Lenovo ThinkPad P53 Review
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Lisa Gade reviews the Lenovo ThinkPad P53, a 15.6” mobile workstation that’s extremely powerful and upgradable. The laptop is available with Intel 9th gen Core i5, i7 and i9 processors and the Intel Xeon 8-core E-2276M CPU. It ships with NVIDIA Quadro graphics, at the low end the T1000/T2000 and at the upper end there’s the Quadro RTX 3000, RTX 4000 Max-Q and RTX 5000 Max-Q with 16GB DDR6 VRAM. It’s currently the only 15” mobile workstation with the Quadro RTX 5000, which is the model we have for review. The ThinkPad is available with full HD and 4K UHD displays, including a 4K OLED option. The P53 is designed for 2D and 3D CAD, modeling, architecture and 3D rendering.
Can't tell you how happy I am to see a proper review of the 2019 ThinkPad P53, and it's on my favorite youtube channel no less. Thank God for you Lisa!
Beautiful! I am a Dell guy but I just can't help myself with the Thinkpad. This looks to be one heck of a beast. Lovely expandablity and boy do I love that.
R.a. Wheeler I have had Dell laptops for the past 20 years. But the Dell Precision laptop (5510) runs too hot due to its slim chassis. Thermals are bad and even with the latest 15” model, it hasn’t really improved. Also drivers are bad and I have lots of issues with the Dell Docks (D3100, WD15 and TB15/TB16). My next laptop will probably be a Lenovo in this series. The only drawback is the numpad that causes the keyboard to be asymmetric.
@@RamonDeKlein I love the XPS line, but for some reason Dell has really cheaped out the cooling on them. I have a Latitude 5491 with a 6 core and Nvidia graphics. The thing is a 14 inch beast. But like the XPS 15 it throttles. Even after using new paste and shims. It's still better than a Macbook pro, but it's not what it could be. Especially if I am using my TB16 thunderbolt dock. For whatever reason them two don't seem to play well together. The fans will just blast away. It's a little heater. I don't think it's strictly Dell. It's this push for thinner and lighter laptops. But when your sticking that kind of hardware in there... I mean it's still a 14mn cpu. These things produce a lot of heat under stress. For my $2100 bucks I expected better. I was only $400 or so off from moving up to a precision 7530. I probably should have pulled the trigger in retrospect. But I really wanted to keep with a 14 inch footprint. My 5470 before it never had these problems at all, but to be fair that was only a quad core with Radeon graphics and it didn't have thunderbolt. I used the traditional doc with it.
You are incredible Lisa! Thanks for the fantastic overview :) super informative. Refreshing to have the real questions answered instead of flashy sales talk, much appreciated.
I like Lisa. Like, if somebody said they didn't like her, I would not like that person - based solely off that one interaction.
Very informative review...great job!
Can it trump the macs
Great review. Thanks!
I see a Thinkpad review by Lisa, I know I am in for a good time. Lenovo made a mistake when they removed the removable battery.
How does it compare to the new MacBook Pro 16???
Thanks
Really, i want it
love your t-shirt
I'm about to return my really hot P1 Gen 2 for the P53. What I'm really hesitant about is a dock. Lenovo recommends the 40AN0170US but reviews on it and the 230 W dock are atrocious. I have never worried about a dock until these external blocks. My HP ZBook connected via a Thunderbolt G2 dock and I never knew if 1, 2, or none of my displays would work or how to bring them back consistently if I did lose them. I'd also lose the audio. Lisa - you have any recommendations? Could I use a non-Lenovo dock?
Would you recommend this laptop to a graphic designer? I mostly use Adobe apps like Photoshop, Premiere, After Effects and some 3D work on Sketchup and Cinema 4D. Are the Xeon and i9 processors better than the new Ryzen chips?
1:45
What? You can have this laptop with the brand spanking new Intel i6??!! Wow!
;)
Is it possible to do a comparison with the Dell Prevision 7540? Plz?
Can it be charged using USB -C?
This laptop is super T H I C C
too bad the squished some keys in the European keyboard model. It's unreal that in a €2000+ 15 inch machine they couldn't just take a few milliliters off the side of the case and make every key full size.
my p53 on the way
how do you like it? what type of display did you get? thermals?
Vijay Bhatt I am also planning to buy a mobile workstation confused between Dell precision 7540 and Lenovo thinkpad P53, Lenovo seems more costlier than Dell in India but Lenovo offers OLED display still confused can you share your experience why choose P53.
