Geekom IT13 Max mini PC review: affordable and fast, but with a catch
By Sebastian Bade · Notebookcheck
- Source published
- Aug 10, 2026
- Test performed
- Not reported by source
- Added to MiniPC.guru
- Sep 18, 2026
- Source reviewed
- Sep 18, 2026
- Tested hardware
- Intel Core Ultra 9 185H, 16 cores / 22 threads: six Redwood Cove performance cores at 4.8 GHz, eight Crestmont efficiency cores at 3.8 GHz and two low-power Crestmont cores at 2.5 GHz, Meteor Lake-H, 70 W PL2 short burst and 40 W PL1 sustained · Intel Arc 8-Core integrated graphics, core 2350 MHz, driver 32.0.101.8861 (not used: this row renders on the processor) · 24 GB LPDDR5 soldered, measured by the reviewer at 5600 MT/s; the machine has no memory slots. Note that the maker and one other publication state 6400 MT/s, so the speed is disputed · not applicable: a CPU render does not read from disk while the measurement runs; the unit carried a Kingston NV3 of 500 GB
- Software / version / OS
- Blender · 2.79 · Microsoft Windows 11 Pro
- Power profile
- the firmware's factory-default Normal mode; the review states all tests were run in it, and the Performance and Silent modes were not used
- 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. Its twin the GT1 Mega, same processor, renders BMW27 in 191 s
Editorial review checks the source and documentation; it does not certify the measurement or mean we tested the device ourselves.
