Because of its robust size,
the ThinkPad P70 accommodates plenty of ports, making it a very versatile machine for those who need portability but don't want to sacrifice performance or productivity.
Despite retaining the classic ThinkPad design,
the ThinkPad P70 still brings a few firsts to Lenovo's mobile workstation lineup.
If you don't mind the large dimensions and 7.6 - pound weight of
the ThinkPad P70, you'll be rewarded with a powerful mobile workstation with Intel's Skylake or mobile Xeon processors.
The ThinkPad P70 can be configured with 3 TB total storage, making it ideal for those working with large graphics or video files.
There are two models in the P Series — a smaller 15.6 - inch ThinkPad P50 and a 17.3 - inch
ThinkPad P70, and both models will be available in the last quarter of this year.
The ThinkPad P70 comes in a matte black box, similar to the ThinkPad W541 and the ThinkPad W550s.
If you top out the specs on
a ThinkPad P70, you're not going to need any other device.
That blew away the speeds posted by the Precision 5520 (462.66 MBps), the ZBook Studio (508.92 MBps), and
the ThinkPad P70 (848.2 MBps).
That's a smidge faster than the 3:29 category average and on a par with the times from the ZBook Studio (3:23) and
the ThinkPad P70 (3:23).
But it still manages to be a bit lighter than the Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 (7.6 pounds, 16.4 x 10.8 x 1.2 inches).
However,
the ThinkPad P70, with its Quadro M4000M GPU, scored an impressive 144,030.
Weighing 7.6 pounds and measuring 1.4 inches thick, the Precision 7720 is similar to the 17.3 - inch Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 (7.6 pounds, 1.2 inches) and heavier than the MSI WE72 7RJ (6.2 pounds, 1.3 inches).
That's slower than the 531.34 MBps category average, as well as the speeds from the 512 GB PCIe SSD in the ZBook Studio (508.92 MBps), the 512 GB PCIe M. 2 SSD in
the ThinkPad P70 (848.2 MBps), the 512 GB SSD in the MSI WE72 7RJ (848.2 MBps), and the 512 GB M. 2 PCIe SSD in the Precision 5520 (462.66 MBps).
It took 9 hours and 34 minutes for the Laptop Mag Battery Test to drain the workstation of its juice, which is longer than the 4:29 category average and the times from the ZBook Studio (5:08),
the ThinkPad P70 (5:53) and the MSI WE72 (2:57).
The Precision 7720 produced accurate colors, netting a 0.3 on the Delta - E test, where lower numbers are better, That beats the 1.35 desktop - replacement average, as well as the scores from the ZBook Studio (2.4),
the ThinkPad P70 (0.7) and the Precision 5520 (1.5).
The 5.8 - pound, 1.16 - inch - thick ThinkPad P50 is just compact enough to be squeezed into a typical laptop bag or be carried around the office, and is much lighter than Lenovo's 17 - inch, 7.6 - pound
ThinkPad P70.
Weighing 8.8 pounds and measuring 1.9 inches thick, the WT73VR is heavier and thicker than the 17 - inch Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 (7.6 pounds; 1.2 inches).
On the GeekBench 3 test, the WT73VR netted a 14,877, which beats the ZBook Studio's (Xeon E3 - 1505M v5, 32 GB RAM) 14,276 and the 13,158 notched by
the ThinkPad P70 (Xeon E3 - 1505M v5, 16 GB RAM).
The panel averaged 262 nits (a measure of brightness), which is below the 291 - nit category average and the marks from the Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 (277 nits) and the Precision 5520 (335 nits).
More colorful displays can be found in the ZBook Studio (169 percent) and
the ThinkPad P70 (158 percent).
That's better than the 825 from the ZBook Studio (4 GB Quadro M1000M), the 1,856 from
the ThinkPad P70 (4 GB Quadro M4000M), the 1,324 from the MSI WE72 7RJ (4 GB Quadro M2200) and the 980 from the Precision 5520 (4 GB Quadro M1200).
That's comfortably above the desktop - replacement category average (12,796), just a tad higher than the Xeon E3 - 1505M - powered
ThinkPad P70 (13,158) and about on a par with the Core i7 - powered 15 - inch MacBook Pro (13,352).
However, the ZBook Studio G3 and
the ThinkPad P70 got the same exact time, and the MacBook Pro was 19 seconds quicker.
The ThinkPad P70 was the most accurate at 0.7.
That's below the 59 - fps category average, tied with
the ThinkPad P70 (32 fps) and smoother than the ZBook Studio (14 fps).
Higher marks came from the HP ZBook Studio (169 percent),
the ThinkPad P70 (158 percent) and the MSI WE72 (196 percent).
However, workstation and gaming - class laptops such as the Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 or Asus G752 require a lot more than 100 watts.
Emitting up to 317 nits of brightness, the Precision 7720 outshines the 290 - nit category average, as well as the readings from the ZBook Studio G3 (241 nits),
the ThinkPad P70 (277 nits) and the MSI WE72 (200 nits).
While the category average is 4:19, the ZBook Studio (5:08),
ThinkPad P70 (5:53) and Dell Precision 5520 (a whopping 11:57) lasted far longer.
The WE72's Delta - E score is just 0.4 (0 is ideal), which is lower than the average (1.3), ZBook Studio (2.4), Precision (1.5) and
ThinkPad P70 (0.7).
On our OpenOffice Spreadsheet Macro, the WE72 paired 20,000 names and addresses in 3 minutes and 22 seconds — a hair faster than the average of 3:24, and
the ThinkPad P70 and ZBook Studio (tied at 3:23).
That honor goes to the Lenovo
ThinkPad P70, at a backbreaking 7.6 pounds.
On 3DMark Fire Strike, it notched a score of 5,331, falling short of the average (9,092, though this includes high - end gaming laptops) and
the ThinkPad P70 (Nvidia Quadro M4000M, 6,645), but outperformed the Precision (Quadro M1200, 3,987) and ZBook Studio (M1000M, 3,351).
If you can drop a bit more cash, the Lenovo
ThinkPad P70 (starting at $ 1,889) offers a brighter screen and lasts almost twice as long on a charge.
The ZBook Studio (241 nits) and
ThinkPad P70 (277 nits) also missed the mark, but they're brighter than MSI's machine.
Not exact matches
The
ThinkPad P71 from Lenovo is said to be the successor to the
P70, which was released in the year 2015.
The
P70 is the first Lenovo mobile workstation to come with a 17.3 - inch display, and it's the first Lenovo laptop to come with a 4K resolution, besting the 3K screens on the
ThinkPad W541 and W550s.