresh, rated 600 nits SDR and 1,500 nits peak HDR; measured about 566 nits SDR and 1,430 nits HDR in review testing
- RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell graphics (8GB GDDR7); Core Ultra 7 255H scored 2,811 single-core and 16,940 multi-core in Geekbench 6.7 in review testing
- Upgradeable LPCAMM2 memory up to 64GB and two M.2 2280 slots for up to 8TB of storage
- Two Thunderbolt 5 ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, HDMI 2.1, an SD Express card reader and Wi-Fi 7, with the TrackPoint kept
- Starts at 1.84kg and 20.6mm thick, with a 90Wh battery and a 140W USB-C GaN adapter
Cons
- The tandem OLED configuration ran only about 5.5 hours in a Wi-Fi web-browsing test at 150 nits in review testing, against 9.9 hours for the previous-generation IPS model
- Memory is a single LPCAMM2 module capped at 64GB, with no ECC option
- Graphics top out at the RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell with 8GB of VRAM
- The matte OLED panel looked slightly grainy up close in review testing
Average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
Display
- Screen size
- 16 ″
- Panel type
- Tandem OLED
- Resolution
- 3200x2000
- Refresh rate
- 120 Hz
- Peak brightness
- 1,500 nits
Performance
- Processor
- Intel Core Ultra 7 255H
- Graphics
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell Laptop GPU (8GB GDDR7)
- RAM
- 32 GB
- RAM type
- LPDDR5X-7467 (LPCAMM2, upgradeable)
- Storage
- 1,024 GB
- Storage type
- NVMe SSD (2x M.2 2280 slots, PCIe 4.0 x4)
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,811Top 49%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 16,940Top 28%
Battery
- Capacity
- 90 Wh
- Web browsing endurance
- 5.5 h
- Charging
- 140 W
Design
- Weight
- 1.84 kg
- Thickness
- 20.6 mm
- Material
- Aluminum
Connectivity
- Ports
- 2x Thunderbolt 5 (USB PD 3.1, DisplayPort 2.1), 1x Thunderbolt 4 (USB PD 3.1, DisplayPort 2.1), 1x USB-A (10Gbps, always on), HDMI 2.1 (up to 8K/60Hz), SD Express 7.0 card reader, 3.5mm combo audio jack
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 7
- Bluetooth
- 5.4
- Webcam
- 5MP + IR camera with privacy shutter
- Biometrics
- Fingerprint reader in the power button, IR camera for Windows Hello face recognition
Software
- Operating system
- Windows 11 Pro
Quick answers
Is the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 good in 2026?
The Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 earns an Inno Score of 58/100 (“Average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Lenovo's ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 is a 16-inch mobile workstation on Intel Core Ultra 5, 7 and 9 H-series chips (up to the Core Ultra 9 285H) with RTX PRO 1000 or 2000 Blackwell graphics, up to 64GB of LPCAMM2 memory and Thunderbolt 5. Lenovo announced a US starting price of $2,819; specs here are for a Core Ultra 7 255H, RTX PRO 2000, 32GB, 1TB model with the 3.2K tandem OLED.
What are the key specs of the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8?
Processor: Intel Core Ultra 7 255H · RAM: 32 GB · Screen size: 16 ″ · Weight: 1.84 kg
What are the closest alternatives to the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Apple MacBook Air 13 (M4), ASUS Googlebook 14, Lenovo Yoga Slim 7x — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
