Lenovo Thinkpad P53 Review: The 15-in Mobile Workstation Powerhouse!
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- This is the unboxing and review of the new Lenovo ThinkPad P53 Mobile Workstation by Andrew Marc David (AMDtech)
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Tech Specs
Processor?
Up to 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i9-9880H with vPro™ (2.30GHz, up to 4.80GHz with Turbo Boost, 8 Cores, 16MB Cache)
Intel® Xeon® E-2276M with vPro™ (2.80GHz, up to 4.70GHz with Turbo Boost, 6 Cores, 12MB Cache)
Operating System
Windows 10 Home
Windows 10 Pro - Lenovo recommends Windows 10 Pro for business
Windows 10 Pro for Workstations (Xeon processor)**
Display?
15.6" UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) OLED, 350 nits, multi-touch, AR/AS with Dolby Vision™ HDR 500, 100% DCI-P3 Color gamut
15.6" UHD 4K (3840 x 2160) IPS, anti-glare, 500 nits, Dolby Vision™ HDR 400, 100% Color gaumut
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, 500 nits, Dolby Vision™ HDR 400, 72% Color gamut
15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS, anti-glare, 300 nits, 72% Color gamut
Memory?
Up to 128 GB DDR4 2666 MHz
Up to 128 GB DDR4 2666 MHz ECC (Xeon processor)
Graphics
NVIDIA® Quadro® T1000 4 GB
NVIDIA® Quadro® T2000 4 GB
NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX 3000 6 GB
NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX 4000 8 GB
NVIDIA® Quadro® RTX 5000 16 GB
Battery
Up to 16.5 hours* on 90Wh, includes Rapid Charge technology**
Up to 13 hours on a single one-hour charge
*Based on testing with MobileMark 2014. Battery life varies significantly with settings, usage, and other factors.
**Requires 230W AC power adapter
RAID 0, 1, 5
Storage?
Up to 2 TB PCIe SSD
Up to 2 TB 5400 RPM
500 GB 7200 RPM
Up to 6 TB support
Security
Discrete Trusted Platform Module (dTPM) 2.0
Fast Identity Online (FIDO) authentication capabilities
Optional IR camera (for login with Windows Hello)
Optional Match-on-Chip fingerprint reader
ThinkShutter webcam privacy cover
Optional Smart card reader
Kensington lock slot
Audio
Stereo speakers with Dolby Atmos® sound system
Dual far-field mics
Camera
720p HD with ThinkShutter privacy cover
Optional: Hybrid Infrared (IR) with ThinkShutter
Dimensions (W x D x H) 377.4 x 252.3 x 24.5 (mm)
Weight Starting at 5.51 lbs (2.5 kg)
Connectivity?
WLAN: Intel® AX200 Wi-Fi 6 802.11AX (2 x 2) + Bluetooth® 5.0
Optional WWAN: Fibocom L850-GL 4G LTE-A cat 9
Ports/Slots
2 x USB 3.1 Gen 1** (1 always on)
2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2** Type-C / Intel Thunderbolt 3 (DisplayPort, Data transfer)
1 x USB 3.1 Gen 2** Type-C (DisplayPort, Data transfer)
4-in-1 media card reader (MMC, SD, SDHC, SDXC)
HDMI 2.0
RJ45 Ethernet
Smart card reader (Optional)
Audio combo jack
Keyboard
Spill resistant
Precision Keyboard with numeric pad
Backlit with white LED lighting
ISV Certifications
3dsMax®
ArcGIS®
AutoCAD®
CATIA®
Creo®
Decision Space®
Inventor®
Maya®
Microstation®
NX®
PDMS®
Petrel®
Revit®
Solid Edge®
SolidWorks®
Vectorworks®
Green Certification
Energy Star ® 7.1
EPEAT ®
GREENGUARD ®
RoHS compliant
Preloaded Software
Lenovo Vantage
Office 365 30-Day Trial (requires internet access to install and activate)
What’s in the box
ThinkPad P53
230W or 170W AC adapter
90Wh internal battery
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Thank You Andrew this was the review I have been waiting for and always you did a awesome job reviewing it. This is the laptop I need but not the one Ican not afford.
Best and detailed review as always. Highly appreciated
Thx! I was waiting for the thermal review of this notebook. It checks all the boxes for me, the X1 extreme is tempting too, but I like the power and I need the mobile net modem. You got me subscribed :)
Nice Workstation Machine. It has plenty of power and I like the ability to easily add various types of upgrades (memory etc.). Keyboard is designed very well. Great review.
