Generation Comparison
HP Z8 G4 vs. HP Z840 vs. Dell T7920
HP Z8 G4 Workstation HP Z840 Workstation T7920
HP Z8 G4 HP Z840 Dell T7920
Processor Intel® Xeon Scalable Processor Intel® Xeon E5-2600v3 Intel® Xeon Scalable Processor
Memory Technology DDR4: Up to 2666MHz DDR4: Up to 2400MHz DDR4: Up to 2666MHz
Maximum Memory Up to 3TB memory with dual CPUs Up to 1TB memory with dual CPUs Up to 3TB memory with dual CPUs
Graphics Options Support for 4 PCI Express® x16 Gen 3 graphics cards – up to 750W with maximum of 3 x 250W double width Support for 4 PCI Express® x16 Gen 3 graphics cards – up to 540W with maximum of 3 x 180W double width Support for 4 PCI Express® x16 Gen 3 graphics cards – up to 750W with maximum of 3 x 250W double width
Storage Options Supports up to 4 x 2.5”/3.5” SATA HDD/SSDs and up to 8 drives.
Up to 4 x M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs via 2 x HP Z8 M.2 Adapter Modules.
NVMe RAID 0,1,5,10 with premium VROC upgrade key.
Supports up to 4 x 2.5”/3.5” SATA/SAS HDD/SSDs and up to 8 drives.
Supports up to 4 HP Z Turbo Drives.
Supports up to 4 x 2.5”/3.5” SATA HDD/SSDs and up to 8 drives with rear FlexBays.
Up to 4 front accessible (hot plug) M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs.
Dell M.2 carrier with PCIe SSD. Up to 8 x M.2 NVMe PCIe SSDs via 2 x Dell Ultra-Speed Drive Quad x16 cards
NVMe RAID 0,1,10 option on 1st card (Intel RSTe vROC).
Supported RAID Levels Integrated: Intel® chipset SATA controller Software RAID 0,1,5,10.
Optional: MicroSemi SATA/SAS SmartHBA2100-8i Hardware RAID 0,1,5,10.
Integrated: LSI SAS 2308 Controller RAID 0,1,1E,10
Optional: LSI 9270-8i SAS 6Gb/s ROC RAID Hardware RAID 0,1,5,6,10,50,60
Integrated: Intel® chipset SATA controller Software RAID 0,1,5,10.
Optional: MegaRAID® SATA/SAS 9460-16i Hardware RAID 0,1,5,10.
Power Supply 1125W (1450W at 200V Input Voltage) –90% efficient
1450W(1700W at 200V Input Voltage) –90% efficient
850W -88% efficient
1125W (1450W at 200V Input Voltage) –90% efficient
1400W (input voltage 100VAC – 240VAC) –90% efficient
Integrated Networking 1 x Gigabit port & 1 x 10GbE port Dual port Gigabit Dual port Gigabit
I/O Ports 8 – USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A
2 – USB 3.1 Type C
4 – PCIe Gen3 x16
3 – PCIe Gen3 x8
2 – PCIe Gen3 x4
8 -USB 3.0 Type A
2 – USB 2.0 Type A
3 – PCIe Gen3 x16
2 – PCIe Gen3 x8
1 – PCIe Gen3 x4
1 – PCIe Gen2 x1
8 – USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type A
2 – USB 3.1 Type C
6 – PCIe Gen3 x16
1 – PCIe Gen3 x8
Warranty 5 year warranty 5 year warranty 5 year warranty
Brand

Workstation Model

Condition

Manufacturer RENEW / Refurbished Workstation

Drive Bays

Processors (CPU)

Intel Xeon Platinum 8180 processor
Intel Xeon Platinum 8160 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6152 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6154 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6148 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6146 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6146M processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6144 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6144M processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6142 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6140 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6136 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6134 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6132 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 6128 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 5120 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 5118 processor
Intel Xeon Gold 5122 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4116 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4114 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4110 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4108 processor
Intel Xeon Bronze 3106 processor
Intel Xeon Bronze 3104 processor
Intel Xeon Silver 4112 processor

Memory

8GB RAM, 16GB RAM, 32GB RAM, 64GB RAM, 128GB RAM, 256GB RAM

Hard Drives

SAS Hard Drives
– 300GB 15k SAS SFF
SATA Hard Drives
– 500GB SATA 7200RPM 6Gb/s 3.5” HDD
– 500GB SATA 7200RPM 6Gb/s OPAL2 SFF 3.5” HDD
– 1TB SATA 7200RPM 3.5” HDD
– 1TB SATA 7200RPM Ent 3.5” HDD
– 2TB SATA 7200RPM HDD
– 4TB SATA 7200RPM Ent 3.5” HDD
SATA Solid State Drives
– 256GB SATA SSD
– 512GB SATA SSD
– 1TB SATA SSD
– 2TB SATA SSD
– 256GB SATA SED OPAL2 SSD
– 512GB SATA SED OPAL2 SSD
– 240GB SATA Enterprise SSD
– 480GB SATA Enterprise SSD
PCIe Solid State Drives
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB MLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB MLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 1TB MLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB TLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB TLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 1TB TLC Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB SED Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB SED Z8G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB MLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB MLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 1TB MLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB TLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB TLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 1TB TLC Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 256GB SED Z8 G4 SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive 512GB SED Z8 G4 SSD
HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 2x256GB PCIe SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 2x512GB PCIe SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 2x1TB PCIe SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 256GB SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 512GB SSD
– HP Z Turbo Drive Quad Pro 1TB SSD

