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GMKtec NucBox K12 (64 GB)

AMD machine: AMD Ryzen 7 H 255, 64 GB memory, 48 GB for the GPU, 89.6 GB/s memory speed, about 1.4 tok/s on a 70B model (estimate).

78.6Score

  • #48 of 67 ranked
  • #25 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 78.1

    Average of 2 sources: 77.1

  2. Experts

    30% weightcounts as 78.5

    Average of 2 sources: 77.7

  3. Users

    20% weightcounts as 80.0

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

Thin: only 2 reviews and buyer ratings, so they are 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

€1079.99 at GMKtec EU shop (de.gmktec.com) · Maker's EU shop; delivery to Austria: see the price note

Sold out on 9 Oct 2026: variant '64GB RAM + 1TB SSD / Europe' is listed at this price but marked unavailable by the shop. Ships to Austria (the shop lists Austria among its EU delivery countries).

Prices checked 9 Oct 2026.

Specs

Chip
AMD Ryzen 7 H 255
CPU
8 cores / 16 threads (Zen 4, Hawk Point refresh)
Memory
64 GB
GPU memory
48 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)) = 48 GB on 64 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
0 TOPS
OS
Windows, Linux
Software
Vulkan
Ethernet
2.5 Gbit/s
Thunderbolt / USB4
USB4
QSFP port
No
Idle power
10.1 W
Load power
69.8 W
Noise
42.4 dB(A)
Volume
1.7 L
Weight
0.9 kg
SSD
1 TB
Release
2025-08

Measured

No measured results found yet.

Notes

A larger (1.71 L) and louder box (42 dB(A) under load) with three M.2 slots, OCuLink and dual 2.5 GbE; the Ryzen 7 H 255 is a Zen 4 chip with the same Radeon 780M and no NPU. It offers no memory-speed gain over the 8845HS boxes.

Notebookcheck calls the H 255 'essentially a rebadged Ryzen 7 7840HS' with no NPU; its measurements (idle 9.9 / 10.1 / 13.1 W, load 69.8 / 92.8 W, idle 35.4 dB(A), load 42.4 dB(A)) are from a 32 GB / 1 TB unit. Hostbor measured 11 W idle and 33 / 40 / 46 dBA (idle / default / performance mode). Size conflicts: GMKtec states 154 x 151 x 73.6 mm and 920 g; Notebookcheck measured 78 x 155 x 151 mm and 938 g; TechRadar's spec table lists 117 x 112 x 42 mm, which matches neither and is not used. The shop's spec text says 32 GB DDR5 (max 96 GB); TechRadar says up to 128 GB. Memory speed source: GMKtec EU page: 32 GB DDR5 dual channel; TechRadar and Notebookcheck: DDR5-5600; 5600 MT/s x 128 bit = 89.6 GB/s.

More reading:hostbor.comyoutube.com

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