> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://averagetechnerds.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra: Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 Mini PC, Capped at 128GB - URL: https://averagetechnerds.com/lenovo-thinkcentre-x-ultra-ryzen-ai-max-pro-495/ - Published: 2026-10-21T18:30:18.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-21T18:30:18.000Z - Description: Lenovo’s 1.6-litre ThinkCentre X Ultra takes the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 and clusters four units, but caps memory at 128GB. What’s known so far. - Author: Victor - Tags: News, PC Hardware, Local AI The Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra is Lenovo’s answer to the Ryzen AI Max mini PC wave, and it’s a business box first. It’s 1.6 litres, it takes AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ 388, Max+ 492 or Max+ PRO 495, it tops out at 128GB of soldered memory, and Lenovo says you can cluster four of them together. Lenovo announced it on September 3 at IFA in Berlin and ships it in November. The catch for anyone who’s been following the 495: Lenovo caps it at 128GB on a chip that can take 192GB, and the US price people are quoting, $3,699, is reported rather than published. Bottom line up front ## So what does this mean for the *Average TechNerd*? If you want a Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 in a 1.6-litre box, from a brand with a three-year onsite warranty and corporate-grade management, this is it. You get 128GB of fast soldered memory, two Gen4 M.2 slots up to 4TB each, two Thunderbolt 4 ports, 10GbE and Wi-Fi 7, in a 1.6-litre case that weighs about 2 kg. What you don’t get is 192GB, a PCIe slot, OCuLink, or dual 10GbE as standard. That second 10GbE port is an option on a swappable rear panel, and none of the 185 configurations Lenovo has listed so far includes it. Lenovo also hasn’t said how the four-unit cluster actually connects, or what its US models cost per configuration. Here’s everything that’s known. At a glance What it is A 1.6-litre business mini PC on AMD Ryzen AI Max chips, with up to 128GB of memory and four-unit clustering Announced September 3, 2026, at IFA in Berlin Ships November 2026 Price 3,100 euros expected starting price (Lenovo); $3,699 US starting price (reported by Thurrott, TechRadar and Notebookcheck, configuration not stated) Chips Ryzen AI Max+ 388 (8 cores, Radeon 8060S), Ryzen AI Max+ 492 (12 cores), Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 (16 cores, Radeon 8065S, 40 compute units) Memory 64GB LPDDR5X-8000 on the 388; 128GB LPDDR5X-8533 on the 492 and 495; soldered, no upgrades; up to 96GB for graphics Storage Two M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 slots, up to 4TB each Ports Front, two 10Gbps USB-C and a headset jack; rear, two Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps, two 10Gbps USB-A, DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1, 10GbE, and one swappable Flex I/O port Not here PCIe slot, OCuLink, 192GB Size 183 x 183 x 51 mm, about 2 kg, external 245W power adapter Warranty Three years onsite on nearly every listed model ## What is the Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra? It’s a ThinkCentre Tiny built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max chips, the same family as the Framework Desktop and the Minisforum MS-S1 MAX, aimed at offices and developers running AI models locally. Lenovo’s [announcement](https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/hybrid-ai-for-business-devices-displays-solutions/?ref=averagetechnerds.com) calls it “a new class of desktops built for the agentic AI era”. In plainer words: a small PC with a lot of memory that the graphics side can use, so it can hold large models without a separate graphics card. On October 20, Lenovo published 185 orderable configurations in its [PSREF spec database](https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkCentre/ThinkCentre%5FX%5FUltra/ThinkCentre%5FX%5FUltra%5FSpec.PDF?ref=averagetechnerds.com), all with announce dates of that day. Four of them are US models: three with the PRO 495 and 128GB (1TB, 2TB or 4TB of storage) and one with the 388 and 64GB. The 492 doesn’t appear in any US configuration. ## How much does the ThinkCentre X Ultra cost, and when can you buy it? November, and the price depends on who you ask. Lenovo’s own release gives an expected starting