HP Z8 G5 Tower 2021
Dual 16-core Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y processors and 64GB of ECC DDR5 RAM deliver massive parallel throughput for multi-threaded rendering and simulations. The NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada with 20GB VRAM accelerates real-time ray tracing and data visualization, while the classic dual-socket design offers extensive expansion headroom. This tower is best for engineers and data scientists running sustained, processor-intensive workloads like model training or complex 3D rendering.
CPU Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
RAM 64 GB
Storage 512 GB
GPU NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada
form factor workstation
psu w 1125
OS Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
69 Overall Score
Price $8,340
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong ram (95th percentile) 95th
- Strong gpu (78th percentile) 78th
- Strong reliability (71st percentile) 71st
Cons
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Processor
| CPU | Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y |
| Cores | 16 |
| Frequency | 2.0 GHz |
| L3 Cache | 39 MB |
Graphics
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada |
| Type | Discrete |
| VRAM | 20 GB |
| VRAM Type | GDDR6 |
Memory & Storage
| RAM | 64 GB |
| RAM Generation | DDR5 |
| Storage | 512 GB |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD |
Build
| Form Factor | workstation |
| PSU | 1125 |
| Weight | 24.4 kg / 53.8 lbs |
Connectivity
| USB Ports | 4 |
| HDMI | 4x Mini DisplayPort 1.4a Output |
| DisplayPort | 4x Mini DisplayPort 1.4a Output |
| Bluetooth | No |
| Ethernet | Gigabit Ethernet |
System
| OS | Windows 11 Pro for Workstations |
vs Competition
| Spec | HP Z8 G5 Tower | Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS | ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 | MSI MEG Vision X AI VisXAI2NVZ9045 | Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 | CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPU | Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y | Intel Core Ultra 9 | AMD Ryzen 9 9950X | Intel Core Ultra 9 | Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | Intel Core i9 14900KF |
| RAM (GB) | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 | 64 |
| Storage (GB) | 512 | 3072 | 2048 | 2048 | 8512 | 8000 |
| GPU | NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Form Factor | workstation | mid-tower | desktop | mid-tower | mid-tower | mid-tower |
| Psu W | 1125 | 1200 | 850 | 1300 | - | 850 |
| OS | Windows 11 Pro for Workstations | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Pro | Windows 11 Home |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | CPU | GPU | RAM | Ports | Storage | Reliability | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP Z8 G5 Tower | 64.6 | 77.5 | 95.2 | 41.7 | 41.7 | 70.5 | 49.1 |
| Lenovo Legion 90Y6003JUS Compare | 97.5 | 88.9 | 96.4 | 91.7 | 96.4 | 70.5 | 84.2 |
| ASUS Republic of Gamers GM700TZ-BS978 Compare | 98.8 | 79.5 | 93.9 | 97.2 | 91.5 | 37.8 | 74.2 |
| MSI MEG Vision X AI VisXAI2NVZ9045 Compare | 97.5 | 90.7 | 97.4 | 98.2 | 91.5 | 37.8 | 87 |
| Dell Tower Plus EBT2250 Compare | 97.5 | 82.4 | 93.9 | 84.4 | 99.8 | 70.5 | 54.9 |
| CLX SET TGMSETRTU5204BM Compare | 94.2 | 82.4 | 96.4 | 86.3 | 99.2 | 11.6 | 95.5 |
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