GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus

Updated on June 22, 2026

The GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus puts an Intel Core i7-13620H into a case a little over 5 inches square. The chip has 10 cores and 16 threads for multitasking and sustained CPU work, while its integrated Intel UHD Graphics covers multimedia and everyday display duty well short of serious gaming. Both listed builds carry 32GB of DDR5 memory, with 1TB or 2TB of NVMe storage across two M.2 slots. Connectivity runs to USB 4, dual 2.5 gigabit LAN, and Wi-Fi 6, and Windows 11 Pro is pre-installed.

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GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus Comparison Chart

	GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus	GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus
Price	List Price: $679.99 Amazon Prices: Check Price on Amazon	List Price: $629.98 Amazon Prices: Check Price on Amazon
Version	32GB/2TB/Intel i7-13620H	32GB/1TB/Intel i7-13620H
Performance Rating	8.6	8.6
Operating System	Windows 11 Pro	Windows 11 Pro
Processor	Deca-core 3.60 Ghz (max 4.90 Ghz) Intel Core i7-13620H	Deca-core 3.60 Ghz (max 4.90 Ghz) Intel Core i7-13620H
GPU	Integrated Intel UHD Graphics	Integrated Intel UHD Graphics
RAM	32 GB	32 GB
Internal Storage	2 TB	1 TB
Dimensions width x length x thickness	5.03 x 5 x 1.9 inches (127.76 x 127 x 48.26 mm)	5.03 x 5 x 1.9 inches (127.76 x 127 x 48.26 mm)
Weight	1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)	1.14 lbs (0.52 kg)
WiFi	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)	Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 5.2	Bluetooth 5.2
Ethernet	2 Ethernet ports at 2.5 Gbps	2 Ethernet ports at 2.5 Gbps
HDMI	1 Full-Size HDMI Port	1 Full-Size HDMI Port
DisplayPort	1 DisplayPort	1 DisplayPort
VGA	No VGA Ports	No VGA Ports
USB Ports	4 USB 3, 1 USB-C (1 USB4) (USB-C 4 provides DisplayPort)	4 USB 3, 1 USB-C (1 USB4) (USB-C 4 provides DisplayPort)
Thunderbolt Ports	No	No
OCuLink	No	No
Internal SATA Ports	No SATA ports	No SATA ports
Card Reader	No Card Reader	No Card Reader
Headphone Jack	combo	combo
Fanless	No	No
VESA Mount	Yes	Yes
In the Box	GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus, Power Supply & Cable, HDMI Cable, VESA Mount with Screws, User Manual	GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus, Power Supply & Cable, HDMI Cable, VESA Mount with Screws, User Manual
Expandability	Two M.2 Gen 4 NVMe slots, USB 4 port for eGPU	Two M.2 Gen 4 NVMe slots, USB 4 port for eGPU

A spare NVMe slot and DDR5 SO-DIMMs under an easy lid

The box ships with a power supply, an HDMI cable, a VESA mount, and the tools needed to open it and upgrade it. Inside are two M.2 Gen 4 NVMe slots, one of them with a heatsink already fitted, so adding a second drive is the obvious upgrade. Memory is DDR5 SO-DIMM.

Cooling comes from a fan plus a heatsink over the NVMe drive. That keeps components cool under load, and it also raises noise, most of all in performance mode. The quieter BIOS power modes give up some sustained speed in exchange. Buyers weighing silence against sustained performance will find a useful framework in Starry Hope’s fanless vs active cooling guide.

At 5.03 inches wide, 5 inches deep, and 1.9 inches thick, it weighs just over a pound and fits where a tower will not, such as a small home office or a living room shelf. The included VESA mount puts it behind a monitor and off the desk entirely. The port count holds up at that size: four USB 3 ports, a USB 4 Type-C, HDMI, DisplayPort, and two 2.5GbE jacks.

Reviewer Insights

The line ships with two different Raptor Lake chips. The base NucBox K7 uses the Intel Core i5-13500H (4 performance cores plus 8 efficiency cores, 12 cores and 16 threads); the K7 Plus that this page tracks uses the Intel Core i7-13620H (6 performance cores plus 4 efficiency cores, 10 cores and 16 threads, up to 4.9 GHz). The one substantial independent review of the line is Robtech’s, and it tested the i5-13500H on the same chassis the Plus uses, so its build, port, cooling, and acoustic findings carry over while its CPU and graphics numbers belong to the i5. The i7-13620H Plus has drawn only manufacturer marketing and short spec-announcement write-ups, plus one public benchmark submission; no outlet has published independent power, thermal, or acoustic measurements of the i7 configuration.

Robtech: solid plastic build, noise on the higher side

Robtech reviewed the i5-13500H version of the K7 and preferred the “space blue” color of the three on offer. He flagged the move to an all-plastic shell as a step down from the metal midsection of the GMKtec M3, though he judged the plastic itself solid apart from a removable top lid that creaks. He liked that the box ships with a VESA mount, a screwdriver, and a plastic prying tool, calling it “one of the few minis including the tools to actually open it up,” and walked the port layout: a front USB4 40Gbps port and dual 10Gbps USB 3 alongside more USB 3, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0, and dual Intel 2.5GbE on the back, with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth handled by an Intel AX201 module. The review unit carried 32GB of DDR5-4800 and a 1TB drive with a heatsink, and he noted the two M.2 slots are Gen4 but the included drive is only Gen3.

