ACEMAGIC AM08 Pro Mini PC

Updated on June 20, 2026

The ACEMAGIC AM08 Pro runs an 8-core Ryzen 9 6900HX with a Radeon 680M iGPU and 32GB of DDR5 in dual channel. Its magnetic top cover pops off in one motion, exposing two SO-DIMM slots, an M.2 2280 NVMe slot, and a 2.5-inch SATA bay, so memory and storage upgrades need no screwdriver. The whole machine measures 7.42 by 5.89 by 3.06 inches, roughly the footprint of a paperback novel, and it still delivers desktop-class CPU throughput alongside graphics that hold playable framerates in current games.

ACEMAGIC has since refreshed this same chassis around the newer Ryzen 7 8845HS, so the 6900HX configuration documented on this page is the original 2023 trim. Both versions ship under the same model name on Amazon and ACEMAGIC’s own site, and the older 6900HX usually sells for $80 to $150 below the 8845HS refresh.

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ACEMAGIC AM08 Pro Mini PC Comparison Chart

	ACEMAGIC AM08 Pro Mini PC	ACEMAGIC AM08 Pro Mini PC
Price	List Price: $869.00 Amazon Prices: Check Price on Amazon	List Price: $899.00 Amazon Prices: Check Price on Amazon
Version	32GB/512GB/Ryzen 9 6900HX	32GB/1TB/Ryzen 9 6900HX
Performance Rating	8.5	8.5
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro	Windows 11 Pro
Processor	Octa-core 3.30 Ghz (max 4.90 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	Octa-core 3.30 Ghz (max 4.90 Ghz) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX
GPU	Integrated AMD Radeon 680M	Integrated AMD Radeon 680M
RAM	32 GB	32 GB
Internal Storage	512 GB	1 TB
Dimensions width x length x thickness	5.89 x 7.42 x 3.06 inches (149.61 x 188.47 x 77.72 mm)	5.89 x 7.42 x 3.06 inches (149.61 x 188.47 x 77.72 mm)
Weight	1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)	1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
WiFi	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	1 Ethernet port at 2.5 Gbps	1 Ethernet port at 2.5 Gbps
HDMI	2 Full-Size HDMI Ports	2 Full-Size HDMI Ports
DisplayPort	DisplayPort over USB-C	DisplayPort over USB-C
VGA	No VGA Ports	No VGA Ports
USB Ports	4 USB 3, 1 USB-C (1 USB4) (USB-C port is USB 4)	4 USB 3, 1 USB-C (1 USB4) (USB-C port is USB 4)
Thunderbolt Ports	No	No
OCuLink	No	No
Internal SATA Ports	1 SATA port, includes 2.5" drive bay (2.5" SATA SSD/HDD Bay)	1 SATA port, includes 2.5" drive bay (2.5" SATA SSD/HDD Bay)
Card Reader	No Card Reader	No Card Reader
Headphone Jack	combo	combo
Fanless	No	No
VESA Mount	No	No
In the Box	1 x Mini PC, 1 x User Manual, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x HDMI cable	1 x Mini PC, 1 x User Manual, 1 x Power Adapter, 1 x HDMI cable
Expandability	RAM upgradable to 64GB, expandable with 2.5" HDD/SSD	RAM upgradable to 64GB, expandable with 2.5" HDD/SSD

Eight Zen 3+ cores and 1080p-capable graphics in a paperback-sized box

The Ryzen 9 6900HX is an 8-core, 16-thread Zen 3+ mobile chip with a 3.3 GHz base and a 4.9 GHz boost, and it lands a PassMark multi-thread score around 24,800. That is three to four times what the Intel N-series chips in cheap mini PCs return, and roughly level with a desktop Ryzen 5 5600G in heavily threaded work like video transcoding, code compilation, or running half a dozen browser tabs alongside a couple of Docker containers. You pay a few hundred dollars more than the N100 crowd for that capability.

RDNA 2 with 12 compute units clocked up to 2200 MHz puts the Radeon 680M roughly on par with a discrete GeForce GTX 1050 Ti, in a chassis that has no room for a graphics card. In practice that means playable framerates in current esports titles (Counter-Strike 2, League of Legends, Valorant, Rocket League) at 1080p with medium settings, and acceptable performance in older AAA games like the Witcher 3 or Borderlands 3 if you are willing to drop to low. Demanding 2024 and 2025 releases with ray tracing or Unreal Engine 5 streaming are off the table; for those you want a desktop tower with a discrete GPU.

The magnetic top cover lifts off without a screwdriver, exposing two SO-DIMM slots (DDR5-4800 up to 64GB total), an M.2 2280 NVMe slot wired to PCIe Gen4, and a 2.5-inch SATA bay underneath. Nothing has to be unscrewed and no warranty sticker has to be peeled. You can buy the 512GB SKU today, drop in a 2TB NVMe and another 32GB of RAM a year from now, and still have spent less than the equivalent prebuilt desktop. The Tech Brothers review video below walks through the upgrade in about ninety seconds end to end.

Wireless is Wi-Fi 6 with Bluetooth 5.2, and wired networking runs through a single 2.5Gb Ethernet jack on the back. The front-panel Type-C connector is the machine’s one USB 4 port, which is enough for an external GPU enclosure if you eventually want to escape the 680M’s gaming ceiling, and four USB 3.2 Type-A ports are spread across the front and back. The two HDMI 2.0 outputs combine with the USB-C DisplayPort lane to drive up to three 4K displays at 60 Hz. The chassis has no SD card reader and ships without a VESA mount, two small omissions worth knowing about before you order.