@@cyclonus01 I am having P53 i7 9850H proc with FHD 500N display and quadro RTX3000, 32GB RAM, 1 TB SSD
I did not run a thermal test till now but I am running a VM Box inside installed linux CentOS. It runs pretty smooth w/o lag and without getting heated at all. I can run multiple applications then also there is no lag and no heat (with multiple eclipse instances).
@@mahtabalam11 buying lenovo vs dell it's a personal bias as I have affinity towards lenovo laptops. Other than this I think lenovo can offer upto 5000 RTX graphic if that's what you are after. I didn't buy the laptop for 3D drawing though. If anything you want me to test in this laptop, will do for you.
I ran a cinebench test for you, find here - drive.google.com/open?id=1nBpBirAjqG-0zdWlcbrk2c9ei0tHMwst
is the trackpad any better than the P1 2nd gen?
Would the 4K panels cover more of AbobeRGB?
Can i unscrew/remove the battery and just use the laptop with the the power brick ?
Can this laptop play intense games like Call of Duty? Is PES 23 high resolution or not?
Hi, I am PhD student, I want to buy a new laptop, My work needs alot of simulation and programming. so is this device suitable for my work?
Can you do p73? 🤔
It doesn't weight very much for all that size and power, definitely mobile. If you maxxed it out, I wonder how much it would cost? 🙄
Who red the title as PS3 at first ^^"
No DP: Screw that!
Amazing review like always , personally this is one of the minimal lenovo Laptops that i might like overtime , couldn't stand an old T430 style , no num pad , less buttons ? i don't know , but these models are way lot higher price than my budget , and i'm leaning on one with atleast Fhd , a decent dedicated graphics maybe a 17.3" range laptop ?
or 14" with Ryzen / vega graphics , any recommendations under 500$ ( even used ) ? Thanks everyone .
utility is much more important than beauty.I like quite industrial chunky style hardware that looks like it will last.
Make jokes all you want. At least these are upgradable and fixable. The thin notebooks might look nice, but if anything goes wrong it's trash. If you can even open it without destroying it, you'll find everything soldered on and not replaceable. I have given up on the thin, pretty models. It's off- lease Lenovos from here on in. I'll probably get one of these in about 5 years and it will still have 5-10 years of useful life.
Here I am replying to you after 4 years and couple monthes!
Now I am buying it after all these years!!! 😂
I bought one today for 625 €.
I7, 32g Mem, Quadro T2000, 1TB SSD
worth it?
I bought one last week for 875€. i9, 4k, rx4000m.
Bought one today with i7 64g 1tb Rtx 5000
750€
I love it when you review ThinkPads!!! I have the P51 and it's a dream to type on. As a writer, and a student, I love ThinkPads!
OLED tends to shift and lose color accuracy when changing brightness. Reducing the highest brightness level helps to retain the consistency.
I really wish if only real Engineers would review the Thinkpads. Because
they are made for heavy engineering computing sw not like girlish Macs
for editing videos and listening to music. I don't care about the look
of the laptop, i am not sitting in Starbucks with frap to write notes.
Oh ma gia. Talk about quick turn around, I requested this in your last vid, thank you so much. I have been searching youtube hourly for days for anyone to do a solid review on the p53, I'm glad it was you, so thorough.
Edit. The xeon is 6 core
The computer overall is impressive. It is very customizable. The only real drawbacks I can find are the sound (which isn't bad by any means) and the weight (which can be overlooked after you adjust). Otherwise, it's a very powerful machine with an awesome keyboard, finger scanner, and the lovely Cortana.
THICC BOI
I have a P50 and still love it - it has been a real workhorse, easily equivalent to my original IBM ThinkPads. People talk about how Lenovo's ThinkPads aren't as good, but you get what you pay for - the high-end ThinkPads are as good as they ever were (and no less expensive). My only disappointment with the P50 is that the 4K screen, while amazing in every other way, was never all that bright and has gotten even dimmer over the years. But it seems like that's fixed in the newer models.
Time will tell...especially on the OLED touch screens, many bad feedback about them so far. I'll stick on the "classic" FHD IPS for the moment, as they are time-tested technology. But you're right about brightness improvements, we can now comfortably use those new laptops under sunlight :)
Thx, I have been waiting for this. How was the heat management with such a monster vga ?
Had this for a year now, use the autodesk suite as well as Archicad. I've found it manages heat very well, fans are very quiet, occasionally kicking up if I'm rendering or doing some heavy duty work. The bottom gets warm sometimes but not hot, and even then not consistently warm.
