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Creative, Media & Entertainment Pros
From video editing and 3D animation to game development in VR — reach peak creative flow on your heaviest projects with Z workstations.
What Can a Z Workstation Do For Your Workflow?
Best Z by HP Workstations for 3D Animation and Visual Effects
From real-time rendering to physics simulations, Z is built ready for whatever your project demands. Explore new dimensions, build bigger worlds, tell richer stories, and render it all with industry driving performance.
Our best-selling workhorse.
Get high-performance processor options plus dual extreme graphics support. From design to visualization, our most popular Z desktop accelerates a wide range of pro apps.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 18 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 512 GB DDR4-2933 ECC
Up to 46 TB13
Our most powerful workstation.
Cut through your toughest jobs with our flagship Z—built for power-intensive workloads.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 56 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 1.5 TB DDR4-2933 ECC
Up to 56 TB13
Power to free your creative mind.
Render or visualize in real time. From keyboard to screen, every aspect is designed for a seamless workflow.
Windows 119,10 or Linux® Ubuntu 20.04
Up to Intel® Core™ i911
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 or GeForce RTX™ 3080 laptop GPUs12
Up to 32 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe13
15.6” diagonal
Desktop power goes mobile.
Blitz render times and speed through multi-app workflows with our ultimate ZBook—cool and quiet even under the heaviest workloads.
Windows 119,10
Up to Intel® Core™ i9 or Intel® Xeon®11
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 laptop GPU or AMD Radeon™ Pro12
Up to 128 GB RAM4
Up to 8 TB local PCIe13
15.6” or 17.3” diagonal
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Reveal the brilliance of your work.
See every detail, just as you captured it. With HP DreamColor Technology, you get accurate colors screen to screen — and even to print.
27-inch diagonal 4K and HDR resolution16
PANTONE™ Validated color preset
99% sRBG for over a billion colors
4-way ergonomics for comfort
Exceptional creating
with Intel® Core™ i9
and Intel® Xeon® processors.
Expert insights · 3D & Visual Effects
Barbara Marshall,
HP M&E Industry Manager
High-end GPU and CPU for a balanced machine
Depending on which renderer you're using, you'll either render on the CPU or the GPU. Increasingly, renderers are GPU-accelerated for real-time ray tracing, so a balanced machine is your best bet
Expandable memory for complex projects
To optimize performance, fill all memory channels. For example, Z8 has 6 memory channels per CPU slot — so you can fit up to 1.5TB of memory into a single machine.
Remote access and collaboration
Remote working is here to stay. With ZCentral Remote Boost,1 multiple people can remotely connect to the same machine, making it easy to collaborate and review progress in real-time.
Best Z by HP Workstations for Video Editing and Motion Graphics
Whether you're cutting together spots, shorts or features, you push your system to the max. That's why we've developed an extensive line of powerhouse devices to help you edit in less time so you can hit your deadlines.
Our best-selling workhorse.
Get high-performance processor options plus dual extreme graphics support. From design to visualization, our most popular Z desktop accelerates your pro workflow.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 18 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 512 GB DDR4-2933 ECC
Up to 46 TB13
Our most powerful workstation.
Cut through your toughest jobs with our flagship Z—built for power-intensive workloads.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 56 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 1.5 TB DDR4-2933 ECC
Up to 56 TB13
Power to free your creative mind.
Render or visualize in real time. From keyboard to screen, every aspect is designed for a seamless workflow.
Windows 119,10 or Linux® Ubuntu 20.04
Up to Intel® Core™ i911
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 or GeForce RTX™ 3080 laptop GPUs12
Up to 32 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe13
15.6” diagonal
Desktop power goes mobile.
Blitz render times and speed through multi-app workflows with our ultimate ZBook—cool and quiet even under the heaviest workloads.
Windows 119,10
Up to Intel® Core™ i9 or Intel® Xeon®11
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 laptop GPU or AMD Radeon™ Pro12
Up to 128 GB RAM12
Up to 8 TB local PCIe13
15.6” or 17.3” diagonal
The right colors, right out of the box.
This HP DreamColor monitor allows you to create with billions of exceptionally vibrant colors and optimize your own color spaces.
25-inch diagonal QHD and HDR resolution
PANTONE™ Validated color preset
99% sRBG for over a billion colors
4-way ergonomics for comfort
Exceptional creating
with Intel® Core™ i9
and Intel® Xeon® processors.
