HP Z6 G5 A Continues Working Out Well For Linux-Friendly, High-End Workstation Review

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In late 2023 I reviewed the HP Z6 G5 A workstation that at the time was built around the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 series and NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation graphics. More recently, HP has revised the Z6 G5 A workstation for the latest Threadripper PRO 9000 series and NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell graphics. HP sent over the upgraded Z6 G5 A workstation that I’ve been benchmarking the past few weeks. This workstation remains Linux-friendly down to convenient LVFS/Fwupd support and delivers stellar performance with the Zen 5 Threadripper and NVIDIA Blackwell combination.

The HP Z6 G5 A workstation is air-cooled and its design is the same as when I checked it out back in 2023 with the prior Zen 4 Threadripper configuration. This is a premium workstation configuration for content creators, software developers, AI inferencing, and others looking to leverage many cores, high-end performance while in a tower chassis and with a noise level that is adequate for running under or on your desk.

Back in 2023 the HP Z6 G5 A base configuration was around $3240 USD for the Threadripper PRO 7945WX, 16GB of RAM, 512GB SSD, and running Windows 11. Now in 2026 amid the high PC component prices, the base configuration is $5537 USD for the PRO 7945 WX or just $42 more for going with the Zen 5 based Threadripper PRO 9945WX, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD with Windows 11. The review configuration that HP sent out for testing was the HP Z6 G5 A workstation with the Threadripper PRO 9975WX 32-core, 8 x 16GB DDR5-5600 memory, 1TB NVMe SSD, and the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell graphics card. This configuration as of writing is retailing for about $24,935 USD.

While the review unit shipped with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro, the HP Z6 G5 A is a Linux-friendly workstation. In fact, HP even offers Ubuntu LTS pre-loaded on the workstation or a “Linux-ready” option that is without any operating system pre-loaded onto the system. Going for Ubuntu or the Linux-ready option will shave $270 USD compared…

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