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The Dell Pro Max 18 Plus is clearly in a higher category. It would be interesting to compare the ThinkPad P16 Gen3 with the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus instead.

The P16 Gen 3 and P1 Gen 8 share the same Tandem OLED display which has been reviewed here: https://youtu.be/GqyOD0JpOzY?si=jNfy2FFK32Vfs_M8&t=800 The PWM frequency is 1200Hz so it shouldn't be noticeable. The IPS display on the other hand doesn't use PWM.

The RTX PRO 3000 Blackwell has an average 3DMark Time Spy GPU score of 12448, and a Reddit user posted a score of 17164 for a P16 Gen 3 with a RTX PRO 4000. That's lower than the average (around 21000) but it show that the P16 Gen 3 is clearly able to handle a GPU more powerful than the RTX PRO 3000.

Some links to the first reviews: Thinkpad P16 G3 first benchmarks (285HX / RTX 4000 Blackwell) https://www.reddit.com/r/thinkpad/comments/1or91s8/thinkpad_p16_g3_first_benchmarks_285hx_rtx_4000/ Lenovo Thinkpad P16 Gen 3 Unboxing and First Impressions

You're comparing the ThinkPad P16 Gen 3 to the Dell Pro Max 18 Plus right?

Dell Pro Max 16 plus reviewed by NotebookCheck: https://www.notebookcheck.net/Dell-Pro-Max-16-Plus-review-One-of-a-kind-mobile-workstation.1132122.0.html The RTX PRO 5000 is capped at 120W under sustained load 😢

The PSREF of the T16g variant is now available: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_T16g_Gen_3 RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 replace the RTX PRO Blackwell.

The 60W TDP is a bit surprising, because on the P1 Gen 8 with the 285H and a thinner design the TDP is 70W. The P1 also has a faster memory (CAMM2 LPDDR5X-8533 vs SODIMM DDR5-5600). I wonder if the single thread performance with the P1 could be higher than the P16.

The TDP/TGP are specified in the PSREF. On the P16 Gen 2 the TGP was 60/80W up to RTX 2000 Ada, and 115/130W above. On the P16 Gen 3 it's now 90/105W.

According to the specs the P16 G3 seems to allocate up to 105W for the GPU and 45W for the CPU under GPU load, so 150W combined. That's not that far from the 170W on the Dell Pro Max 16 Plus. I guess the actual difference of performance should be more significant with the RTX 4000 Blackwell and higher.

Specifications: https://psref.lenovo.com/Product/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_P16_Gen_3