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Minisforum MS-S1 Max vs Radeon RX 9070
Specs, price and the one trade-off that actually decides it — Minisforum MS-S1 Max against Radeon RX 9070, side by side.
Cheaper to start
Tie
Both start at a similar price.
Rated higher
Minisforum MS-S1 Max
9.2 vs 0.0 on our design scale.
Standout
Minisforum MS-S1 Max
128GB unified memory in a mini-PC chassis
Minisforum MS-S1 Max
AMD Strix Halo in a mini-PC, with 128GB of soldered LPDDR5x unified memory.
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- 128GB unified memory in a mini-PC chassis
- Runs models that would otherwise need multiple GPUs
- Low power draw for the capability
Cons
- Memory is soldered — no upgrade path
- Token generation well below a discrete GPU
- Pointless for models that already fit in consumer VRAM
Specifications
- achievable frequency—
- ai accelerators—
- AI computing power126 TOPS
- APUAMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
- AtomMan G1 PRO32GB RAM+1TB SSD
- AtomMan G7 ProIntel Core i9 14900HX / 32GB RAM+1TB SSD
- AtomMan G7 PtAMD Ryzen™9 7945HX / 32GB RAM+ 1TB SSD
- AtomMan G7 TI/G7 TI SEIntel® Core™ i9 14900HX(G7 Ti) / Barebone / UK
- BluetoothBluetooth 5.4
- bus type—
- Chassis Designslide-out chassis
- Coolingaerospace-grade aluminum chassis, pure copper baseplate, six heat pipes, dual centrifugal fans, phase-change cooling material
- DEG2 OCuLink eGPU DockBlack
- Deploymentrack-mountable, supports multi-system clusters
- displayport™—
- EliteMini UM780 XTXGold / 32GB RAM+1TB SSD / US
- ExpansionPCIe x16
- features—
- game frequency—
- gpu memory—
- GraphicsAMD Radeon 8060S
- hdmi™—
- max memory size—
- Memoryup to 128 GB LPDDR5x-8000 MT/s with 256 GB/s bandwidth
- Memory ArchitectureUMA unified memory architecture
- memory bandwidth—
- memory interface—
- memory speed—
- memory type—
- MINISFORUM 129i7AMD Ryzen™ 9 7940HX (790S7) / BAREBONE (NO OS/RAM/SSD) / EU
- MINISFORUM 795S7AMD Ryzen™ 9 7945HX (795S7) / BAREBONE / UK
- MINISFORUM BD790iAMD Ryzen™ 9 7940HX-BD790i SE / Mini-ITX Form Factor(170x170x1.6mm)
- MINISFORUM BD795i SEAMD Ryzen™ 9 7945HX-BD795i SE / Mini-ITX Form Factor(170x170x1.6mm)
- MINISFORUM BD795MAMD Ryzen™ 9 7945HX / M-ATX Form Factor(240х220х1.6mm)
- MINISFORUM DEG1 eGPU DockeGPU Dock
- MINISFORUM eGPU Docking Station MGA1AMD Radeon™ 7600M XT
- MINISFORUM MGP01 Game ControllerGame Controller
- MINISFORUM MKB i83Obsidian Black
- MINISFORUM MS-01Intel® Core™ i5-12600H / Barebone / UK
- MINISFORUM MS-A1without CPU
- MINISFORUM N5 MAXAMD Ryzen™ AI Max+ 395 / 128GB LPDDR5x + 128GB OS Storage / US
- MINISFORUM TB4-01 12 in 1 Thunderbolt™ 4 DockThunderbolt™ 4 Dock
- MS-A280 / 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD
- N5AMD Ryzen™ 7 255 / 16G DDR5 + 128G OS Storage
- N5 AIRAMD Ryzen™ 7 255 / 16GB DDR5+64GB OS Storage
- N5 ProAMD Ryzen™ AI 9 HX PRO 370 / 16G DDR5 + 128G OS Storage
- NPU50 TOPS
- peak 4-bit precision (int4 matrix) performance—
