On the occasion of CES 2024 which is now fast approaching, the Taiwanese Geekom lifts the veil on three new mini-PC models. All are banking on the new Ryzen 8000 “Hawk Point” processors from AMD or Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake”, and one of them is aimed in particular at gamers.
It’s a brand new triptych that Geekcom is preparing to present at CES 2024. To get a head start, the Taiwanese mini-PC manufacturer is announcing through a press release three new models equipped with the latest mobile chips from AMD and Intel: the Geekom IT 14 Pro, A8 Max and APro8 Max. However, the pricing of these three new products is currently unknown.
The IT 14 Pro and the A8 Max are mainly intended for office automation and multimedia. The IT 14 Pro is equipped with an Intel Core Ultra 7 155 H “Meteor Lake” processor including 8 Intel Arc GPU cores and, of course, an NPU dedicated to artificial intelligence. This Intel mini-PC also has two slots for DDR5 SO-DIMM strips, and two slots for housing M2 SSDs.
A 100% AMD gaming model arrives at Geekom
Equipped with AMD “Hawk Point” processors, the Geekom A8 Max offers two CPU options with a choice of an AMD Ryzen 7 8840HS or a Ryzen 9 8940HS. Like Intel’s new chips, these two Ryzen 8000 processors feature an NPU part dedicated to AI and once again rely on the Zen 4 CPU architecture, as well as a Radeon 780M iGPU which should give them a small room for maneuver in-game and on certain creation software.
Last but not least, the Geekom APro8 Max will enter the market soon. Despite a complicated nomenclature, the device is interesting, and targets gamers with a 100% AMD CPU / GPU duo. It brings together a Ryzen 9 8940H processor and a dedicated AMD RX 7600M XT graphics card. A little less efficient than an RTX 4060, the latter still allows you to play the latest AAA in good conditions at 1080p, including with the ray tracing. This graphics card also has the advantage of offering good performance for creative use (video editing, photo editing, 3D modeling, etc.).
The device can also count on AMD Smartshift technology to dynamically juggle between the iGPU of its processor and its dedicated graphics card, depending on the context of use. A good way to limit energy consumption.