price of 3,100 euros, with the usual note that it may exclude taxes and varies by country. The $3,699 US figure comes from Thurrott, TechRadar and Notebookcheck on announcement day, and none of them say which configuration it buys. Lenovo’s US store hadn’t listed it as of October 21, so per-configuration prices for the 128GB 495 models aren’t public yet. Going by the one US model that isn’t a 495, the $3,699 may be the 388 with 64GB, but that’s an inference, so hold it loosely until Lenovo posts the numbers. ## Which Ryzen AI Max chips can you get in it? Three. The entry chip is the Ryzen AI Max+ 388: 8 cores, 16 threads, up to 5.0 GHz, and Radeon 8060S graphics with 40 compute units, per [AMD’s CES 2026 announcement](https://www.amd.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2026-1-5-amd-expands-ai-leadership-across-client-graphics-.html?ref=averagetechnerds.com). That’s the chip in my OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro, if you’ve read [that review](https://averagetechnerds.com/onexplayer-x2-mini-pro-review/). The top chip is the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495: 16 cores, 32 threads, up to 5.2 GHz, and Radeon 8065S graphics, also 40 compute units but clocked at 3.0 GHz, per [AMD’s 495 page](https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/laptop/ryzen-pro/ai-max-pro-400-series/amd-ryzen-ai-max-plus-pro-495.html?ref=averagetechnerds.com). AMD rates the 495’s NPU at 55 TOPS and the whole chip at 132 TOPS. One correction to some of the early coverage: not every model has the Radeon 8060S. The 495 has the 8065S. In the middle sits the Ryzen AI Max+ 492, with 12 cores and 24 threads. AMD hasn’t published a product page for it, and Lenovo’s own documents disagree with each other on its graphics and cache, so those details stay out until someone settles them. The PRO in the 495’s name buys you AMD’s business features, including Memory Guard memory encryption and DASH remote management, and the US 495 models add AIM-T on top. ## Can you upgrade it? Storage, yes. Memory, no. The memory is soldered to the board on every model, 64GB on the 388 and 128GB on the 492 and 495, with no slots to add more. That’s also the ceiling: the 495 supports 192GB, and Lenovo doesn’t offer it. Up to 96GB of whatever you have can be given to the graphics side. Storage is two M.2 2280 slots at PCIe 4.0 x4, up to 4TB each for 8TB total. Lenovo’s release mentions a Gen5 SSD option, but the platform is Gen4, so a Gen5 drive runs at Gen4 speed. There’s a third M.2 slot, but it’s the short 2230 kind for the Wi-Fi card. No PCIe slot. No OCuLink. If you were hoping to hang a graphics card off it, this isn’t that box. ## Does it really have dual 10GbE, and how does clustering work? One 10GbE port is standard, a Realtek RTL8127AP with Wake-on-LAN and DASH. The second one is possible but optional: the rear panel has a Flex I/O punch-out that takes one of five modules, VGA, a second DisplayPort 2.1, a second HDMI 2.1, a serial port, or a second 10GbE. Of the 185 listed configurations, 161 come with a second HDMI in that slot and 24 come with nothing. Zero come with the second 10GbE. So “dual 10GbE” is a build-to-order option, and you’d have to ask for it. Clustering is Lenovo’s headline feature and its biggest unknown. The release says the ThinkCentre X Ultra “connects up to four systems in a unified platform” to pool compute and memory for larger models and longer context windows, and the front LED shows cluster status. What Lenovo hasn’t said is how the four boxes connect, whether over Thunderbolt, 10GbE or something else, or what software pools them. Four units would add up to 512GB of memory, and TechRadar’s back-of-envelope math puts that at nearly $15,000 at the reported US price, before whatever the connection costs. ![The front of the ThinkCentre X Ultra with its slotted light bar, two USB-C ports and a headset jack](https://storage.ghost.io/c/b3/23/b323103c-90c0-46a8-9230-7d317a5ebaf3/content/images/2026/10/thinkcentre-x-ultra-led.jpg) The front light bar, which Lenovo says shows cluster status. Image: Lenovo ## Does it run Linux or Windows? Both are offered, and the Linux side is further along. Lenovo’s spec sheet lists Windows 11 Pro, no OS, and the “AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform”, which is AMD’s own Linux environment with AI tools and models preloaded. Every one of the 185 configurations