It is finally time to upgrade. I am planning to replace two notebooks desktop with a single workstation class notebook (current systems are a T450, a T560 with NVIDIA MX, and a Desktop with GTX 1080). I know... they are all almost antiques, but it is not in my nature to upgrade until I am forced to... Lol.

The notebook will primarily be used with photoshop and blender, along with some gaming, and various large multi window financial models.

I have narrowed my choices down to the following two configurations... Both are within $100 of each other, and, on paper, both would appear to offer very similar performance.

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ThinkPad P1 G6

i7-13800H

32 GB DDR5-5600MHz

16" WQUXGA (3840 x 2400), OLED, Touch, 400 Nit

RTX™ 4080 GPU 12GB GDDR6

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ThinkPad P16 Gen 2

i7-13700HX

32 GB DDR5-4800MHz

16" WQUXGA (3840 x 2400), IPS, 800 nits

RTX™ 4000 Ada GPU 12GB GDDR6

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Any advantage of the touchscreen with the P1 is offset by the numeric keypad on the P16, so those differences I am awarding as a draw.

1. Am I correct that the performance of these two machines is extremely close?
2. Can anyone comment on how the two screens compare?
3. Does the P1 still have problems with overheating? Is the P16 better in this regard?
4. Does the newer P1 still as noisy as the early models (I tried a P1 G4 a couple of years ago and sent it back as it was too noisy)?
5. How durable is the P1 Series? I have had bad experiences in the past, with light weight laptops falling apart with heavy use within a year.
6. How does battery performance compare? The P1 should offer better battery life and better 'low power' performance with the 13800H vs. 13850HX. Not just as the 13800H runs at a lower voltage, but the inclusion of Iris Graphics on chip, rather than the UHD on the 13850HX, could allow the notebook to rely less on the NVIDIA GPU under light use. But not sure how IPS vs. OLED will play into the equation.

Any other thoughts regarding factors worth considering when comparing these two would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.