Lenovo ThinkCentre M75q Gen 2 Tiny
A 2020 ThinkCentre Tiny on the AMD PRO 500 chipset with 1 M.2 NVMe slot, 1 2.5" bay and up to 64 GB of RAM (official). It has no internal expansion slot.
Works in Jellyfin; Intel is the safer media-server pickSpecs widely confirmed
Specifications
| CPU generations | Ryzen 4000 (Renoir) |
|---|---|
| Typical CPUs | Ryzen 5 PRO 4650GE (6C/12T, 35 W); Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE (8C/16T, 35 W) |
| Chipset | AMD PRO 500 |
| Memory | 2× DDR4 SO-DIMM, up to 3200 MT/s, 64 GB official maximum |
| M.2 NVMe slots (storage) | 1 |
| 2.5" SATA bays | 1 |
| PCIe expansion | None |
| Onboard Ethernet | Realtek RTL8111FP or RTL8111HN |
| Extra NIC option | None (USB adapter only) |
| vPro / AMT | Not listed |
| Power adapters | 65 W or 90 W |
| Idle power (measured) | Not measured yet |
Checked against: Lenovo PSREF spec sheet. Official limits can be lower than what owners report working.
What owners should know
- 6–8 Zen 2 cores at 35 W: one of the strongest CPUs in this class for VMs and containers.
Plex and Jellyfin transcoding
Works with Jellyfin via VA-API, but AMD's encoder quality and media-server support lag Intel Quick Sync. The table covers every CPU option sold in this chassis. Check which CPU a listing actually has.
| Video engine | H.264 | HEVC 10-bit decode | VP9 | AV1 decode | HEVC encode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMD VCN 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Plex needs a Plex Pass for hardware transcoding; Jellyfin does not. More detail in our Quick Sync generations guide.
Before you buy one used
- Confirm the exact CPU model in the listing photos or System Information screenshot, not just "Core i5".
- Check that a power adapter of the right wattage is included (65 W or 90 W). Many ex-office units ship without one.
- Ask whether the BIOS is unlocked. Ex-corporate machines sometimes keep an admin password.
- A 2.5" drive needs the caddy and cable, which are often missing when a unit shipped with only an M.2 SSD.
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