Lenovo has a very dynamically developing department of ready-made computer sets, which are divided into several categories, including simple sets for office applications as well as efficient workstations, the specification of which is strongly dependent on how we will use a given configuration. A long time ago we had the opportunity to test this type of solution – the Lenovo ThinkStation P620 with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX processor and the NVIDIA Quadro RTX 5000 card. Today, in turn, we come with the smaller ThinkStation P358 model, which again takes components from AMD (processor) and NVIDIA (graphics chip). We check the configuration based on AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.

Author: Damian Marusiak

The Lenovo ThinkStation P358 with a tower case is quite a classic-looking ready-made computer set. It belongs to a series of computers that are workstations. Although this set can be used, for example, for games, its main application will be work in demanding software, in which we can fully use the capabilities of the GPU. The hardware itself belongs to the NVIDIA Studio program, and for this reason, the Lenovo ThinkStation P358 was tested in our test procedure aimed at typical professional use. The finished computer set is offered with the Lenovo Premier Support guarantee, which is in fact a Next Business Day guarantee. For private individuals, the warranty period is 24 months, and for companies – 12 months. In both cases, it is also possible to extend the support period by the manufacturer.

The Lenovo ThinkStation P358 is a complete tower-class computer set equipped with a 12-core AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti graphics card. There is also the presence of an extended warranty such as Lenovo Premier Support.

NVIDIA Studio is a project that started with Computex 2019 in Taipei. The NVIDIA Studio platform combines RTX graphics cards, NVIDIA Studio software with specialized SDKs and dedicated Studio drivers. The platform undergoes rigorous hardware and software testing, including major creative applications. The entire project is co-created with manufacturers of notebooks and ready-made computer sets, who prepare devices that meet the requirements of the NVIDIA Studio platform. Laptops and desktops are based on GeForce RTX or Quadro RTX graphics chips and are compatible with dedicated NVIDIA Studio drivers. It is also worth mentioning that Studio drivers are not limited to Quadro RTX / RTX cards only. They can also be easily installed on consumer GeForce RTX cards (all generations), GTX 16 series (Turing) and GTX 10×0 (Pascal). In this way, cards can also receive additional improvements.

The Lenovo ThinkStation P358 Tower desktop computer is also equipped with the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 processor. It is a 12-core, 24-thread Zen 3 (Vermeer) chip with a reduced power limit (TDP is 65 W) and with additional security that you will not find in vain in consumer Ryzen 5000 series processors. The base clock of the AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 is 3.0 GHz, with the possibility of turbo boost up to a maximum of 4.7 GHz. The processor supports the PCIe 4.0 bus and also offers a 2-channel DDR4 memory controller with an effective clock frequency of 3200 MHz. AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 5945 also has 64 MB of L3 cache on board, and it was made in TSMC N7 lithography.