Expert insights · Video and Motion Graphics
Rick Hohmann,
HP M&E Technical Marketing Manager
Power to work with 4K & multi-camera workflows
While working on a single camera project, 6-8 core CPUs may be fine, for multi-camera projects and/or 4K material, make sure you have 12+ cores.
GPU-acceleration for rendering & encoding
Although most editing applications rely on the CPU, many rendering and encoding tasks are now GPU-accelerated. A good editing machine, then, should include a discrete graphics card.
Color accuracy for grading & final delivery
HP DreamColor displays are calibrated to a variety of color spaces — such as Rec 709 and DCI P3 — to match your delivery specifications.
Best Z by HP Workstations for Game Development
Z devices are built for every step of the development process with powerful graphics to 3D render an entire universe.
Our best-selling workhorse.
Get high-performance processor options plus dual extreme graphics support. From design to visualization, our most popular Z desktop accelerates your pro workflow.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 18 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 512 GB DDR4-2933 ECC
Storage:
Up to 46 TB13
Resolution:
Our most powerful workstation.
Cut through your toughest jobs with our flagship Z—built for power-intensive workloads.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 56 cores Intel® Core™ X-Series or Xeon® W11
Up to 2x NVIDIA RTX™ A6000 or 2x AMD Radeon™ Pro W680012
Up to 1.5 TB DDR4-2933 ECC
Storage:
Up to 56 TB13
Resolution:
Desktop power goes mobile.
Blitz render times and speed through multi-app workflows with our ultimate ZBook—cool and quiet even under the heaviest workloads.
Windows 119,10
Up to Intel® Core™ i9 or Intel® Xeon®11
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 laptop GPU or AMD Radeon™ Pro12
Up to 128 GB RAM12
Storage:
Up to 8 TB local PCIe13
Resolution:
15.6” or 17.3” diagonal
Exquisitely crafted for every detail.
Precise Quad HD resolution and color consistency across multiple screens with factory color calibration.
27-inch diagonal screen monitor with razor-thin profile and frameless design
Exceptional vibrancy with HP Eye Ease, an always-on low blue light filter
99% sRBG for over a billion colors
4-way ergonomics for comfort
Storage:
Resolution:
Lead the way in VR.
Take immersive gaming to a new level with our breakthrough VR headset, developed in collaboration with Valve and Microsoft.
Industry-leading lenses and speakers designed by Valve
Mura-free, 2160 x 2160 LCD panels per eye and full RGB stripe
9.3 million pixels, 2.5x more pixels than Oculus Rift S
Compatible across both SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality
Storage:
Resolution:
Exceptional creating
with Intel® Core™ i9
and Intel® Xeon® processors.
Expert insights · Game Development
Keith Fish,
HP M&E Graphics Planner
Choice of GPUs for dev and QA
Gaming and the GPU go hand in hand so choose the graphics card most appropriate to your audience - Z workstations come with a choice of professional and consumer GPUs.
Balanced machine
Game development requires both CPU and GPU power for compiling and rendering, respectively. We recommend a mimimum of 8 cores on the CPU and at least a mid-range graphics card.
Expandable memory for complex projects
To optimize performance, fill all memory channels. For example, Z8 has 6 memory channels per CPU slot — so you can fit up to 1.5TB of memory into a single machine.
Best Z by HP Workstations for Graphic Design
From print layouts to typography treatments to branding projects, Z helps you iterate and design faster so you can tackle any project any way you want.
Power to free your creative mind.
Render or visualize in real time. From keyboard to screen, every aspect is designed for a seamless workflow.
Windows 119,10 or Linux® Ubuntu 20.04
Up to Intel® Core™ i911
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 or GeForce RTX™ 3080 laptop GPUs12
Up to 32 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe13
15.6” diagonal
ZBook performance, more mobile than ever.
Perfect projects from anywhere with a color-accurate DreamColor display and pro-level performance.
Windows 119,10
Up to Intel® Core™ i711
Up to NVIDIA® T500 laptop GPU12
Up to 64 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe 13
14” or 15.6” diagonal
The world’s most powerful mini workstation.19 Now even mightier.
Get even more high-end performance packed into an insanely small device. Take on 3D design projects and work in multiple pro apps easily.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 10 cores 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 or Xeon® W11
Up to NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 3000 or AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 320014
Up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
Up to 4 TB13
Reveal the brilliance of your work.
See every detail, just as you captured it. With HP DreamColor Technology, you get accurate colors screen to screen — and even to print.
