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GMKtec NucBox K11 (32 GB)

AMD machine: AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS, 32 GB memory, 16 GB for the GPU, 89.6 GB/s memory speed.

76.8Score

  • #61 of 67 ranked
  • #34 of 37 AMD machines

Why this score

The score adds up these parts. Each part has a weight. A part counts as the average of its sources, pulled toward 80 when there are few sources.

  1. AI power

    50% weightcounts as 74.4

    Average of 2 sources: 71.6

  2. Experts

    30% weightcounts as 78.5

    Average of 1 source: 77.0

  3. Users

    20% weightcounts as 80.0

    No sources found yet. No data yet. This part counts as 80.

Thin: only 1 review or buyer rating, so it is pulled toward the average.

80 is the field average. A part counts as 80 + (average − 80) × N ÷ (N + 1), where N is its number of sources. One source counts half of the gap from 80. No sources count as 80.

Price

€899.99 at GMKtec EU shop (de.gmktec.com) · Maker's EU shop; delivery to Austria: see the price note

Variant 'Standard / 32GB RAM + 1TB SSD / European', in stock when read; the shop ships from its German warehouse where available and ships to Austria (it lists Austria among its EU delivery countries) (32 GB + 2 TB is EUR 959.99). Geizhals.at has no offer for any K11 build.

Prices checked 9 Oct 2026.

Specs

Chip
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
CPU
8 cores / 16 threads (Zen 4, Hawk Point)
Memory
32 GB
GPU memory
16 GBNo AMD Variable Graphics Memory on this chip (AMD introduced it with the Ryzen AI 300 series). Windows' documented limit for system memory used by graphics (Microsoft, 'Calculating Graphics Memory') is MIN(80% of RAM, MAX(RAM - 16 GB, 50% of RAM)) = 16 GB on 32 GB of RAM. No BIOS UMA maximum for this box was found, so the Windows figure is used. Linux GTT tuning is not documented for this iGPU.
Memory speed
89.6 GB/s
FP16 TFLOPS
—
NPU
16 TOPS
OS
Windows
Software
Vulkan
Ethernet
2.5 Gbit/s
Thunderbolt / USB4
USB4
QSFP port
No
Idle power
9.1 W
Load power
76.8 W
Noise
36.4 dB(A)
Volume
1 L
Weight
0.6 kg
SSD
1 TB
Release
2024-12

Measured

No measured results found yet.

Notes

Good-value 0.96 L box with two USB4, OCuLink and dual 2.5 GbE; it runs 36 dB(A) under load. Radeon 780M with about 90 GB/s from dual-channel DDR5-5600, so small and mid-size models only.

Notebookcheck's power (6.6 / 9.1 / 11.3 W idle, 76.8 / 88 W load) and noise (idle 30.2, load 36.4 dB(A)) are from a 32 GB / 1 TB unit with a 54 W limit in its spec table; GMKtec rates the chip for 35-70 W. Notebookcheck lists one Intel I226-V LAN controller, GMKtec lists two I226-V ports. The maker's page lists 16 GB as the base RAM line and 'expandable to 64 GB', while the shop sells 32 GB and 64 GB builds. The shop JSON shows the 64 GB build as unavailable. Memory speed source: GMKtec EU page: SO-DIMM x2 DDR5 5600 dual channel; 5600 MT/s x 128 bit = 89.6 GB/s.

More reading:liliputing.com

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