Mini forum, a mini-PC company of Chinese origin, was on display at CES 2024 with two models of small high-performance computers, as one, the HX200G, implements the Ryzen 9 7945HX as a processor along with a dedicated Radeon RX graphics card. 7600M XT, while the other, the UH185 Ultra, uses an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H processor. Both devices are top-of-the-line in their segment, although the former has some other doors open thanks to the use of a dedicated graphics card.

About him HX200G Miniforumas we said before, it implements the processor Ryzen 9 7945HX from AMD, which is high-end, is based on Zen 4 and has 16 cores, 32 threads, 16 MB level 2 cache, 64 MB level 3 cache, TDP configurable between 55 and 75 watts, runs at a base frequency of 2.5 GHz and reaches a maximum frequency of 5.4 GHz. As for the chart, RX 7600M XT It is based on the RDNA 3 architecture and implements 32 compute units (CUs) along with 8 GB of VRAM.

Minisforum was explicit when they said that the HX200G is a gaming PC. Obviously, the inclusion of a dedicated graphics card makes the size noticeably larger than a typical Intel NUC-shaped mini-PC, and the manufacturer has implemented a liquid metal cooling system that can keep the fan speed below 45 dBA even when the processor and graphics support heavy loads. . Additionally, the use of AMD graphics should make the HX200G suitable for both Windows and Linux gaming.

HX200G Miniforum

There is on the other side UH185 Ultra Miniforum with the above processor Intel Core Ultra 9 185Hwhich includes 6 high-performance cores, 8 efficient cores, 2 low-power cores, a maximum frequency in turbo mode of 5.1 GHz, a base TDP of 45 watts, and 24 MB of level 3 cache. integrated graphics is Arc based on the Alchemist architecture with 8 Xe cores, 128 execution units (EU) and is capable of operating at a maximum frequency of 2.35 GHz.

The Minisforum UH185 Ultra has two SO-DIMM slots, bays in M.2 format and Ethernet connection 2.5 gigabits per second and Thunderbolt 4. An interesting detail is that it includes a small touch screen on the chassis that shows the level of use of the component located below a series of seemingly front-facing cameras.

UH185 Ultra Miniforum

Although the UH185 Ultra is a very powerful device, it doesn’t have dedicated graphics, so if you’re going to play with it from Windows, you have to measure your steps a lot, and it’s better to take it out on Linux because of the poor state of the Vulkan driver for Intel graphics.

Nothing is known about the prices, and as is customary on the part of Minisfor, most likely at least two memory configurations will be offered and maybe even the possibility of buying computers without RAM or SSD, so those sections would remain in the hands of the user.