Lenovo ThinkPad 16" T1g Gen 8 Black 2025
The Intel Core Ultra 7 265H vPro and RTX 5060 drive a 16-inch 3200x2000 Tandem OLED touchscreen with 600 nits and 100% DCI-P3, enabling color-accurate work on the go. MIL-STD durability, a spill-resistant backlit keyboard, and a 5MP IR camera with physical shutter reinforce its professional reliability. This laptop is ideal for 4K video editors and 3D artists needing a powerful GPU and a factory-calibrated display for color-critical tasks.
CPU Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
RAM 32 GB
Storage 1 TB
Screen 16" 3200x2000
GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
OS Windows 11 Pro
Weight 1.8 kg
Battery 90 Wh
68 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong screen (98th percentile) 98th
- Strong ram (90th percentile) 90th
- Strong gpu (89th percentile) 89th
- Strong cpu (87th percentile) 87th
Cons
- Below average social proof (2nd percentile)
- Below average portability (25th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 2.2 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 24 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR7 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 32 GB |
| RAM Generation | LPDDR5X |
| Storage | 1 TB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Display
| Size | 16" |
| Resolution | 3200x2000 |
| Panel | OLED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 Hz |
| Brightness | 600 nits |
| Color Gamut | 100% DCI-P3 |
Connectivity
| USB-C Ports | 3 |
| USB Ports | 1 |
| Thunderbolt | Thunderbolt 5 |
| HDMI | 1x HDMI 2.1 Output |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 |
| Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.4 |
Physical
| Weight | 1.8 kg / 4.1 lbs |
| Battery | 90 Wh |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro |
vs Competition
| Spec | Lenovo ThinkPad 16" T1g Gen 8 | Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max | ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 | HP OMEN Transcend | MSI Raider RAIDERGE6814247 | Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Core Ultra 7 265H | Apple M4 Max | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H | Intel Core i9 14900HX | Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite X1E-84-100 |
| RAM (GB) | 32 | 64 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Storage (GB) | 1024 | 4096 | 2000 | 1024 | 2048 | 1024 |
| Screen | 16" 3200x2000 | 14.2" 3024x1964 | 14" 2880x1800 | 14" 2880x1800 | 16" 3840x2160 | 15" 2496x1664 |
| GPU | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 | Apple (40-Core) | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 | Qualcomm Adreno |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro | macOS | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Home |
| Weight (kg) | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 |
| Battery (Wh) | 90 | 72 | - | 71 | 100 | 66 |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Screen | Portability | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenovo ThinkPad 16" T1g Gen 8 | 87.4 | 89.2 | 90.1 | 86.2 | 97.7 | 24.7 | 79.7 | 80.9 | 2.1 |
| Apple MacBook Pro M4 Max Compare | 92.3 | 85.2 | 95.8 | 74.2 | 99.2 | 69.2 | 98.5 | 97.7 | 88.8 |
| ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 GA403WW-G14.R95080 Compare | 88.6 | 94.3 | 91.3 | 89.9 | 96.2 | 74.2 | 88.9 | 60 | 98.4 |
| HP OMEN Transcend Compare | 88 | 93.1 | 90.1 | 89.9 | 96.2 | 72.9 | 66.6 | 32.9 | 97.4 |
| MSI Raider RAIDERGE6814247 Compare | 91.7 | 88.2 | 86.8 | 98.6 | 97.7 | 9.2 | 94 | 60 | 54 |
| Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition Compare | 98.7 | 28.3 | 80.1 | 59.3 | 89.2 | 57.5 | 79.7 | 80.9 | 95 |
Usage Scores
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