Lenovo ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 (AMD) review

A cardless 2025 workstation with a perfect office score

The ThinkPad P16s Gen 4 AMD (2025) at $1,760 pairs a Ryzen AI 5 340 with 96GB of RAM and no discrete professional card — the workstation shelf's most expensive cardless proposition in this batch. Its office score of 98.15 is genuinely top-band; its graphics score of 18.47 sits 56.3 percent below the class median of 42.23, budget-segment territory.

Where it holds up

Reliability at 85 is top-quartile — 95.4 percent above the class median — and the 96GB memory bank stands 50 percent above median in the pro tier. Mobility at 62 beats the class median of 36 by 72.2 percent. Photo design reaches 81 (high) and modeling and CAD hold honest 51 middles. The flags are modest but real: Grand Theft Auto V clears minimum, Photoshop at minimum, and Visual Studio Code clears its recommended level.

Where it falls short

Gaming at 18 is the lone low band, and Far Cry 5 falls below its minimum — the envelope ends at older or lighter titles. The structural critique writes itself: at $1,760, three siblings on this shelf carry the RTX Pro 1000 for the same money, and this listing carries none. The 20 percent yearly depreciation rate ties for the steepest in this batch, applied to the weakest graphics equation on the workstation shelf.

Price and depreciation

No launch anchor is recorded; the class-derived rate computes to 20 percent per year — tied for the steepest here. At $1,760 with value at 50.45 (mid), the buyer funds a modern, reliable, memory-rich platform whose professional credentials rest entirely on the badge and the RAM.

Alternatives to consider

The P16s Gen 4 Intel (listing 1918) at the same $1,760 carries the RTX Pro 1000 with a 95.71 performance index — the direct refutation at identical money. The P14s Gen 4 AMD (listing 1915) at $1,126 is the same cardless concept for $634 less. And the P15v Gen 3 (listing 1881) at $901 remains the shelf's answer for actual professional graphics on a budget.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class by badge convention, not by sheet: office 98.15, reliability 85 and 96GB are real strengths, but gaming at 18, a failed Far Cry 5 minimum and no professional card at $1,760 make this the hardest sell on this batch's workstation shelf. Cross-shop its Intel sibling before committing.