Thank you Andrew. I would have loved if you could have reviewed the 4K and/or OLED display version. Also, could you perhaps look at the P73 as well? Thanks again for all of your dilligent work.
your reviews are very professional and precise, you earned a subscriber
Thank you! I also would love to hear that do you think about ThinkPad P1 Gen 2.
Only two out takes? You're getting better!
I've just got Thinkpad P1 gen2. I7 9850, Nvidia q2000 4gb, 16 + 16gb (additional) ram, 512 SSD + 1tb (additional), full HD Dolby vision 500 nits. It's a perfect device!!! Weight is very low, good battery, very powerful! With back to school deal I got it for $1754 before taxes (not including additional ram and SSD, which is +$65 for ram + about $100-150 for 1tb SSD).
Thank you for the review, one more subscriber for you !
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Hi Andrew, and well done for your great review. You really helped me make up my mind and I'm not disappointed at all with my new P53. Perfect for high demanding graphics games. Yet I do recommend some tweaks to get it work at its best (undervolting, repasting, some adjustments in the BIOS…).
Thanks really appreciate it 👊
Why repasting ?
@@maximilianluv1 Because of the cheap stock paste they put at the factory.
Best review of any product I've ever seen
Great review as usual! Liked and shared of course. Keep up the high quality info!
Thanks for the Very Crisp Review. Also,I see your review of the X1/P1 Gen 2. Man you know how to pair Best of both World. This P53 for heavy intensive and X1/P1 Gen 2 for the remote On The Go Movement.
Thanks for the great video!
Looking for a laptop to use for Architecture school. I was strongly considering this laptop and this review sold me on it. Thank you! :D
Good choice
@@andrewmarcdavid Thank you! I love ThinkPads and am always looking for an opportunity to get one.
Great review Andrew, could you also review the Lenovo Thinkpad P53s... Please
Very nice video as always
Oh man, I am always glad to see your reviews! Will you review the P43s soon? I am interested to see how it compares to the X1 Carbon... Is the something you are planning to do? :-)
Thanks! Not sure yet. I do have the P1 up next.
@@andrewmarcdavid Ok! I guess I'll have to wait for it to "Coming Up!"
P53 looking best for Revit BIM MEP workstation +64gb ram & Quadro pro. Thanks
I'm hoping the P15 comes out soon... Supposed to be released in July!
I use a P40 Yoga for my own stuff, and although it's getting on a bit, will cope pretty well with general graphic design and video editing. Recently given a P53 for work, and it's obviously faster for video editing, it doesn't have a Lenovo OneLink+ port! I guess that idea was short lived. Would like to see a P43 Yoga with a decent Quadro GPU, 100% sRGB, Wacom digitiser and Thunderbolt USB-C connection to keep up.
the kbrd has three flaws ctrl not in the corner (i heard swap in bios is possible), the size of arrow keys and size of return key.
Else looks good.
I love the thinkpad p53.
Please review Dell precision 7540!
wow! im very grateful about the keys sponsor. $11 for windows pro? tsss... what a steal!
please make one for lenovo x1 extreme gen2 --- i7(IPS) vs i9(OLED)
This will be a vey interesting showdown 😋
Andrew, make a video of the best Workstations today.
Could you review Thinkpad P73?
Watching thinkpad p53 reviews because i just received a pre-owned one with i9 quadro rtx 5000 🤤
When will you review the hp 15” Spectre 360x?
Please do Dell XPS 15(7590) vs Lenovo X1 extreme gen2
Please Andrew Marc David you gotta do this one
i am currently updating the one i just got today (4 years or so after this video was uploaded) and the main difference between mine and the one in the vid is that mine has 48gb of 2666 ram (2x16gb and 2x8gb), a 2tb crucial m.2 2280, and a quadro t1000. seriously thought of getting the quadro rtx 5000 card for it, but that's still a bit pricy for me, might see if i could get either the 3000 or the 4000 cards
Just noticed that there is no docking station port at the bottom.
Great review. Always a pleasure. A few comments. I do not think that 76% Adobe RGB is considered good enough for graphics professionals, it means you cannot trust video color grading or anything you do for print. You would expect closer to 100% which quite a few screens has. Also I read on a few other places on internet that some users only got 3-4 hours of battery life which is a big worrying. They had the 4k monitor however, so possibly that is the reason. Once again thanks for a great review.
