ThinkPad T16

Yes, I compared the fan size here: https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-T400-T500-and-newer-T-series-Laptops/T16-Gen-5-Intel-review-Panther-Lake/m-p/10030984 Surprisingly compared to T16 Gen 4 AMD I did not feel like it got any hotter. Perhaps less hot. As for throttling, PL1 is 10W in low energy m

"The Lenovo ThinkPad T16 Gen 4 with the AMD processor left an overall good impression in our test. You get a high-quality and stable business laptop with comfortable input devices and a bright display that just lacks a higher frequency. The LowPower display requires little power, which leads to very

Thermals have not been an issue, I guess availability can vary between different channels. psref has it: https://psref.lenovo.com/syspool/Sys/PDF/ThinkPad/ThinkPad_T16_Gen_5_Intel/ThinkPad_T16_Gen_5_Intel_Spec.pdf

After looking a bit more and a gift from a grandparent gave some additional dollars that has increased the budget. There is time to wait a bit. The P16 gen 3 seems to be the best fit. Couple of questions on this spec. 16 inch screen, num pad are a must which is a big limiter as you said. ThinkPad T1

Agreed with all your points. Here is the T16 gen 3 review by laptop media: https://laptopmedia.com/review/lenovo-thinkpad-t16-gen-3-review-fast-performance-great-display-but-can-get-hot/ It has a table for the stress test that compares it to thinkbook 16 gen 7 with same CPU (125U), and the thinkbook

Thanks for valuable comments . Do you think 225U would be even more quiet or not really? Also I can't really find any good 258V review which would include fan noise measurement like Notebookcheck does. I know that fans ramp up to dissipate heat, which is proportional to cpu voltage and frequency^2.