Graphics Cards

Entry 3D
– NVIDIA Quadro P400 1st GFX 2GB Graphics
– NVIDIA Quadro P600 1st GFX 2GB Graphics
– AMD FirePro W2100 2GB Graphics
Mid-range 3D
– NVIDIA Quadro P1000 1st GFX 4GB Graphics
– NVIDIA Quadro P2000 1st GFX 5GB Graphics
– AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100 4GB Graphics
– AMD Radeon Pro WX 4100 4GB Graphics
High End 3D
– NVIDIA Quadro P4000 1st GFX 8GB Graphics
– NVIDIA Quadro P5000 1st GFX 16GB Graphics
– NVIDIA Quadro P6000 1st GFX 24GB Graphics
– AMD Radeon Pro WX 7100 1st GFX 8GB Graphics
– NVIDIA Quadro Sync II

RAID Controller

Network Controller

Power Supply

Expansion Options

Supported Operating Systems

CentOS, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Fedora Workstation, Red Hat Enterprise Linux,
Versions of Windows:
– Windows 7 Professional 64bit
– Windows 10 Professional 64bit

USD Connectors

Front:
– Front I/O Entry: 4 USB 3.1 Gen1 (Left-most Port has Charging Capability)
– Front I/O Premium: 2x USB 3.1 Gen1, 2x USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C (Left-most Port has Charging Capability)
Rear:
– 6 USB 3.0 Gen1, Type A
Internal:
– 1 USB 3.0 Gen1 available with a single 20-pin shrouded connector.This header supports a USB Media Card reader.
– 1 USB 3.1 G1 single-port header
– 1 USB 2.0 single-port header
– 1x USB 2.0 dual-port header

Dimensions

Warranty

HP Z8 Release Date

October 2017

HP Z8 Specs

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/HPZ8G4.pdf

HP Z8 User Guide

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/HPZ8G4_Z6G4UserGuide.pdf

HP Z8 Maintenance Guide

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/HPZ8G4MaintenanceGuide.pdf

HP Z8 G4 Workstation DataSheet

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/HPZ8WhitePaper.pdf

Avid Configuration Guidelines

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/AvidConfigurationGuidelinesHPZ8G4.pdf

Windows 7 64-bit Hardware Matrix

https://staging5.vrlatech.com/ProductMaterials/WindowsHardwareMatrixforHPWorkstations.pdf

HP Z8 G4 Workstation Drivers

https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/hp-z8-g4-workstation/16449803

3 reviews for HP Z8 G4 Workstation

  1. JOSE ANTONIO BERNAL

    5 out of 5

    I live in the cd of mexico and I want to buy 2 workstation Z8 G4 with the configuration that I send, I want to know the delivery time and the cost to send it to the cd mexico

  2. JOSE ANTONIO BERNAL

    5 out of 5

    I live in the CD of mexico which would be the delivery time of the equipment

  3. Charles

    5 out of 5

    The BEST Workstation I’ve Used!

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

NOTIFY ME We will inform you when the product arrives in stock. Please leave your valid email address below.
U.S Based Support
Based in Los Angeles, our U.S.-based engineering team supports customers across the United States, Canada, and globally. You get direct access to real engineers, fast response times, and rapid deployment with reliable parts availability and professional service for mission-critical systems.
Expert Guidance You Can Trust
Companies rely on our engineering team for optimal hardware configuration, CUDA and model compatibility, thermal and airflow planning, and AI workload sizing to avoid bottlenecks. The result is a precisely built system that maximizes performance, prevents misconfigurations, and eliminates unnecessary hardware overspend.
Reliable 24/7 Performance
Every system is fully tested, thermally validated, and burn-in certified to ensure reliable 24/7 operation. Built for long AI training cycles and production workloads, these enterprise-grade workstations minimize downtime, reduce failure risk, and deliver consistent performance for mission-critical teams.
Future Proof Hardware
Built for AI training, machine learning, and data-intensive workloads, our high-performance workstations eliminate bottlenecks, reduce training time, and accelerate deployment. Designed for enterprise teams, these scalable systems deliver faster iteration, reliable performance, and future-ready infrastructure for demanding production environments.
Engineers Need Faster Iteration
Slow training slows product velocity. Our high-performance systems eliminate queues and throttling, enabling instant experimentation. Faster iteration and shorter shipping cycles keep engineers unblocked, operating at startup speed while meeting enterprise demands for reliability, scalability, and long-term growth today globally.
Cloud Cost are Insane
Cloud GPUs are convenient, until they become your largest monthly expense. Our workstations and servers often pay for themselves in 4–8 weeks, giving you predictable, fixed-cost compute with no surprise billing and no resource throttling.