Geekom A9 Max mini PC review: the new Ryzen AI chip falls short of its potential
By Sebastian Bade · Notebookcheck
- Source published
- May 26, 2026
- Test performed
- Not reported by source
- Added to MiniPC.guru
- Sep 17, 2026
- Source reviewed
- Sep 17, 2026
- Tested hardware
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, 12 cores / 24 threads: four Zen 5 at 5.2 GHz and eight Zen 5c at 3.3 GHz, Gorgon Point, 65 W PL2 short burst and 54 W PL1 sustained · AMD Radeon 890M (not used: CPU render), Adrenalin 26.3.1 · 32 GB DDR5-5600 in a single SO-DIMM, so this unit ran in single channel; the same publication reported on 28 August 2026 that current retail units ship with two modules · not applicable: a CPU render does not read from disk while the measurement runs; the unit carried a Kingston OM8TAP42048K1-A00 of 2048 GB
- Software / version / OS
- Blender · 2.79 · Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
- Power profile
- default settings with Normal mode active, as the review states; a performance and a silent profile are also available in the firmware
- Test conditions
- BMW27 standard demo scene, CPU render backend as the table labels it. Samples and output resolution are the ones stored in the standard scene file. A processor render barely depends on memory bandwidth, which is why this figure survives the single-channel unit: 149 seconds here against 153 on the dual-channel HX 370 in the same publication's own table
Editorial review checks the source and documentation; it does not certify the measurement or mean we tested the device ourselves.
