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Posted by another take

- Today at 08:29:25

notebookcheck.net/Why-are-mobile-workstations-like-the-ThinkPad-P16v-Gen-3-not-equipped-with-the-fastest-components.1205265.0.html:

QuotePriced at around €2,800, our review unit of the ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 is not a bargain by any means, and the RTX PRO 2000 obviously plays a role as well. However, if you look at the performance of the GPU, you might be surprised that Lenovo only implements the 60W version of the RTX PRO 2000, even though the TGP limit is 115 Watts. During our review, we compared the performance figures of the RTX PRO 2000 with the 115W version of the consumer GPU GeForce RTX 5060 (same specs) and the raw GPU performance is around 30 % higher. This means you pay the full price for the RTX PRO 2000, but you do not get the full performance.

FPS/Watt (from the "3DMark Performance rating - Percent" section)
P16v G3 (5060 Laptop at 60W): 76.4pt/60 Watt = 1.2733
5060 Laptop at 115W: 100 pt/115 Watt = 0.8696
It may be a bad take, but this makes the P16v G3 46% more energy efficient, if I'm not mistaken. The highest energy efficiency is usually somewhere around normal TDP/2 (and then it drops off again). 115W/2 is basically what this laptop is set to, positively interestingly.

QuoteThe gaming laptop Lenovo Legion 7 16, which combines a much faster processor with the 115W version of the GeForce RTX 5060 can handle up to 145 Watts, so almost twice the value of the much more expensive ThinkPad P16v Gen 3.

I wanted to say that it's also heavier, but no, the Legion 7 16 is even lighter.

QuoteWe do not want to hide the fact that the Legion is also much noisier under load

I guess this is the disadvantage then.

Another advantage might be the reliability: The higher the temps, the worse. The P16v G3 is expected to last longer than the mentioned faster Legion 7 16, right?, as it also has the lower temps:

QuoteThis is not particularly high considering the large casing.

Tho 80°C on the Legion isn't that bad, but kinda the highest I personally would want it to be.

Posted by Enough said

- Yesterday at 08:53:25

QuoteWe would have liked a little more performance, especially from the graphics card. The Nvidia RTX PRO 2000 (Blackwell, comparable to GeForce RTX 5060) is only operated with a maximum of 60 watts and is therefore well away from the maximum 115 watts (would provide around 30% more performance). In view of the large 16-inch case, this is relatively weak.

Thanks for mentioning this. Correct, it's the same GB206 chip (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwell_(microarchitecture)#Blackwell_dies).

Quote8 GB VRAM [..] 2825 Euro

Enough said.

With pixel response times of 39.2 ms, which equals to true 1/0.0392 = 25 Hz, it's not going to be a good gaming display, but it's also not a gaming laptop.

Positive bits (not exhaustive):

Quote2 slots, max. 96 GB

At least it's not soldered and not up to 64 GB RAM. 96 GB RAM (+8 GB VRAM) can easily fit e.g. Gpt-Oss-120B LLM or a GLM-4.5-Air quant.

QuoteThe average brightness is a very good ~554 cd/m²

Seems good enough.

Posted by Sander

- January 17, 2026, 22:26:46

THANK YOU for calling them out on this ugly camera hump thing that appears everywhere now. Also note another tiny, yet important detail that they still haven't solved: some letter keys - used widely in Nordic languages by users in these Nordic countries - some of those keys just LEFT of the ENTER key are narrower! Who in their right mind would design their keyboard like this?
I have told them about this, yet they haven't done anything.

Posted by moe69230

- January 17, 2026, 00:50:28

I am surprised that the P16s AMD Gen 4 with its Ryzen 9 is not behind the P16v Gen 3 in terms of CPU performance, even though the P16s AMD has only one fan compared to two fans on the P16v.

The P16s AMD Gen 4 Ryzen version could have been very good if Lenovo had equipped it with a 4K display.

Posted by Redaktion

- January 16, 2026, 09:59:55

The ThinkPad P16v Gen 3 is a mobile workstation from Lenovo. There have been savings in some areas, such as the housing materials or the graphics and cooling performance. Nevertheless, the price is more than 2,800 Euros (~$3248). In our test, we find out whether this is justified.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-workstation-with-Nvidia-RTX-PRO-2000-Lenovo-ThinkPad-P16v-Gen-3-review.1204980.0.html