News Gem12 Pro Mini PC uses an amped-up Ryzen 7 8845HS APU, has a built-in mini screen, and OCuLink support

[Admin]

The AooStar Gem12 Pro Mini PC uses a higher TDP version of AMD's current top-end Ryzen 7 Hawk Point APU with integrated Radeon 780M graphics, and comes in a configuration with a secondary screen and fingerprint scanner.

Gem12 Pro Mini PC uses an amped-up Ryzen 7 8845HS APU, has a built-in mini screen, and OCuLink support : Read more

 

[wakuwaku]

Another point in its favor is that it seemingly supports full-power DDR5 RAM at up to 5600 MT/s rather than lower-bandwidth LPDDR5

erm..... do you mean con?
https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-8845hs

LPDDR5 support is A LOT MORE FASTER than DDR5.
The pro of using standard DDR5 is that you can add an replace your own RAM. In terms of performance it is alot more slower, especially so when you need the SUPERIOR bandwidth of LPDDR5/X for the iGPU performance.

 

[Notton]

Most NUC-like mini-PCs use the H/HS variant, meaning the 7840HS/8840HS.

The U variant is mostly used in thin and light laptops, or the ultra compact mini-PC like the EM780.

The Gem12 Pro is the former. The 8845HS would be the higher clocked version of a 8840HS.

That and SODIMM DDR5 5600 has less bandwidth than LPDDR5 6400 to 7500. LPDDR5 suffers in latency compared to SODIMM DDR5, but not enough to make up for the reduction in bandwidth.
That and most of these mini-PCs don't allow overclocking of SODIMM modules. Some do, but it's rare and it's not as simple as enabling XMP/EXPO, because they tend to have limited BIOS settings.

 

[digitalgriffin]

erm..... do you mean con?
https://www.amd.com/en/products/apu/amd-ryzen-7-8845hs

LPDDR5 support is A LOT MORE FASTER than DDR5.
The pro of using standard DDR5 is that you can add an replace your own RAM. In terms of performance it is alot more slower, especially so when you need the SUPERIOR bandwidth of LPDDR5/X for the iGPU performance.

Ummm no. LP means Low Power. Hence why it's typically found in laptops. It operates at a lower voltage typically.