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Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 vs Dell Pro Max 16 Premium

57 out of 100
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
VS
62 out of 100
Dell Pro Max 16 Premium
Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
Dell Pro Max 16 Premium
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Review

Evaluation of Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8 and Dell Pro Max 16 Premium important characteristics
Performance
System and application performance
Gaming
Performance in popular 3D games
Display
Viewing angle, color accuracy, brightness
Battery Life
Potential battery life in light and average use
Connectivity
Ports, webcam and other interfaces
Portability
Design, materials, durability and usability
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24.6
(Mediocre)
Value Index
26.5
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between the notebooks
Advantages of the Lenovo ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
  • Includes an old-school USB-A port
  • Easier to carry: weighs 350 grams less (around 0.77 lbs)
  • Can run popular games at about 13-18% higher FPS
Advantages of the Dell Pro Max 16 Premium
  • Higher screen refresh rate: 120 versus 60 Hz
  • Around 9% better multi-core CPU performance in the Cinebench 2024 test
  • Features a a little bigger (~7%) battery – 96 against 90 watt-hours

Tests and Specifications

Comparison table of test results and technical specs
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ThinkPad P1 Gen 8
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Pro Max 16 Premium

Case

Weight 1.84 kg (4.06 lbs) 2.19 kg (4.83 lbs)
Dimensions 354.3 x 241 x 9.87-15.8 mm
13.95 x 9.49 x 0.39-0.62 inches		 353.8 x 240.28 x 20.24-22 mm
13.93 x 9.46 x 0.8-0.87 inches
Area 854 cm2 (132.4 inches2) 850 cm2 (131.8 inches2)
Screen-to-body ratio ~86.9% ~87.3%
Side bezels 4.8 mm 4.6 mm
Colors Black Black
Material Aluminum Magnesium alloy
Transformer No No
Opening angle 180° -
Size comparison
Cooling solution
Cooling system Active Active
Vapor chamber No Yes
Liquid metal No No
Number of fans 2 2
Noise level (max. load) 47.9 dB -

Display

Size 16 inches 16 inches
Type IPS LCD IPS LCD
Refresh rate 60 Hz 120 Hz
Adaptive refresh rate No Yes (30-120 Hz)
PPI 142 ppi 142 ppi
Aspect ratio 16:10 16:10
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels 1920 x 1200 pixels
HDR support No No
Sync technology No No
Touchscreen No No
Coating Matte Matte
Ambient light sensor No Yes
Display tests
Contrast 1200:1 1500:1
sRGB color space 100% 100%
Response time - 35 ms
Max. brightness

Battery

Capacity
Voltage - 11.7 V
Full charging time 1:30 hr -
Battery type Li-Po Li-Po
Replaceable No No
Fast charging Yes Yes
Charging via USB (Power Delivery) Yes, 140 W Yes
Charging port position Left, Right Left, Right
Charge power 140 W 100 / 165 W
Weight of AC adapter 398 grams -

CPU

CPU name
Base frequency 2.4 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo frequency 5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Cores 14 (4P + 8E) 16 (6P + 10E)
Threads 14 16
L3 Cache 18 MB 24 MB
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Arc Graphics 140T
Fabrication process 3 nm 3 nm

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)
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Graphics Card

GPU name
TGP 75 W -
Nvidia Optimus - Yes
Type Dedicated Dedicated
Fabrication process 5 nm 5 nm
FLOPS 10.3 TFLOPS 8.3-12.3 TFLOPS
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory bus 128 bit 128 bit
Memory speed ~24 Gbps ~24 Gbps
Shading units (cores) 2560 2560
Texture mapping units (TMUs) 80 80
Raster operations pipelines (ROPs) 32 32
GPU performance 10.3 TFLOPS 8.3-12.3 TFLOPS

GPU Benchmarks

Steel Nomad Lite Score
Blender GPU 2379 2189
Solar Bay 30804 31228
Expected FPS based on average performance across 9 popular games. Details
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RAM

RAM size
Channels 2x8 GB 2x8 GB
Clock 7467 MHz 8400 MHz
Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Upgradable No No

Storage

Storage size
Bus PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x) PCI-E Gen 4.0 (4x)
Storage type SSD (M2) SSD (M2)
Channels 1x256 GB 1x512 GB
Upgradable Yes Yes
Total slots 2 2
NVMe Yes Yes

Sound

Audio chip Cirrus Logic CS42L43 Cirrus Logic CS42L43
Speakers 2.0 2.2 (2 tweeters and 2 woofers)
Power 2x2W 2x2W, 2x2W
Dolby Atmos Yes Yes
Loudness ~87.5 dB -
Microphones 2 2

Connectivity

Wi-Fi standard v7 v7
Bluetooth v5.4 v5.4
Fingerprint Yes Optional
Infrared sensor Optional Optional
Optical drive No No
Webcam Above the display Above the display
Webcam resolution 2560 x 1440 2560 x 1440
Ports
USB-A 1x USB 3.2 No
USB Type-C 3x USB 4.0 3x USB 4.0
Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 5 Thunderbolt 5
HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort No No
VGA No No
Audio jack (3.5 mm) Yes Yes
Ethernet (RJ45) No No
SD card reader Yes Yes
Proprietary charging port No No

Input

Keyboard
Keyboard type Island Island
Numpad No No
Backlight Yes Yes
Key travel 1.5 mm -
Touchpad
Size 13.5 x 8.5 cm 15.2 x 9.0 cm
Surface Glass Glass
Windows Precision Yes Yes
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