- peak 8-bit precision (fp8 matrix) performance (e5m2, e4m3)—
- peak 8-bit precision (int8 matrix) performance—
- peak half precision (fp16 matrix) performance—
- peak half precision (fp16 vector) performance—
- peak pixel fill-rate—
- peak single precision (fp32 vector) performance—
- Power Supply320W high-efficiency internal power supply certified by CCC, FCC, UL, CE, and UKCA
- ray accelerators—
- rops—
- stream processors—
- supported rendering format—
- TDP130W sustained
- transistor count—
- typical board power (desktop)—
- UM880 Plus32GB RAM+1TB SSD
- USBUSB4 v2 (80 Gbps)
- Wi-FiWi-Fi 7
Radeon RX 9070
Radeon RX 9070 graphics card with up to 2520 MHz achievable frequency and 16 GB GDDR6 memory
Where it wins, where it doesn't
Pros
- Achievable frequency of up to 2520 MHz
- 16 GB of GDDR6 memory
- Up to 640 GB/s memory bandwidth
Cons
- Requires a minimum PSU of 650W
- High typical board power of 220W
Specifications
- achievable frequencyUp to 2520 MHz
- ai accelerators112
- AI computing power—
- APU—
- AtomMan G1 PRO—
- AtomMan G7 Pro—
- AtomMan G7 Pt—
- AtomMan G7 TI/G7 TI SE—
- Bluetooth—
- bus typePCIe® 5.0 x16
- Chassis Design—
- Cooling—
- DEG2 OCuLink eGPU Dock—
- Deployment—
- displayport™2.1a
- EliteMini UM780 XTX—
- Expansion—
- featuresAMD Software Adrenalin Edition, AMD Fluid Motion Frames, AMD Noise Suppression, AMD Radeon™ Super Resolution, AMD Smart Access Memory, AMD Smart Access Video, AMD Privacy View, AMD Radeon™ Boost, AMD Radeon™ Anti-Lag, AMD Radeon™ Image Sharpening, AMD Enhanced Sync Technology, AMD FreeSync™ Technology, AMD Radeon™ Chill, AMD Virtual Super Resolution, AMD FSR™ 'Redstone'
- game frequency2070 MHz
- gpu memoryAMD Infinity Cache Technology
- Graphics—
- hdmi™2.1b
- max memory size16 GB
- Memory—
- Memory Architecture—
- memory bandwidthUp to 640 GB/s
- memory interface256-bit
- memory speedUp to 20 Gbps
- memory typeGDDR6
- MINISFORUM 129i7—
- MINISFORUM 795S7—
- MINISFORUM BD790i—
- MINISFORUM BD795i SE—
- MINISFORUM BD795M—
- MINISFORUM DEG1 eGPU Dock—
- MINISFORUM eGPU Docking Station MGA1—
- MINISFORUM MGP01 Game Controller—
- MINISFORUM MKB i83—
- MINISFORUM MS-01—
- MINISFORUM MS-A1—
- MINISFORUM N5 MAX—
- MINISFORUM TB4-01 12 in 1 Thunderbolt™ 4 Dock—
- MS-A2—
- N5—
- N5 AIR—
- N5 Pro—
- NPU—
- peak 4-bit precision (int4 matrix) performance578 TOPs
- peak 8-bit precision (fp8 matrix) performance (e5m2, e4m3)289 TFLOPs
- peak 8-bit precision (int8 matrix) performance289 TOPs
- peak half precision (fp16 matrix) performance145 TFLOPs
- peak half precision (fp16 vector) performance36.1 TFLOPs
- peak pixel fill-rateUp to 322.6 GP/s
- peak single precision (fp32 vector) performance36.1 TFLOPs
- Power Supply—
- ray accelerators56
- rops128
- stream processors3584
- supported rendering formatHDMI™ 4K Support, 4K H264 Decode, 4K H264 Encode, H265/HEVC Decode, H265/HEVC Encode, AV1 Decode, AV1 Encode
- TDP—
- transistor count53.9 B
- typical board power (desktop)220W
- UM880 Plus—
- USB—
- Wi-Fi—