CAD Workstation Recommendations Guide
Helping you choose the right hardware for your CAD software
ADMIN BUILD
Intel® Core™ i5-14500 Processor
HP PRO TOWER 400 G9
Intel® Core™ i5-14500 Processor
14 Cores, up to 4.80 GHz
8GB RAM
Integrated Graphics
Supports up to 3x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL LATITUDE 5540
Intel® Core™ i5-1345U Processor
10 Cores, up to 4.70 GHz
8GB RAM
Integrated Graphics
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP PROBOOK 450 G10
Intel® Core™ i5-1340P Processor
12 Cores, up to 4.60 GHz
8GB RAM
Integrated Graphics
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
ENTRY BUILD
DELL PRECISION 3460
Intel® Core™ i7 14700 Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.4 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA® T400, 4GB
Supports up to 3x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP Z2 MINI G9
Intel® Core™ i7 14700 Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.4 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA® T400, 4GB
Supports up to 3x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL PRECISION 3591
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.0 GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia® RTX 500 Ada, 4GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP ZBOOK FIREFLY G11
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.0 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA® A500, 4GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
BASIC BUILD
DELL PRECISION 3680
Intel® Core™ i7 14700K Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.6 GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia® T1000, 8GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP Z2 MINI G9
Intel® Core™ i7 14700 Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.4 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA® T400, 4GB
Supports up to 3x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL PRECISION 3591
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.0 GHz
16GB RAM
Nvidia® RTX 500 Ada, 4GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP ZBOOK STUDIO G11
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.00 GHz
16GB RAM
NVIDIA RTX 1000 Ada, 6GB
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
STANDARD BUILD
DELL PRECISION 3680
Intel® Core™ i7 14700K Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.6 GHz
32GB RAM
Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP Z2 MINI G9
Intel® Core™ i7 14700K Processor
20 Cores, up to 5.6 GHz
32GB RAM
Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada, 16GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL PRECISION 5690
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.0 GHz
32GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX A2000 Ada 8GB /
A3500 Ada 12GB
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage Drive
HP ZBOOK POWER G11
Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 165H Processor
16 Cores, up to 5.0 GHz
32GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX A2000 Ada 8GB /
A3000 Ada 8GB
512GB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
ADVANCE BUILD
DELL PRECISION 3680
Intel® Core™ i9 14900K Processor
24 Cores, up to 6.0 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ A4000, 20GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP Z2 MINI G9
Intel® Core™ i9 14900K Processor
24 Cores, up to 6.0 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ A4000, 20GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL PRECISION 3591
Intel® Core™ i9-13950HX Processor
24 Cores, up to 5.50 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA A4000, 12GB
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP ZBOOK STUDIO G11
Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX Processor
24 Cores, up to 5.80 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA RTX™ A4000 Ada, 12GB
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
ULTIMATE BUILD
DELL PRECISION 7960
Intel® Xeon® w7-3465X Processor
28 Cores, up to 4.80 GHz
128GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ A6000 Ada, 48GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP Z8 G5
Intel® Xeon® w7-3465X Processor
28 Cores, up to 4.80 GHz
128GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ A6000, 48GB
Supports up to 4x Displays
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
DELL PRECISION 7780
Intel® Core™ i9-13950HX Processor
24 Cores, up to 5.50 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada, 16GB
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
HP ZBOOK FURY G11
Intel® Core™ i9-14900HX Processor
24 Cores, up to 5.80 GHz
64GB RAM
NVIDIA® RTX™ 5000 Ada, 16GB
1TB M.2 NVMe SSD Storage
Workstations
High-performing and fully customisable CAD workstations from Dell & HP, certified for professional CAD applications.
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