He framed his benchmark commentary as a generational delta against the previous i5-12500H mini. Single-core was flat (“not even a 1% increase over the previous gen”), while multi-core rose about 21 percent in the default Balance mode and close to 28 percent in Performance mode; video encoding gained 16 to 17 percent, and the Iris Xe graphics picked up about 15 percent in DX11 and 14 percent in DX12. He recommended Intel minis like this one over AMD for video work specifically, crediting Quick Sync hardware decoding for responsive 4K timeline scrubbing. On the i5’s Iris Xe at 1080p he measured League of Legends over 200 FPS, Counter-Strike 2 in an 80 to 100 FPS range on low, and Dota 2 mostly above 120, while Forza Horizon 5 “doesn’t hold up too well” and Breath of the Wild via Wii U emulation ran close to 60 FPS. Valorant would not launch because of its Secure Boot and TPM 2.0 requirement, an issue he raised with GMKtec during the review and reported was being fixed in a BIOS update. He also demonstrated the USB4 port driving an RTX 3070 eGPU for 4K gaming.

Robtech gave relative impressions for power, heat, and noise instead of wattage or decibel readings. Idle power “came back with the same result as the previous generation mini,” peak draw was in the same ballpark (slightly higher in Performance mode), CPU temperature sat “around the middle” for a mid-range mini with “performance mode only added an extra degree,” and the NVMe heatsink plus fan kept the drive cool. His main reservation was acoustic: “noise levels are on the higher side,” and Performance mode pushes them higher still. His verdict on the i5 was that it is “one of the highest mid-tier minis,” with the headline that “the i5-13500H manages to beat the i7s from the previous generation in most metrics.”

One public Geekbench 6 run covers the i7-13620H

Independent reviewers have not benchmarked the i7-13620H Plus. A public Geekbench 6 result for a “GMKtec NucBox K7 PLUS” is the one verifiable data point for the exact chip this page covers. Uploaded in June 2024 on the Balanced power plan with 32GB of DDR5-4788, the run records a 2,560 single-core and 11,531 multi-core score, with the i7-13620H boosting to about 4.69 GHz and Geekbench confirming the 6-plus-4 core layout and Raptor Lake codename. That single submission comes from one user’s machine outside any controlled review bench, so treat it as indicative. It lines up with the i7-13620H landing modestly ahead of the i5-13500H on lightly threaded work, thanks to its two extra performance cores and higher clocks.

UHD Graphics is the ceiling on a chip that still handles productivity

The Core i7-13620H is a 2023-era Raptor Lake-H mobile chip with a PassMark multi-thread score around 24,800, which still covers multi-monitor office work, 4K playback, and compiling code in 2026. Its Intel UHD Graphics sits a step below the Iris Xe in the i5-13500H that Robtech tested, and well behind the Radeon 780M and newer Arc and Ryzen AI iGPUs, so esports and anything more demanding want the eGPU route over USB4. Buyers cross-shopping current silicon should know that newer Core Ultra and Ryzen AI 300 chips pull ahead on graphics and on-chip AI acceleration, which this generation lacks. The K7 Plus is a productivity box with two NVMe slots and easy access for upgrades.

Customer Reviews

Across 65 ratings on Amazon, the GMKtec NucBox K7 Plus averages 4.8 stars, with 84 percent of reviewers leaving five stars and no one-star or two-star ratings. Edward J. Janeczek, a verified buyer, installed a second 1TB SSD himself and wrote that “The build quality is good, noting that even the case screws had threadlocker applied.” Another verified owner, VINBERDON, who runs an office that needs dual LAN, said it handles “3 different browsers each with 20 or so tabs open, web development, graphic editing, etc. It takes it all and never chokes.”

A recurring thread in the reviews is GMKtec’s support after something went wrong. A verified buyer named Glen titled his review “Excellent computer. Excellent service. Worth ten stars!” after a Windows failure roughly 14 months in, and credited the company for sending “a COMPLETE response with instructions and links for reinstalling the original OS.” Owners named Ann and others describe similar back-and-forth that ended in a replacement or a fix. Fan noise is the clearest negative note. Verified reviewer Volkan Toz, running it as a home server, titled his review “Fan sesi yüksek” (Turkish for “fan noise is high”) and built a vented enclosure for it. Read more owner reviews on Amazon.

A productivity box that needs an eGPU for games

The Core i7-13620H, 32GB of DDR5, two Gen 4 M.2 slots, and USB 4 add up to a capable desk machine that weighs just over a pound, and Quick Sync makes it a comfortable place to cut video. A box this capable also makes a solid base for an offline AI survival computer.

The integrated UHD graphics handle only the lightest esports and older titles, so more demanding games need an external GPU over the USB 4 port. Performance mode is audible, which rules the K7 Plus out for a silence-first desk, and the all-plastic case will disappoint anyone who wants metal. Buyers with lighter workloads or a tighter budget have cheaper options.

Starry Hope’s Mini PC Comparison Chart puts these specs beside the rest of the catalog.

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