Lenovo ThinkCentre M920S, Core i5-8500, 8GB, 256GB SSD
CPU Intel Core i5-8500
RAM 8 GB
Storage 256 GB
Form Factor sff
OS Windows 11 Pro
30 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong reliability (70th percentile) 70th
Cons
- Below average port selection (5th percentile)
- Below average gpu (8th percentile)
- Below average ram (9th percentile)
- Below average storage (19th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 |
| Cores | 6 |
| Frequency | 3.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 9 MB |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 8 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR4 |
| Storage | 256 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | sff |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkCentre M920S | HP Elite Mini 800 G9 | Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus | ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI | Dell OptiPlex 3070 Small Form Factor | MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core i5-8500 | Intel Core i7 14700 | AMD Ryzen 7 255 | Intel Core Ultra 7 155H | Intel Core i7 9700 | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
| RAM (GB) | 8 | 16 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 16 |
| Storage (GB) | 256 | 1024 | 1024 | 3072 | 1024 | 1024 |
| GPU | - | Intel UHD 770 Graphics | AMD Radeon 780M | Intel Arc Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 630 | Intel Arc Graphics |
| Form Factor | sff | mini | mini | mini | sff | mini |
| Psu W | - | 120 | 120 | 120 | - | 120 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkCentre M920S | 29.9 | 7.6 | 9.3 | 5.3 | 18.9 | 70 | 57 |
| HP Elite Mini 800 G9 Compare | 82.8 | 45.1 | 46.1 | 58.7 | 69.1 | 70 | 87.9 |
| Minisforum DeskMini UM880 Plus Compare | 65.3 | 63.1 | 81.8 | 65.2 | 53.7 | 11.6 | 94.4 |
| ASUS NUC 14 Pro RNUC14RVHU7089CUI Compare | 58.6 | 58.7 | 81.8 | 77.6 | 95.7 | 37.4 | 83.9 |
| Dell OptiPlex 3070 Small Form Factor Compare | 40.7 | 35.7 | 59 | 97.1 | 53.7 | 70 | 89.5 |
| MSI Cubi NUC AI 1UMG-015US Compare | 51.7 | 58.7 | 51.5 | 89.5 | 69.1 | 37.4 | 75.1 |
Price
Value & Pricing
We started tracking prices for this product on Aug 13, 2026. The chart appears once we have more data.
Usage Scores
- Overall29.5
- AI/LLM8.9
- Gaming4.4
- Portability30.4
- Creator9.4
- Business38.3
- Developer23.3
- Home Office33
- Workstation21.5
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Other Configurations11
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