I was looking for a new Laptop. Already got an Acer I7, old but still good, a Surface 3 Pro I5 not too old and is perfect. For work, I use a Dell Latitude 5590 I5, which is very good also. I love Microsoft's new Laptop 3 and watched your review, perfect looking laptop very portable, powerful. Still, for the same price, I got on the Thinkpad 53s a more excellent computer, little heavy if we compare portability. I had configured the 53s I7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SDD, 4K display, NVIDIA P520 2GB,720HD camera with Ir, NFC, Fingerprint reader, all the goodies, and upgraded the warranty for $1850.00 with taxes, shipping free. And it could be easily updated with more memory. I love Microsoft, but I sacrificed the portability for the power the Thinkpad offers; they cannot math that. Anyway, one pound more average does not make a difference. The Surface Laptop 3 cost almost the same price at my military discount. Lenovo offered at a discount plus the military discount too. Thanks for your review!
we waiting your review
Great review, like the style of the video. Though one question that I never see asked.. besides Amazon, where is the best pricing for this laptop. (Directly from Lenovo) of course get it customized would have to be done directly. Where would you get it.?
Thanks
I would check Lenovo's site as they run sales quite often.
I have this for DJing. Right now I'm trying to install the 2tb hard drive but having 1 hell of a time trying to get the screw out. Any suggestions?
Yess!!! My only complaint is the 4 weeks I'm having to wait for delivery, got the oled, xeon, 5000, cant wait!!
That is my choice too... I wish I could get this laptop but out of my budget for now. Enjoy your laptop.
I am planning on buying with that system build also. Just curious how much did you pay for it?
@@CruisnChris 3800 before taxes, i got it with only 1 stick of 32 GB of DDR4 ECC for Memory which will be fine for now and can upgrade to 128 when i want, but i wanted to make sure the 32GB was maxed out per stick and ECC for the work i will be doing and only 1 stick of 512 GB of SSD M2 for Memory, going to upgrade to the 6 tb myself, otherwise this thing would have run close to 7k. I also called and complained about the price and they dropped it from 4.4k to 3.8k.
Hope that helps, i don't want to know if you get a better deal, i just want that thing in my hands asap.. GL
@@macrocrypto112 where did you buy?
@@utkuguney directly from their site. I had to start a chat with a rep to get the price down
Am sure it can be used for gaming
I personally would gravitate towards the P1. This beast has some great specs AND can be used as a weapon for self defense! ✌️
Brilliant and informative reviews as always.
Thanks! I am currently testing the P1 as we speak. Expect a review very soon.
What's the battery life for 4k?
I would have liked to see the power brick plugged into the P53 so I could see the relative sizes. The brick for my W530 is the size of a Volkswagen! Also, Andrew, what happened to your sponsor? Their page is down.
I have a W540. The P53, will be my next "Daily Driver".
I have w540 too and it is still performing very well that's why i want something powerful yet portable, hence i am planning to get p1 gen 2.
@@niravarora9887 What CPU do you have in that W540?
@@dragunovbushcraft152 i7-4700mq as far as i remember and gpu k1100M
@@niravarora9887 Nice!. You CAN upgrade that processor and have a nasty beast. ;)
@@dragunovbushcraft152 i wish i could do that and buy another battery and just hold onto the same laptop.. lol
Another thing is i am bored with this laptop now, it is more than 5 years old, running like a brand new and looks like it will be good for another couple of years.. lol
Can you make a review of thinkpad x1 extreme gen 3 please ? Thank you
Still a good choice in 2023? Between a HP Elitebook 8770W (the bigger screen is not that important) what would be a good choice? I can buy a P53 with i7 9850H 32 gb 2x 2TB PCIeNVMe Opal and Nvidia Quadro T2000 for €550,- 4 years old Full HD display. I am not a pro and will be used for media, photoshop and some browsing. The keyboard is also very important to me.
Thanks in advance.
Why only 69k? Your reviews are awesome
Discovered your channel today, in search for a good windows laptop to replace my dying macbook pro. Been producing music on macs for 20 years+ and ready to make the switch. I really like your style and definitely helpful content. You won another subscriber. Thank you, cheers from the French Riviera!
maxed out mid 2012 retina macbook pro here. installing catalina fixed a lot of overheating issues and brought longer battery life, but I'm looking as well. this rmbp will serve me for probably another year, but I have my eyes on the p53 (and it's successors)
Hallo,I have a question In p53 3 m.2 ssd and thunderboot3 is link with cpu or pch?
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?
Yo homie, when will you get the x1 extreme i9 variant to review?
Yes coming soon
What about the thermals of this laptop?
They are not great. In addition, the keyboard is a chiclet style keyboard and wow do I have buyer's remorse
Only Quadro rtx 5000 alone could finance my trip around the world woo hoo!
