AMD + Lenovo | Lenovo Now Launches A 12.5-Inch ThinkPad A285 with AMD Ryzen-Vega PRO APUs

Lenovo Japan on Thursday said: it would begin selling its ThinkPad A285 laptop on September 21.

We are beginning to see AMD CPUs/APUs in many new brands and laptops we have not seen much before. This mobile PC is one of the thinnest and lightest notebooks based on AMD’s Ryzen PRO introduced thus far. Besides being very compact, the ThinkPad A285 is among the first Ryzen PRO-based laptops to feature a suite of business and enterprise-oriented features from AMD and Lenovo. Lenovo Japan plans to offer an A285 with a non-touch Full-HD screen.

Lenovo’s ThinkPad A285 notebooks will have different configurations aimed at various prices. Different configs will be based on AMD’s Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U with Radeon Vega 10, Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U with Radeon Vega 8, or Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U with Radeon Vega 3 APUs. Other options will include 8 or 16 GB of soldered-down DDR4-2400 memory, and depending on exact model they will be equipped with a PCIe/NVMe SSD (up to 512 GB) with OPAL 2.0-encrypted options available to interested parties.

ThinkPad A285 features a 2×2 802.11ac + Bluetooth 4.2 controller, which is a standard feature for today’s business notebooks.

General Specifications of Lenovo’s ThinkPad A285 Laptops
ThinkPad A285
HD
ThinkPad A285
FHD
Display Diagonal 12.5″ 12.5″
Resolution 1366×768 1920×1080
Type TN IPS
Touch No 10-points multitouch
CPU AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 2200U: 2C/4T, 2.5 – 3.4 GHz, 1 MB L2 + 4 MB L3,
Vega 3 iGPU with 192 SPs at 1.1 GHz
15 W
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 2500U: 4C/8T, 2.0 – 3.6 GHz, 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3,
Vega 8 iGPU with 512 SPs at 1.1 GHz
15 W
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 2700U: 4C/8T, 2.2 – 3.8 GHz, 2 MB L2 + 4 MB L3,
Vega 10 iGPU with 640 SPs at 1.3 GHz
15 W
RAM Capacity 8 GB or 16 GB
Type DDR4-2400
Storage Capacity up to 512 GB PCIe/NVMe SSD
Options OPAL 2.0-compatible SSD
Wi-Fi 2×2 802.11ac Wi-Fi module (unknown vendor)
Bluetooth 4.2
USB 2 × USB 3.0 Type-A (one always on)
1 × USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-C (power, data, DP 1.2)
1 × USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C (power, data, DP 1.2)
Ethernet GbE with dongle (sold separately)
Other I/O HDMI 1.4, 720p webcam with Windows Hello and ThinkShutter, TRRS connector for audio, speakers, microphone, microSD card reader
Figerprint Reader Match-in-Sensor fingerprint reader from Synaptics
Security discrete TPM 2.0 chip
Dimensions Width 307.7 mm | 12.1 inches
Length 209.8 mm | 8.3 inches
Thickness 17.4 mm | 0.68 inches 17.8 mm | 0.7 inches
Weight 1.13 kg 1.26 kg
Battery Capacity 45 Wh (?)
Life Ryzen 7 PRO with 12.5″ TN LCD: 10.9 hours
Ryzen 5 PRO with 12.5″ IPS/TN LCD: 9.5 hours
Ryzen 3 PRO with 12.5″ TN LCD: 7.4 hours
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Windows 10 Home
Support & Services Premier Support by ‘advanced-level technicians with the expertise’ by phone.
Accidental Damage Protection (ADP) – a fixed-cost, fixed-term protection plan.
Warranty extensions.
Price ? ?

 

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Mohsen Daemi