This is for a regular amount of use , not constant office work.
i wish i was slim and sexy :(
I think they do that so they can have more cooling which is probably also why they offer higher GPU options than the other vendors in the same field here.
Amazing review. Was waiting for P53 review for long time.
Also you cleared my doubt, which RAM slots lenovo fills in.
Thanks for another great review.
I got one and i can confirm that is the best laptop money can buy,
Which is better p53 low series with vga quadro t1000 than zephyrus g14 have ryzen proc with geforce RTX for rendering. Big thanks..
The one I want for this P53 model comes out costing about $4,100 USD with taxes included
That is:
32gb ram
1tb ssd
4k display
nvidia quadro rtx5000 16gb
intel i7 9850H
That's an insane laptop at a staggering price. It's odd to realize that in 5 more-or-less years, these types of specs will be mid-level or maybe even entry-level at a "friendlier" price.
Agreed
If you use it to make $$ like I do the expense can be written off because instead of paying taxes and getting nothing I can convert my money to a laptop legally. That's why used leased computers r so cheap because once written down u can't sell them or u sell them for a buck as they have been written down by the leasor.
Try 3 years
Kickass review, as always, Lisa! Loved it! DANG, this is upgradeable and fixable! Love it!
Adquirí una Lenovo P53s, workstation. Creí que era un equipo robusto y fuerte. Se me hizo muy frágil y delicada, limitada en puertos. Tengo aún funcionando una Toshiba Tecra A10 del año 2009, robusta y fuerte. La Lenovo se me hace un equipo muy caro y frágil para lo que ofrece.
Got to love that intel core i6 1:44
Wow i could run 4 to 5 VMs comfortably with this thicc beast!
I do lots of programming for supercomputers and a significant amount of AI as well - and my eyesight isn't all that good anymore, so I got the p73 without the touchscreen, but with 128 GB RAM, 2 2TB SSD and one 2 TB spinning (6 TB total - as much as will fit on the machine), and the i9-9880H. Unfortunately, when doing anything significant, the temperature rockets up to where it's throttling. I'm running Linux Mint, and I've already got it on a 4-fan cooling pad. Any suggestions for more cooling? It's on 57 C right now and all I'm doing is watching your review.
Try undervolting. If that doesn't work, then redoing the thermal paste might be your last resort.
I'm here for the thicc thinkpads
lol @ slim sexy beast,,, I seen smaller baby elephants.... those 3 hard drive slots are really cool
I would also like to see you review Thinkpad E495/E595
Battery should be removable. Apple sucks.
cries for a 16:10 display. How many more years which these ugly boarders?
This is the type of laptop i want.
Just had to RMA my unit.
Arrived with the chassis bend issue and a dead pixel on the 4k IPS panel, along with awful backlight bleed at the top. Replacement expected in *mid January* ! 3 months lenovo? Come on.
Oh my god actually? Also did it thermal throttle under cpu stress testing
@@staggeredgore9910 My 9850H wasnt throttling. Only ran the benchmark for ~45 minutes though.
@@henryatkinson1479 oh thanks for the reply also which benchmark test. and what temperature did it settle at
Lenovo shipping is getting to meme level - I placed an order for one of these, 4k IPS panel and its expected to ship on January the 15th. BRUH.
Nice channel keep up the good work! I am wondering if the Lenovo P5*/P7* will come up with the AMD Ryzen processors. Any info about that? Thanks in advance!
This is literally the one I picked out for my company a month ago and we are testing the first one out. We do 3d modeling, renderings, cad and Adobe work. So far it's been great. The one thing it's missing is the normal lay down docking station.
hiring?
@@alienpolygon6926 Yes, bring a pair condoms through.
Sir, could you please update about your testings? It would be very helpful. I was considering buying Thinkpad P53 for autocad works. Thank you!
I apologize for my curiosity.
Could you tell me why you didn't buy, instead a Ryzen 9/ Threadripper workstation for your work?
For the same price, you would have the double, and more, of the power and the possibility to upgrade for years.
I'm interested in your point of view.
Thank you.
@@giuseppenativo2123 Our organization uses Thinkpads therefore we wanted to keep the same look but a more powerful laptop without it being obviously different.
How about the graphic card? Is it upgradable as well? If you buy this unit with nvidia T1000 4gb card then you want to upgrade it to rtx 5000 would that be possible?
You can't upgrade a laptop gpu nor a cpu, this would involve some skilly tweaks and change on the cooling system. Moreover you have little to no chance to find a retailed laptop graphic card on the market (maybe ebay) since they are meant to be sold to manufacturers only.
