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MINISFORUM’s Mini PC UM690 “Venus” is now officially available for sale and features the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX “Rembrandt” APU.
MINISFORUM’s Newest Venus UM690 Mini PC Rocks AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX APU, RDNA 2 GPU Cores, Support USB4
Press Release: Minisforum has launched a new UM690 mini PC from its Venus Series. The new UM690 features AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon 680M Integrated Graphics, DDR5 dual-channel memory, PCIe 4.0 SSD, and the most advanced USB4 Type-C port. It is also their first mini PC with an AMD 6000 series CPU.
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AMD’s Ryzen 9 6900HX is one of AMD’s most powerful Ryzen 6000 processors, has 8 cores and 16 threads, with a maximum turbo clock of 4.9GHz with a default TDP targeted at 45W. The integrated GPU, Radeon 680M, based on RDNA2 architecture, has 12 CU up to 2.4 GHz.
Thanks to liquid metal and a smart fan in thermal design, MINISFORUM’s UM690 can operate with low noise even at full speed. UM690 supports a total of up to 64GB dual-channel DDR5-4800MHz memory, also different types of storage expansions—1×M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 SSD and 1×2.5-inch SATA HDD Slot (SATA 3.0 6.0Gb/s 7mm) .
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The USB4 port on MINISFORUM UM690 supports a maximum transfer speed of 40 Gbps and High Mode for Display Port and Thunderbolt. It also allows users to connect a discrete graphics card with a docking station to the machine.
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With one USB4 port and two HDMI ports, UM590 can connect to three displays at the same time with a maximum resolution of two 4K@60Hz and one 8K@60Hz (via USB4). The MINISFORUM UM690 Barebone kit is listed for US$499, which is US$50 higher than the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX option, but packs more of a punch in terms of performance and efficiency. The GPU side also gets a huge upgrade to the RDNA 2 graphics core versus the Vega iGPU featured on the older Cezanne model.
Interfaces:
- RJ45 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet Port ×1
- USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-C ×1 (Data Only, Right)
- USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ×4
- USB4 Type-C ×1 (left)
- HDMI × 2
- Clear CMOS ×1
- DMIC ×1
- 3.5mm Combo Jack ×1
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