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Shop›Notebook Workstations›Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX Laptop 40.6 cm (16") WUXGA 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM 1 TB SSD Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) Windows 11 Pro English Black
Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 Intel Core Ultra 7 265HX Laptop 40.6 cm (16") WUXGA 32 GB DDR5-SDRAM 1 TB SSD Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) Windows 11 Pro English Black
£3744.14
£4492.97 inc. VAT
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Key Features
Lenovo ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 21RQ
AI Workstation
Intel Core Ultra 7
265HX / up to 5.3 GHz
vPro Enterprise
Win 11 Pro
RTX PRO 2000 Blackwell
32 GB RAM
Product Overview
AI-generated summary
The ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 is a proper workstation—i.e., not something you buy because it looks nice, but because you need sustained performance and build quality that won’t fall apart after months of real work. The Core Ultra 7 + plenty of memory/storage will feel especially good for heavier workloads like multi-project engineering work, local data analysis, virtualization, big spreadsheets that don’t behave, and “I just need my machine to keep up” creative/rendering tasks. Lenovo’s business support story in the UK is also a big plus: if this is going to sit with a team and you need predictable servicing, ThinkPad tends to be the sensible choice.
That said, £3,744 ex-VAT is a lot of money, and whether it’s good value depends on your actual workload. If your day-to-day is mostly Office, email, CRM, light BI, and a few web apps, you’re paying for headroom you won’t use. Also, workstation pricing only makes sense if you’ll benefit from the “stay fast under load” side of things (and not just the CPU speed on paper). I’d recommend it for IT teams who standardise on dependable fleet hardware for power users, developers, analysts, and design/engineering roles—not for general office refreshes. If your users are mostly office/knowledge work, you can almost certainly save a chunk without sacrificing day-to-day productivity.
Why This Product
DESKTOP-LEVEL POWER
Executing the heaviest workloads for professional creators, engineers, developers, and data scientists, the 16″ ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 mobile workstation boasts Intel® Core™ Ultra (Series 2) processors...
NOT JUST AN AI PC
While it excels at everyday AI PC tasks that enhance productivity and collaboration, the ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 mobile workstation truly shines in advanced AI development scenarios. From data preparati...
EFFICIENT AI PROCESSINGFast & Reliable Performance
With Intel® Core™ Ultra 200HX Series processors, the P16 Gen 3 provides smooth and efficient workflows for complex tasks and heavy-duty applications. Plus, the built-in AI engine and robust process...
ADVANCED GRAPHICSAccelerate Your Ideas & Creativity
Boost creativity with NVIDIA’s most powerful RTX PRO™ 5000 Blackwell Generation Laptop GPU. Deliver real-time ray tracing with accelerated AI technology and breakthrough neural rendering for creato...
AI-ACCELERATED PRODUCTIVITYAUTOMATE SIMPLE TASKS
This AI-ready mobile workstation enables productivity-rich tasks. Enjoy enhanced video conferencing and collaboration tools, robust security, document automation including scanning and summarizing,...
LEVEL UP YOUR ITComplete Manageability & Reliability
Adding Intel vPro® technology maximizes efficiency for IT teams. With Intel Active Management Technology, IT can remotely monitor, manage, troubleshoot, and repair PCs — even systems powered off an...
Specifications
Design
Product typeNotebook
Product colourBlack
Form factorClamshell
Housing materialAluminium
Display back cover materialAluminium
Display
Display diagonal16 "
Display resolution1920 x 1200 pixels
TouchscreenN
HD typeWUXGA
Panel typeIPS
Processor
Processor manufacturerIntel
Processor familyIntel Core Ultra 7
Processor model265HX
Processor cores20
Processor threads20
Memory
Internal memory32 GB
Internal memory typeDDR5-SDRAM
Memory clock speed5600 MHz
Memory form factorSO-DIMM
Memory layout (slots x size)2 x 16 GB
Storage
Total storage capacity1000 GB
Storage mediaSSD
Total SSDs capacity1000 GB
Number of SSDs installed1
SSD capacity1000 GB
Graphics
Discrete graphics card memory8 GB
Discrete graphics memory typeGDDR7
Discrete graphics cardY
Audio
Number of built-in speakers2
Speaker power2 W
Built-in microphoneY
Number of microphones2
Camera
Front cameraY
Front camera resolution (numeric)5 MP
Infrared (IR) cameraY
Privacy cameraY
Privacy typePrivacy shutter
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