Lenovo ThinkPad P1 2019 Laptop Review: Slim workstation with stronger GPU and weaker CPU

[Redaktion]

Lenovo has introduced the second generation of its slim, high-end ThinkPad P1 workstation into the market. Included on board are the newest Nvidia Quadro GPUs based on Turing, significantly brighter display options, and the newest Intel processors. However, the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 2 shows some weaknesses in the CPU performance, of all things.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lenovo-ThinkPad-P1-2019-Laptop-Review-Slim-workstation-with-stronger-GPU-and-weaker-CPU.431265.0.html

[badril abu bakar]

Shoot. Now I'm nervous. Just ordered one and it's on its way.. bummer. Thanks for the detailed review though.

[Jan Hupka]

Lenovo is doing one step after another.
Wrong screens at the top Think Pad series.(T590) Overheating of Extreme and P1 series notebooks.
Lenovo is undermining the reputation it has.

[FDC]

I was about to order one, now I wonder...
Is the CPU problem will be fixed by bios update
I planned to take the 500nits screen but the poor dimming options is a problem
And coil whine is a reason for not buying...

I'll wait for reviewsk from owners..

[Archuk]

Worse CPU performance? Who cares? Has it got thinner by 2mm at least?

[not_anton]

Why do reviewers keep complaining about under-utilising CPU turbo?
If you draw a CPU performance chart starting from 0 as you should (rather than from 890), a difference between 960 points and 1030 points of other laptops will be laughable. But the difference between 36dB vs 46dB at load is absolutely huge - as in "whisper quiet" vs "lather loud and annoying".

Really glad that companies other than Apple start producing actually convenient to use laptops.

[jerrycha]

I wonder whether X1 Extreme Gen2 has the same problem.

[Archuk]

What about my question? Is it thinner than the previous year model? If not, then there's absolutely no reason to buy it.

[Archuk]

I also hope it is a bit more expensive. Otherwise if I buy it, my friends who have MacbookPros will think that I am a bum.

[GT]

Got the lenovo for 1100 euros but have a i7-9750h instead of the 9850h. Plus I should note that there is also a p1 gen 2 model avaible that has a quadro T2000 build in.

[FDC]

Got the lenovo for 1100 euros but have a i7-9750h instead of the 9850h. Plus I should note that there is also a p1 gen 2 model avaible that has a quadro T2000 build in.

Nice price!
Do you have any coil whine on your machine?

[Henkieschmenkie]

Did you guys by any chance keep an eye on the GPU's power consumption while running Furmark? I experience a 35W power limit which, when running Furmark on the FHD preset, limits the GPU clock to about 1065MHz.

[AC]

Okay, i received the laptop on last Thursday. The screen definitely gives me a headache when I am on it.
I am thinking i probably need to return it because I can't use it as my productive laptop. sigh, everything else is perfect.

[Gavin]

Okay, i received the laptop on last Thursday. The screen definitely gives me a headache when I am on it.
I am thinking i probably need to return it because I can't use it as my productive laptop. sigh, everything else is perfect.

What screen did you purchase?

[Filtro]

The i7-9850H has actually 6 cores, not 4 as mentioned in the article.

I have the former version of this processor in my P52 and it's not bad at all :)