27-inch diagonal 4K and HDR resolution16
PANTONE™ Validated color preset
99% sRBG for over a billion colors
4-way ergonomics for comfort
Exceptional creating
with Intel® Core™ i9
and Intel® Xeon® processors.
Expert insights · Graphic Design
Barbara Marshall,
HP M&E Industry Manager
Color accuracy from screen to print
Use HP DreamColor displays to ensure what you create on screen is what your client wants, whether print or digital.
Remote collaboration for review & approval
Remote working is here to stay. With ZCentral Remote Boost,1 multiple people can remotely connect to the same machine, making it easy to collaborate and review progress in real-time.
Memory for juggling multiple assets
Make sure you have at least 16GB of memory so that you can comfortably open and work with multiple assets simultaneously.
Best Z by HP Workstations for Photography
The power to handle thousands of photos. The precision to hone each one to perfection. Z is specifically designed to ensure you see every detail just as you captured it, with enhanced color accuracy and image quality.
ZBook performance, more mobile than ever.
Perfect projects from anywhere with a color-accurate DreamColor display and pro-level performance.
Windows 119,10
Up to Intel® Core™ i711
Up to NVIDIA® T500 laptop GPU12
Up to 64 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe 13
14” or 15.6” diagonal
Power to free your creative mind.
Have confidence in what you see on screen with an HP DreamColor Display. A sleek PC designed for you to work and play from anywhere.
Windows 119,10 or Linux® Ubuntu 20.04
Up to Intel® Core™ i9 processor11
Up to NVIDIA® RTX™ A5000 or GeForce RTX™ 3080 laptop GPUs12
Up to 32 GB RAM12
Up to 2 TB local PCIe13
15.6” diagonal
The world’s most powerful mini workstation.19 Now even mightier.
Get even more high-end performance packed into an insanely small device. Take on 3D design projects and work in multiple pro apps easily.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 10 cores 10th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 or Xeon® W11
Up to NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 3000 or AMD Radeon™ Pro WX 320014
Up to 64 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
Up to 4 TB13
Engineered to evolve.
Create truly immersive virtual reality experiences with a VR-ready PC, optimized for leading VR engines. Achieve low latency response times and high frame rates on 3D graphics rendering.
Windows 119,10 or Linux®
Up to 8 cores 11th Generation Intel® Core™ i9 or Xeon® W11
Up to NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 or AMD Radeon™ Pro W570012
Up to 128 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
Up to 28 TB13
Reveal the brilliance of your work.
See every detail, just as you captured it. With HP DreamColor Technology, you get accurate colors screen to screen — and even to print.
27-inch diagonal 4K and HDR resolution16
PANTONE™ Validated color preset
99% sRBG for over a billion colors
4-way ergonomics for comfort
Exceptional creating
with Intel® Core™ i9
and Intel® Xeon® processors.
Expert insights · Photography
Greg Staten,
HP M&E Color Scientist
Color accuracy from screen to print
Use HP DreamColor displays to ensure what you create on screen is what your client wants, whether print or digital.
Connectivity
Given the need for multiple I/O devices in your workflow, all Z workstations offer Thunderbolt and USB ports as well SD card readers.
Ample storage for archives at your fingertips
Even our thin & light ZBooks have up to 2TB of storage—giving you access to your archive even when on the go
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The Lowdown
On Design
Don’t take our word for it. See how creatives are using Z workstations for video editing, graphic design, and more.
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See seven renowned artists in areas as disparate as 3D design and documentary photography come together to create a single, transformational project.
Z Was Made for This
Every element of a Z Workstation is crafted for your creative workflow.
Design in DreamColor
One Billion Colors
on Screen3
Optimize Your Color Space
Colors Calibrated to Perfection
Design
That Matters
The Z by HP portfolio provides extreme performance for the most-demanding professional workflows. But the Z vision goes beyond powerful processing and graphics, cutting-edge thermal design and unrelenting reliability.
We design our systems around our users. We understand that anywhere can be your office, and that you care about protecting our shared future. So we craft thin and light laptops with incredible battery life, mini desktops that fit your home setup and towers with tool-less access for easy expansion — and we use recycled plastics6, safer materials7 and bulk packaging.
Globally recognized for beautiful, inclusive design, Z devices demonstrate what’s possible when we combine passion for design with uncompromising usability and engineering excellence.
• Graphics
Powerful Graphics
Animate and render in real-time with professional graphics — all the power you need to speed up creative software, plugins and heavy files.