Fine for 7B local models, out of room at 13B and up

Through Ollama with 4-bit quantization, a 7B-parameter model runs at usable speed on hardware in this class, around 15 tokens per second, which covers most personal coding-assistant and document-summarization work. At the 13B and 70B tiers the lack of unified memory bandwidth becomes the bottleneck, and 32GB of DDR5-4800 shared with the 680M cannot feed those models fast enough. Large-model work belongs on a machine built around unified memory, and 70B inference here would crawl.

Reviewer Insights

Every reviewer below tested the Ryzen 9 6900HX trim documented on this page, not the later 8845HS refresh, so the numbers line up with the chip’s PassMark multi-thread score of 24,887. That figure was upper-mid-range when the Rembrandt-based 6900HX launched in early 2022; by 2026 it sits a clear tier below the Zen 5 Strix Point parts (Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 and friends) now headlining new mini PCs.

Deal Unboxing: a 25,264 PassMark CPU mark and sub-80C stress temps

Deal Unboxing’s measured numbers: Cinebench multi-core 12,176 and single-core 1,522; CPU-Z 5,757 multi and 609 single; Geekbench 2,170 single and 10,469 multi, with the Radeon 680M scoring 30,196 in the Geekbench GPU compute test; and a PassMark PerformanceTest 11 overall of 6,429, including a CPU mark of 25,264, a 3D Graphics mark of 5,941, and a DDR5 memory mark of 2,930. They also measured the bundled 512GB NVMe SSD at roughly 3,100 MB/s read and 2,450 MB/s write. On thermals, the reviewer reports that during their stress test the CPU temperature never crossed 80 degrees Celsius, which they call a strong result for an 8-core, 16-thread chip in this footprint. The closing framing is that the AM08 Pro is for buyers who want desktop-class CPU performance and can live with integrated graphics for casual gaming.

Tech Brothers exported a minute of 4K video in 28 seconds

Tech Brothers measured power draw and fan noise directly against the three-mode dial. They report the AM08 Pro drawing about 25W in Silent mode, 35W in Auto, and the full 45W in Performance mode, with maximum fan noise in Performance mode landing around 45 decibels (quiet enough to be unobtrusive in Silent and Auto, audible under sustained Performance load). On the CPU side they recorded Geekbench 6 scores of 2,079 single-core and 10,227 multi-core, and exporting one minute of 4K footage in Adobe Premiere Pro took 28 seconds. They frame the AM08 Pro as the moment ACEMAGIC’s AM line crossed into genuine gaming territory, contrasting it directly with its predecessor, the AMR5, which their Geekbench comparison shows the 6900HX roughly doubling in multi-core throughput.

The Retro Tech Dad: Diablo 4 at 60 fps and a BIOS path from 45W to 54W

Rob at The Retro Tech Dad ran his gaming and emulation tests with the dial set to the 45W Performance mode. His synthetics: Geekbench 6 of 2,083 single-core and 10,107 multi-core, and a 3DMark Time Spy overall of 2,754 (graphics 2,456, CPU 8,877). On native 2023 PC titles at 1080p he measured Diablo 4 holding 60 fps on High with FSR 2 set to Performance, Star Wars Jedi Survivor reaching about 45 fps unlocked with FSR Performance and approaching 60 fps on Ultra Performance, and Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart playing smoothly at a 30 fps lock on Medium with no upscaling. On emulation the 680M cleared GameCube and Wii through Dolphin at four-to-eight times native resolution near 60 fps, PS2 through PCSX2 at three times native (1080p) near 60 fps, and PS3 through RPCS3 on lighter titles such as Wipeout HD at 1080p 60 fps; he flags God of War 3 as still out of reach because the 6900HX lacks the AVX-512 instructions the newer Ryzen 7000 APUs use to brute-force RPCS3. His teardown puts the default thermal junction limit at 87 degrees Celsius, with the power cap liftable from 45W to 54W for users who want to push it. He notes the dual fans stayed quieter at full tilt than other mini PCs he has tested.

Alastair Jennings, TechRadar scored it 3.5 out of 5

TechRadar’s Alastair Jennings approaches the AM08 Pro as a productivity and content-creation machine and publishes a full benchmark table. His measured results: Cinebench R23 multi-core 12,478 and single-core 1,602; Geekbench 5 multi-core 10,532 and single-core 2,184; 3DMark Time Spy graphics 2,435 and CPU 9,448, with Fire Strike graphics at 6,523 and Wild Life at 15,500; CrystalDiskMark read of 2,800.72 MB/s and write of 2,423.33 MB/s; PCMark 10 of 6,740; and a Windows Experience Index of 8.2. He scores the machine 3.5 out of 5 overall, praising quiet gaming, the expansive connectivity, and decent graphics performance, while marking it down for being pricey and not ultra compact. His verdict calls it suitable for more intensive everyday work such as graphics and video alongside its gaming focus.

Worth the premium for eight-core work, wasted on web and email

Buy this box if your day involves video calls plus twenty browser tabs plus a couple of IDEs and a Docker container, or if you want current esports titles and older AAA games at 1080p without an external GPU. The toolless RAM and storage upgrade counts too, since it lets a 512GB machine grow instead of being replaced. The premium over an N100 or N150 mini PC runs $300 to $500 at the same RAM and storage tier, and it buys a generational jump in CPU and GPU capability.

Skip it if your workloads sit at the low end (web, email, document work, light video streaming), where an N100 mini PC at $200 to $250 will feel identical in daily use and the Ryzen 9 horsepower goes unused. It is also the wrong machine for 4K or high-refresh gaming, which needs a desktop tower with a discrete GPU. And if the 8845HS refresh is priced within $50 to $100 of the 6900HX version, take the newer chip. Starry Hope’s Mini PC Comparison Chart lines this machine up against current AMD and Intel mini PCs in the same class.