listed so far carries that AMD platform. No listed model carries Windows yet, so Windows configurations may come later. Lenovo’s release also mentions Windows 11 Home and Ubuntu as “Certification Only”, and the ThinkCentre X Ultra wasn’t on Ubuntu’s certified list as of October 21. ## What are the rest of the specs? It’s a 183 by 183 by 51 mm square, about 2 kg, in Lenovo’s Thunder grey, powered by an external 245W adapter. Lenovo hasn’t published the sustained power the chip runs at inside this case, so performance against the other 495 boxes is an open question until someone tests one. Cooling is a fan under what Lenovo’s datasheet calls a “patented biomimetic thermal architecture”, and a TÜV Rheinland Ultra Low Noise rating is available on some models. It’s MIL-STD-810H tested, has a discrete TPM 2.0 and a Kensington slot, and drives up to four displays from the onboard ports. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 come from a MediaTek or Realtek card, depending on the region. There’s a single 2W speaker, which you will not be using for anything serious. ## ThinkCentre X Ultra vs Framework Desktop, Minisforum MS-S1 MAX and iBuyPower: which fits? The ThinkCentre is the smallest and the most corporate of the four, the only one with Thunderbolt-branded ports, and it comes with a three-year onsite warranty. The others beat it on something: the Framework Desktop and the MS-S1 MAX both offer the 495 with 192GB, the MS-S1 MAX has two 10GbE ports and a PCIe slot as standard, and the iBuyPower is the closest like-for-like, a 495 with 128GB at a published $3,999\. Prices below are as of October 21, 2026. | | Lenovo ThinkCentre X Ultra | Framework Desktop | Minisforum MS-S1 MAX | iBuyPower Pro AMD AI Halo | | ---------------- | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | Chips | Max+ 388, Max+ 492, Max+ PRO 495 | Max 385, Max+ 395, Max+ PRO 495 | Max+ 395; Max+ PRO 495 (MAX-P495) | Max+ PRO 495 | | Max memory | 128GB LPDDR5X-8533 (64GB on the 388) | 192GB on the 495; 128GB on the 395 | 192GB on the P495; 128GB on the 395 | 128GB LPDDR5X-8000 | | Wired networking | 1x 10GbE; a 2nd 10GbE is optional and in no listed model | 1x 5GbE | 2x 10GbE | 2x 10GbE | | USB4 | 2x Thunderbolt 4 / USB4 40Gbps | 2x USB4 40Gbps | 2x USB4 v2 80Gbps + 2x USB4 40Gbps | 2x USB4 40Gbps | | PCIe slot | No | Yes, x4 (not exposed in Framework’s case) | Yes, x16 slot wired x4 | No | | OCuLink | No | No | No | No | | Storage | 2x M.2 2280 Gen4 x4 | 2x M.2 | 2x M.2 (x4 + x1) | 3x M.2 | | Size | 183 x 183 x 51 mm, 1.6 L, about 2 kg | 4.5 L, 3.1 kg | About 3.5 L, 2.8 kg | About 2.8 L | | Power supply | External 245W | Internal 400W | Internal 320W | External | | OS | Windows 11 or AMD’s Linux developer platform | Fedora or none; no Windows on the 495 | Windows 11 | Windows 11 | | Starting price | $3,699 reported (US); 3,100 euros (Lenovo) | $1,269 DIY (Max 385, 32GB; out of stock) | $3,879 sale (395, 128GB, 2TB) | $3,999 | | 128GB price | Not published per configuration | $3,449 DIY (395; out of stock) | $3,879 sale (395, 2TB) | $3,999 (495) | | 495 with 192GB | Not offered | $6,799 DIY, no SSD; page shows out of stock | $7,399 sale, 2TB; unavailable, mid-November | Not offered | | Ships | November 2026 | Batch 2, November | Mid-November for the P495 | Q4 2026 | If you’ve followed the 495 on this site, the ThinkCentre lands in the same spot as the iBuyPower: the top chip with the smaller memory option. The [495 explainer](https://averagetechnerds.com/ryzen-ai-max-pro-495-192gb/) covers what 192GB buys you over 128GB, and the [iBuyPower article](https://averagetechnerds.com/ibuypower-pro-ai-halo-mini-pc-ryzen-ai-max-pro-495/) covers the other 128GB 495 box. The [Framework Desktop article](https://averagetechnerds.com/framework-desktop-ryzen-ai-max-pro-495-192gb/) has the 192GB side. Would you take the 495 in a 1.6-litre box at 128GB, or is 192GB the whole point of this chip for you? Based on Lenovo’s September 3, 2026 press release, its PSREF spec sheet and model list (October 19 to 20, 2026) and product datasheet, AMD’s product pages for the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 and its CES 2026 release for the Max+ 388, Framework’s, Minisforum’s and iBuyPower’s store pages and this site’s earlier coverage of them, and reporting by Thurrott, TechRadar and Notebookcheck on the US price, as of October 21, 2026\. Prices and availability may change.