Intel · Local AI machine
MSI Cubi NUC AI+ 3MG (32 GB)
Intel machine: Intel Core Ultra 9 386H (Panther Lake-H, 4-core Xe3 iGPU), 32 GB memory, 18.2 GB for the GPU, 89.6 GB/s memory speed.
76.3Score
- #64 of 67 ranked
- #7 of 8 Intel 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.
AI power
50% weightcounts as 74.9Average of 2 sources: 72.3
Experts
30% weightcounts as 76.2Average of 1 source: 72.3
Users
20% weightcounts as 80.0No 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
€1249 at Cyberport.at (via Geizhals.at) · Geizhals.at listing, not checked live
Geizhals AT 9 Oct 2026 09:35, variant 3MG-006DE (Core Ultra 9 386H, 2 x 16 GB DDR5, 1 TB, Windows 11 Pro), 3 offers, free shipping, 'sofort verfuegbar, 2-4 Werktage' (Cyberport stores in Vienna: not in stock, shop-pickup price). Amazon.at EUR 1,259.50 but 'gewoehnlich versandfertig in 3 bis 7 Monaten'. Same family with 16 GB (Core Ultra 5 322 / 7 355) is excluded: 57% of 16 GB is 9.1 GB. The 32 GB 'EU' SKU (002EU) is EUR 1,399.00.
Prices checked 9 Oct 2026.
Specs
- Chip
- Intel Core Ultra 9 386H (Panther Lake-H, 4-core Xe3 iGPU)
- CPU
- 16 cores / 16 threads (4 P + 8 E + 4 LP-E), 25-80 W
- Memory
- 32 GB
- GPU memory
- 18.2 GBWindows: Intel Shared GPU Memory Override, default 57% of RAM (Intel support article; the maximum depends on RAM and is not stated). 57% x 32 GB = 18.2 GB. Press reports (mezha.ua) say Intel driver 32.0.101.8804 allows up to 93% (29.8 GB) on Core Ultra Series 3, described for Arc Pro B370/B390; Intel itself does not document it, so it is not used. No Linux limit found.
- Memory speed
- 89.6 GB/s
- FP16 TFLOPS
- —
- NPU
- 50 TOPS
- OS
- Windows
- Software
- —
- Ethernet
- 2.5 Gbit/s
- Thunderbolt / USB4
- TB4
- QSFP port
- No
- Idle power
- —
- Load power
- —
- Noise
- —
- Volume
- 0.5 L
- Weight
- 0.6 kg
- SSD
- 1 TB
- Release
- 2026-06
Measured
No measured results found yet.
Notes
A 0.52 L Panther Lake box with socketed DDR5-5600 (32 GB fitted, up to 128 GB), two Thunderbolt 4 and dual 2.5 GbE. Tom's Hardware found it quiet but its iGPU is only 4 Xe cores, and the dual-channel DDR5 gives about 90 GB/s, so expect slow token generation on anything above a 14B model.
Tom's Hardware score (3.5/5) was read through Geizhals.at; the Tom's page itself did not load (only the headline came back), so no Tom's power, noise or LLM numbers. Geizhals lists the iGPU as 'Intel Graphics 4Xe / 32 EU, Xe3-LPG'. Wi-Fi is listed as MediaTek MT7925 (Wi-Fi 7). No LLM stack documented for the 4-Xe Panther Lake iGPU was found, so no software is listed (OpenVINO release notes list Core Ultra Series 3 as supported hardware per a search summary, but no LLM page for this iGPU). Memory speed source: DDR5-5600 x 128-bit (dual channel, 2 x 16 GB) = 89.6 GB/s; Geizhals lists 'DDR5-5600, 2x 16GB SO-DIMM'.
More reading:tomshardware.com