I've been waiting for this. You made am awesome review too. Thank you!
Lisa can u plz review the Yoga C940 🙏🏽
Lisa can you review Thinkpad P43s or P53s? they are aimed at engineering students.. so it'd be great if you review those products..
Lenovo will cause a global shortage of bezels because they're using all of them on their Thinkpads
X1 carbon
Larger bezels = more durability.
@@adultlunchables they are just milking the same design over and over because people keep coming up with excuses for them. larger bezels don't equate to a more durable design but to more profit because they can reuse older designs & components and don't need to invest in R&D.
@@a4andrei if people wanted those bezels off, they would communicate it. As of now, they don't care and we don't care. The bezels aren't that big of a deal. We care about those specs, looks don't matter.
@@James-pb8xu well call me superficial then but most people I've talked to stay away from Thinkpads because they look bad. One of my IT colleagues actually said that he'd buy one if it didn't look like a laptop from the 90's. So if you don't care about how they look, that's fine but don't think that the majority agrees with you.
You did not state the price of this unit.??
You state like 1100USD in the beginning, but that is not very relevant if that unit your reviwing is like 3500USD??
importent to get basic margins down so people can put it into perspctive and usually you do, but I didn't notice it in this review, but could me that didnt took notice.
Without any coupons the model she is reviewing is far more than $3500. Base price is $1400.
+$175 to upgrade CPU
+$35 to upgrade Windows 10 Pro
+$520 to upgrade to 64gb DDR4
+$205 to upgrade to 1tb SSD
+$25 for brighter screen or $270 for 4k touch.
+$1410 to upgrade to RTX 5000
Price is $4369 with her config without any coupons or sales. Current sales bring it down to $3,779.00 before tax, and around 4k after.
The GPU and RAM are of course the main price boosters. Even the RTX 4000 is a 800 something upgrade.
To top that off they won't deliver for 4 to 6 weeks minimum right now. Was a huge 45% off sale 2 weeks ago and things look to be highly backlogged.
Great!
Would you review the p43, please?
Wuestion if I were to install an other Nvme, would I remove the pink tape? I suppose it´s a cooling tape.
Love the P series. Got a chunky P70 myself :)
P72 here:)
P71 Xeon here.
how are ur p series holding up today? is it still fast or slow
please review the P53s!
Can I use it with touching on the screen?
I hope I will buy it. And how much is it now?
Thanks for the comprehensive review. It was extremely helpful.
For those planning on installing your own additional SATA connected hard drive call Lenovo first. The SATA connector is not included when configured online and you will have to order their hard drive installation kit. Which is a easy and clean install for any basic PC technician. Ordered mine with the basic Quadro T1000 and 512GB SSD drive, 500 nit screen and 16 GB for video and photo editing. I was way overdue for an upgrade. Added another 16GB and the Crucial MX500 2TB SATA SSD drive. Other than having to order and install the hard drive installation kit and having to disable the touch pad so it doesn't interfere when using the TrackPoint; I couldn't be any happier. With the X390 as my ultra portable and my old E545 as a print server I now have a legitimate high speed wireless network to boot.
On a final note the P53 FHD 500 nit screen is gorgeous.
Lisa..I'm looking for windows-based 15 inches 3:2 or 16:10 business laptop with Stable highspeed( gigabit speed) consistent internet connectivity with wifi 6, BT 5& up, min 10th gen 6 core and up, Bright & vivid display in 16:9 OR 3:2 aspect ratio, 400 nits and above brightness in the display, min 16 GB DDR4 RAM, 512- 1TD SSD ( speedy read-write), very good sound quality, very good webcam HD/1080P (especially when we are all working from home and most of the time are on online calls), windows hello. I tried surface laptop & book 3 and those did not work. Can you please suggest. Thanks in advance.
Ctrl and Fn still in the wrong place.
I have a P71. Unfortunately I have been in contact with customer support regarding poor performance.
First line support is useless.
2nd line, the experts are retarted morons.
Next time I need to get a new workstation will be a problem.
No Lenovo cos of their bad attitude and useless support.
Dell has shut down all ways to communicate before buying and their configurations does not make sense. So, whats is left? Nothing I guess.
Edit: Added information.
Perrformance with Solidworks was barely measurable better than my then 4 yers older Dell M6800.
P4000 vs K3100 video.
Samsung SSD 2800 GB/s vs 500 GB/s.