• Reliability
Rely on Your
Workstation
Work with confidence knowing your laptop or desktop has undergone 360,000 hours of testing to handle intense workloads, and extreme environments.
• Performance
Remote Collaboration
Access high-performance workstation power for video editing and 3D animation anywhere, and collaborate with your team in real-time with ZCentral Remote Boost1 and Teradici CAS software.
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Disclaimers
*Starting at pricing is available from HP.com, is subject to change without notice, and does not apply to max available configurations or optional features. Retailer pricing may vary.
HP ZCentral Remote Boost Sender does not come preinstalled on Z Workstations but can be downloaded and run on all Z desktop and laptops without license purchase through 2022. With non-Z sender devices, purchase of perpetual individual license or perpetual floating license per simultaneously executing versions and purchase of ZCentral Remote Boost Software Support is required. ZCentral Remote Boost Sender for non-Z Hardware requires a license and Windows 10, RHEL/CentOS (7 or 8), or UBUNTU 18.04 or 20.04 LTS operating systems. macOS (10.14 or newer) operating system and ThinPro 7.2 are only supported on the receiver side. Requires network access. The software is available for download at hp.com/ZCentralRemoteBoost.
- HP Sure View integrated privacy screen is an optional feature that must be configured at purchase.
- One-billion colors through A-FRC technology.
- All specifications represent the typical specifications provided by HP's component manufacturers; actual performance may vary either higher or lower.
- Applies to HP PCs, Workstations and Displays manufactured after January 2019. Based on most Gold and Silver EPEAT® registrations by meeting all required criteria and achieving 50-74% of the optional points for EPEAT® Silver and 75-100% of the optional points for EPEAT® Gold according to IEEE 1680.1-2018 EPEAT®. Status varies by country. Visit www.epeat.net for more information.
- Percentage of recycled plastic varies by platform. Recycled plastic content percentage is based on the definition set in the IEEE 1680.1-2018 standard.
- Select materials meet GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals' methodology.
- Ambassadors were provided products and payment by HP.
- Not all features are available in all editions or versions of Windows. Systems may require upgraded and/or separately purchased hardware, drivers, software or BIOS update to take full advantage of Windows functionality. Windows is automatically updated and enabled. High speed internet and Microsoft account required. ISP fees may apply and additional requirements may apply over time for updates. See http://www.windows.com.
- This PC comes with Windows 10 and a free Windows 11 upgrade. The Windows 11 upgrade will be delivered to qualifying devices late 2021 into 2022. Timing varies by device. Certain features require specific hardware (see aka.ms/windows11-spec
). - Multicore is designed to improve performance of certain software products. Not all customers or software applications will necessarily benefit from use of this technology. Performance and clock frequency will vary depending on application workload and your hardware and software configurations. Intel’s numbering, branding and/or naming is not a measurement of higher performance. Optional, confiugrable feature.
- Optional feature that must be configured at purchase.
- For hard drives, GB = 1 billion bytes. TB = 1 trillion bytes. Actual formatted capacity is less. Up to 3GB (for Windows) of system disk is reserved for system recovery software.
- For the Z2 Mini, the NVIDIA®️ Quadro RTX™️ 3000 graphics are an add-on feature that must be configured at the time of purchase.
- For the Z8 G4 only 1x AMD Radeon™️ Pro W6800 is available to configure today. 2x will be available to configure in early 2022. For the ZCentral 4R, the NVIDIA RTX™️ A6000 is only available on the high end chassis and requires the dual slot riser which is sold separately.
- 4K content required to view full 4K images.
- Based on HP internal analysis of mini ISV certified workstations as of September 2020. Power based on processor, graphics, memory, and power supply.
- HP ZCentral Remote Boost Sender does not come preinstalled on Z Workstations but can be downloaded and run on all Z desktop and laptops without license purchase through 2022. With non-Z sender devices, purchase of perpetual individual license or perpetual floating license per simultaneously executing versions and purchase of ZCentral Remote Boost Software Support is required. ZCentral Remote Boost Sender for non-Z Hardware requires a license and Windows 10, RHEL/CentOS (7 or 8), or UBUNTU 18.04 or 20.04 LTS operating systems. macOS (10.14 or newer) operating system and ThinPro 7.2 are only supported on the receiver side. Requires network access. The software is available for download at hp.com/ZCentralRemoteBoost.
- Based on HP internal analysis of mini ISV certified workstations as of September 2020. Power based on processor, graphics, memory, and power supply.
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