And still have next generation live without working xD jk
How did you get 78 fps on Shadow of the Tomb Raider? I just got one with the quadro rtx 5000 and I get 25-30 fps on highest settings.
Good Review. I like the Leather Jacket.
Pls do make review about Asus Studiobook pro series.
P73 review please...
your specs state that it has ECC RAM, however the i7 does not support ECC.
ecc ram is options for Xeon E-2276M
The video show that you can access alot of thing from beneath it, but that is not true, the ram s beneath the keyboard and quite hard to get access to and change.
Has anyone used this for Revit and Lumion rendering? Videos always mention CAD but Revit for architects, engineers, and consultants is a whole other beast. Also, the camera quality is sad.
Hey , Could you tell me how long does the battery take to drain completely from 100%-0% an approximate time limit is fine and does it suit for a ethical hacker who never does gaming ,I am at urge to buy one ,your faster reply would help me a lot.
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?
As far as i know, no. For two reasons: 1. GPUs are attached to CPU, can not be changed later, 2. RTX5000 requires a more powerful configuration (I think the i9 or sth else…don't remember. )
I had the same considerations as you...
same issue
I've had this laptop for half a year with the top end xenon + quadro rtx5000, + oled touch and I'm beyond disappointed.
The screen is horrible, the touch layer has a mesh that is clearly visible in front of anything you view (saying its not noticable is bs), the colors distort to to blue and red with the slightest viewing angle, even visible from head on, and most importantly, the screen looks like it has a crappy uneven backlighting even if its OLED. If your screen is not full white or full black, the brightness or value of grey will be inconsistent and have clear horizontal and vertical lines. HDR Causes issues with Windows10 and doesn't play back properly if you have multiple displays connected to your laptop.
Lenovo software caused throttling which made the GPU get less than a quarter of the score of a laptop gtx 1060 in Unigine benchmarks. I had to manually test out all possible drivers from nvidia to find ones, not recommended by Lenovo, that were able to bypass the throttling software.
The laptop froze once a day if I was afk long enough for it to go to sleep, it would not wake up no matter what and it had to always be hard restarted. I had to disable sleep completely, and even then, the workstation dock causes similar freezes once or twice in a few weeks due to bad drivers and software.
On top of all of this, the thing gets absolutely sizzling hot under NO LOAD AT ALL, and has already bent the chassis so that only three of the four feet touch the table surface.
There have been loads of refunds going in for the P53 and its taken Lenovo many months to refund any of the Laptops, nor do they address or admit any of these COMMON issues with the P53. There was a huge thread on the Lenovo user forums about the issues and refunds but some of the issue threads have even been removed.
Nice perspective, thank you. I came to this review because I'm considering a P53. I'm replacing a secondhand 2014 MacBook Pro Retina that de-soldered itself, as I've subsequently learned they're prone to do. I'll research those issues you've mentioned.
I'm using my secondhand T420 now. I replaced the optical drive with an SSD and boot into Debian Linux. If the machine didn't suck for photo editing (slow USB; slow processing; and poor color gamut, ~36% AdobeRGB after calibration) I'd never have bought the MacBook.
I would prefer it if they lowered the bezels..
is Quadro T1000 sufficient for 3-D Modeling and Image processing? for example ArcGIS, SARscape Esri and SNAP ESA software
Definitely not.
not the rtx ?
great video bruv 💯. Is it possible to install 3 2 tb nvme ssds at the same time along with an 8tb 2.5" ssd
Sir please review ThinkPad P15v
I for sure wish the webcam was better. Smartphones have that dialed in, why laptops dont? I don't know
The webcam quality in these ultra expensive laptops are disgusting in my opinion.
For sure it is, but i think if you are a pro you don't really need it. If you do you probably have a better cam.
Keyboard and thermals are also GARBAGE. I miss the T-series keyboard style and the thermals... oh the thermals. I have buyer's remorse
@@gordonstevens29 Do you think the T490 is a better buy?
@@guerriclc7659 I would say the comment didn't age well considering how many are now working from home and using zoom or skype for meetings
@jaspal singh no
we can upgrade ram and ssd etc. how about the battery? can we change the battery ?
I'd say so. It looks the battery is screwed and pretty easy to change. It's not one of those that can be taken off without opening the device though
Wait so what's the sim tray for. Isin't sims only for phones? So what you can read the data from a simcard on the pc or can you buy a new sim and use it like storage and put photos and videos on it?
