- Minix ER939-AI Pro dual 10GbE networking hints at workloads beyond ordinary desktop computing
- The Radeon 8060S removes the need for separate graphics hardware entirely
- Four simultaneous 8K displays push this machine beyond typical mini PCs
Minix has released the ER939-AI, a mini PC running AMD‘s Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor with 16 cores, 32 threads, and a boost clock reaching up to 5.1 GHz.
A Pro variant with dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet and a leather-like carry handle on the chassis has also been announced, sitting above the base model in every measurable specification.
Both devices share the same core platform and are built around one specific use case — running AI workloads locally, without any dependence on cloud infrastructure.
A 126 TOPS Platform Squeezed Into 205mm of Chassis
The Ryzen AI Max+ 395 platform delivers 126 TOPS of combined AI compute across the CPU, GPU, and a dedicated NPU rated at 50 TOPS natively.
The Radeon 8060S integrated graphics handles GPU-accelerated workloads that would otherwise require a discrete card, keeping the 205 x 192 x 70 mm chassis free of any expansion slots entirely.
This mini PC supports Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, USB4 at 40 Gbps, and quad 8K@60Hz display output through HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4, and two USB4 ports.
A fingerprint reader built into the power button handles Windows Hello login, and a 240 W power adapter ships inside the retail box.
Its storage starts at 2 TB via PCIe 4.0 NVMe and expands to 8 TB, accommodating the model libraries and dataset archives that local AI work tends to accumulate.
The device also ships with 128 GB of LPDDR5-8000 memory across eight 16 GB modules — and that figure deserves a moment’s pause.
Most laptops ship with 16 GB, while most desktops are considered powerful if they arrive with up to 64 GB of RAM.
This mini PC ships with 128 GB because running large language models locally means the entire model lives in RAM, and anything less simply means the model does not run at all.
The Pro Variant Adds a Handle
The Minix ER939-AI Pro builds on the same platform and memory configuration while adding dual 10G Ethernet ports and refined triple-fan cooling with a twin turbo intercooler.
It also arrives with a carry handle mounted on top of the chassis, which is the kind of design decision that either makes immediate sense or raises an eyebrow depending on who is buying.
The handle material resembles leather, though MINIX has not confirmed whether it is genuine or synthetic, leaving the “vegan leather” characterisation somewhere between reasonable inference and optimistic branding.
Windows Hello fingerprint login and TPM support handle security for enterprise deployments, while the Pro’s three M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4 NVMe slots push maximum storage capacity to 12 TB.
The base ER939-AI sells for $3,150.00 on the MINIX Official Store, with the Pro’s price still unannounced — though given its specification sheet, expecting it to cost considerably more seems entirely reasonable.
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