Told 2:nd line support that I had tried several video drivers including the latest recomended by Lenovo. That driver crashed Solidworks. The answer was: "Have you tried the latest Lenovo driver". Morons.
The driver recomended, tested and approved by Solidworks worked but performance was poor.
Upgraded from a x220 to a P53 and so far love it! It’s setup as a desktop with 2 external monitors. It’s snappy and responsive!
cool so you connected 2 monitors WITHOUT a docking station?
Yes, docking station optional.
thinkpads are overprice for its bad GPUs. Also the power supply of the motherboard is directly connected to the super IO which is not very professional on their part because once the powersupply shorts , the whole motherboard will instantly die. Dont buy thinkpads.
I ran metro exodus at 90-120 fps on ultra settings if anyone wants a game review. I have the p73 xeon .. 32gb ram... quadro 5000..
If Lenovo released a 3:2 Thinkpad with this workstation hardware, I'd buy one in a heart beat.
16:10 I can see the appeal, but why would you want 4:3 in nearly 2020? That hasn’t been a standard for nearly 15 years now.
@@EmergencyChannel Sorry, I actually meant 3:2
The laptop is thiccccccc 🙂
You reviewef this surprisingly well.. Kudos
Thank you for at great review. You make it seem so easy.
Thicck is sexy. Repairable and upgradable is even sexier
Numpad? No thanks.
That is not thick, what is thick is a Clevo P series gaming laptops, that ThinkPad P series is relatively thin my comparison, a little tiny bit thicker than older IBM ThinkPad models but not by much.
Laptop that big i want my cd drive back!
And lose cooling for it? Will it be worth for you? Get an external CD drive...
I couldn't keep up with her.. mumbling away too many words.
I want that i6 model, send me that LINK! ASAP!! :D
@1:43
I think the review of your P50 is one of the first of your videos I ever watched; the P70 review I particularly enjoyed with the sentence "you can kill a rat with the power cable".
not just the cable, but the power brick itself! ha
Is this a good choice for editing videos?
After my last Thinkpad ($2,600), the Oled screen took a dump at the end of the first year with no support from LENOVO. I am done buying LENOVO, after years buying Thinkpads, since it was IBM, I just switch and I am happy with the Asus, the Asus zenbook Duo works great and built well. Good bye Lenovo. By the way I bought the Oled screen because of your positive review.
Thank you so much, first video i saw of yours and you earned my suscription and thumb up!.
@KmaEoN same here...
hey, great review. I'm a designer, do CAD and Blender modeling and rendering. Just got a Lenovo thinkpad p53. I'm not sure i'm super happy and can't seem to find feedback out there. Got the i7 9859, 32G ram, 512GB drive, nvidia Quadro rtx 3000 etc... my new laptop is ok but I find when I render it's a bit slow??? I'm confused with Quadro rtx 3000 vs ie GeForce rtx 2080?? for example. which is best or faster...
🚫🚫🚫🚫 Why are you hiding its trackpad is not windows precision. One should pay thousand dollars and still having old trackpad????🚫🚫🚫🚫 It is very shameful for Lenovo 😡😡😡
wow. is really a lenovo if the battery is non-removable...
It certainly looks removeable - looks like there are three screws and a ribbon cable holding it in.There are finger divots that look like they're to help you pull it out. It may not be hot-swappable, but that's a different thing and I don't think it's that big of a deal.
The Quadro 5000 is the only Quadro that is worth getting. The Quadro 4000 is like a RTX 2060. A regular Q4000 is like G2060 Super, but since its max - q, its like a regular G2060.
I am between Thinkpad P53 or Legion Y740. I need it for 3-D geological modeling and Radar image processing. Thinkpad with GPU
(NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (4GB GDDR5)), but legion Y740 with GPU RTX 2060. Which one is better for my job?
I’ve seen one with a Nvidia Quadro P520, however i cant find anything about that graphic card, is it new ? How does it perform on comparison to other graphic cards ?
Lenovo P53s Laptop ~ i7-8665U ~ 16Gb ~ 512Gb SSD ~ nVidia P520. That's the best.
No such thing as sex electronics of any kind.
Hello! Do you know if the SATA HardDrive is just for 2.5 Slim (7mm) ? or can upgrade with any HDD 2.5?
Can @MobileTechReview or anyone else tell the average battery life for P53 between ips fhd vs ips uhd display ?
How does the CPU used in this particular model compare to Ice Lake (e.g. 1065G used in XPS 13 2-in-1) and highest spec Comet Lake?