GB10 desk appliance · HP Z channel
HP ZGX Nano G1n
NVIDIA Grace Blackwell GB10 in HP’s ZGX Nano: 128GB unified LPDDR5X, DGX OS, ConnectX dual 200GbE class networking, and HP Z Toolkit / channel support. Same silicon class as the DGX Spark and Lenovo ThinkStation PGX; different invoice.
- Street price (USD)
- ~$6,030–$7,400
- Memory
- 128GB LPDDR5X unified
- Bandwidth
- 273 GB/s class
- Chip
- NVIDIA GB10 (Grace + Blackwell)
- Catch
- Same GB10 as Spark; HP Z ticket
What it is
HP’s ZGX Nano G1n is a deskside GB10 appliance in the same Grace Blackwell class as the NVIDIA DGX Spark: Arm + Blackwell on one package, 128GB coherent LPDDR5X at roughly 273 GB/s, M.2 storage options, 10GbE plus dual 200GbE-class ConnectX networking, and NVIDIA DGX OS. Form factor is nano SFF. You buy it through HP’s Z / workstation channel and Z Toolkit ecosystem rather than NVIDIA Founders or another partner badge.
Who it is for
CUDA people who already live in HP Z procurement, want enterprise channel paperwork, or need HP support on a 128GB unified GB10 desk box. Wrong if you only want the cheapest GB10 SKU or a Windows-first mini.
What it actually runs
- Comfortable: 20B–70B dense and most 120B-class MoE models, same capacity story as other GB10 cubes.
- Possible: larger models when two units are paired over the high-speed fabric (~256GB coherent class). Quantized 200B-class depends on context.
- Not the win: beating a discrete high-bandwidth card on tokens-per-second for models that already fit in VRAM. Capacity is the product; 273 GB/s is the ceiling.
Standout details
- Price snapshot Sep 2026: street listings for configured units commonly land around ~$6,030–$7,400 depending on storage (4TB configs skew higher). Confirm the exact HP SKU and support options before checkout—channel quotes move.
- Same GB10 silicon and bandwidth class as the NVIDIA DGX Spark, Dell Pro Max with GB10, ASUS Ascent GX10, and Lenovo ThinkStation PGX. Buy HP for Z channel and toolkit, not new silicon.
- Memory is soldered. Storage is M.2 class. Networking matches the GB10 partner pattern: 10GbE plus dual 200GbE-class ConnectX ports for clustering.
- DGX OS and the NVIDIA developer stack are the path. Windows is not.
Honest verdict
Buy the HP ZGX Nano G1n if HP Z channel, Z Toolkit, or an HP support number matters and you need the GB10 128GB capacity tier. Skip it if a cheaper complete Spark / GX10 / Dell / Lenovo config is available and you do not need the HP invoice. Same silicon, same bandwidth limiter. Side-by-side: vs Lenovo ThinkStation PGX · DGX Spark · Dell Pro Max with GB10.
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