Its for the optional LTE
@@andrewmarcdavid so like you're able to have internet by using data like your phone?
@@sslandymann7104 yes
Cant decide between i9 or i7 and 4k ips or 4k OLED
@@coolbreeze3917 went with the i9 and 4k oled. Pretty happy with jt
I don't see issue with price at all, A surface for example with inferior specs can go up to 3500$+ while you can get superior specs with this laptop for around $2100. Lenovo gives one of the most insane discounts out there. Lenovo Thinkpad probably the cheapest and most bang for laptop in the market.
Yea with the RTX Quadro 5000, which is like a mobile Titan RTX, ofc it's a beast. But the price is like 6000 usd xD
Does it support Active Digitizer?
Only with the OLED screen.
WHAT ABOUT THERMAL
It needs at least 1 usb-a on the right
Hey Andrew- Are you going to review the Surface Pro X and Surface Laptops???. I saw all these devices in the Microsoft Store yesterday and they are heart stopping thin!. They also immediately remind me of a think , extremely well built, Apple MacBook Pro!- I think they finally topped Apple with exceeding their Quality!!! And VERY REASONABLY PRICED!. Microsoft is showing them off
Yes I have Surface Pro X coming and I am working on Surface Pro 7
YAY!!! Can’t wait for your Review!!!! Thanks- Enjoy you weekend!
Surface products look and feel good, but have poor durability (they are known to fail just after warranty expires) and sadly they are not repairable - More glue than screws and everything is soldered in, so try to get the best warranty possible.
I have several Surface products over the years and all are in perfect condition with no problems.
@@AA-flyguy nice! great for you
Legit laptop
probably not the best place to ask, but I wonder if anyone knows how to keep the battery from charging above 80% SOC? would be good to get it to last 2x as long, and I'll have it plugged in 90% of the time anyways.
You can do it within Lenovo vintage, under smart settings
@@marcusbaqer4528 Yea I'm super stoked about that. I changed the settings the first week that I got the laptop and haven't charged above 75%. Happy to have a beast of a laptop that is going to last me 5 years at least. If you research lithium batteries the fully charged voltage is a major factor in the longevity of batteries. This should easily last 5 years now that it is rarely cycling and isn't being held above 75% charge.
@@marcusbaqer4528 Also happy that Lenovo Vantage exists for this setting. My last Lenovo had windows 7 and didn't have Lenovo Vantage.
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In the eye of the true nerd/technophile, it would in fact be the sexiest laptop at the ball.
I can't help, I would much prefer keyboard without numerical part, but centered for better typing experience. ..and laptop manufacturers are completely ignoring left handed people :)
I strongly dislike the keyboard.. they have switched the position between Fn and Ctrl button on the keyboard... it means that the key on the left bottom corner of the keyboard is not Ctrl but is Fn key.. I have many computers and I have changed many computers in the past 20 years and this is the first time I found Ctrl key not at the left bottom corner.. it caused me a lots of trouble as Ctrl is always used in shortcut key and I have to always remind myself to adjust the hand gesture because it is different with all other keyboards... I wonder why Lenovo make this changes? Maybe they expect people will says... Wow!! This is so creative, Lenovo is different from others!!
"ok let's talk about the display, one of the best components of this laptop. Here's the bottom of the laptop" 😆 Great review though, thank you.
Editing mistake lol
Lol
is dc power ，not ac
I am more of a ultrabook with mind blowing battery life laptop like dell latitude.
Comparing a porche with a tank? Lol😁
WOW
this sure is expensive
You said it’s good for gaming but I have a p53s that has better stats then this one but it only runs games like csgo that don’t require much power at 30fps on low to medium settings
Why i see the quadro rtx5000 spec? The truth is - quadro rtx5000 Max-Q, and "Max-Q" is very important part of spec))))
if gamers knew about this laptop... they would look no further...
honestly, this is the best workstation of 2020
I have it and I’m not very impressed with gaming on it. It only runs csgo and valorant at like 30fps on low to medium settings
I have purchased 4 month before machine is good... but service is very poor and I did not get what they (sale person) promise me... never buy this product in India. I have complaint many times but no solution.
can you weigh it on weight machine to make sure its accurate weight. Because some videos in youtube showing this is weigh up to 5.90 Pounds. This is only one of the main reason i haven’t purchased this laptop especially for my wife
it will be my great pleasure if you could able to make fresh video with accurate weight of this machine + Charger weight will be great help.
i hear machine weight 5.90+ 1.90 pounds of charger = 7.80 pounds????? is this accurate information irrespective of what Lenevo is claiming in their website??