Beelink GTR9 Pro (Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB)
$4,349
The best-connected 128GB Strix Halo box. Same Ryzen AI Max+ 395 silicon and 128GB LPDDR5X-8000 as the rest, but the GTR9 Pro adds dual 10GbE and dual USB4 — the IO you want for clustering boxes or pulling models off a fast NAS. A vapor-chamber cooler keeps sustained ~120W inference quiet. Watch for driver-dependent 10GbE instability under heavy GPU load.
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Specifications
| APU | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (16C/32T, Zen 5) |
| GPU | Radeon 8060S (40 CU, RDNA 3.5) |
| NPU | 50 TOPS (XDNA 2) |
| Unified Memory | 128GB LPDDR5X-8000 |
| Memory Bandwidth | ~256–273 GB/s |
| Storage | 2TB NVMe (dual M.2 2280, up to 16TB) |
| Networking | Dual 10GbE (Intel E610), Wi-Fi 7 |
| I/O | 2× USB4 (40Gbps), HDMI 2.1, DP 2.1 |
Pros
- Dual 10GbE — rare at this size; fast model/dataset transfer to a NAS or cluster
- Dual USB4 + vapor-chamber cooling keep sustained inference quiet — 125–128W at 39–41 dBA on gpt-oss 120B (ServeTheHome)
- 128GB unified runs Q4 70B-class models at a price no consumer dGPU touches
Cons
- Reported 10GbE NIC instability/BSOD under heavy GPU load — driver-dependent
- ~256–273 GB/s bandwidth ceiling — 70B is usable but not GPU-fast
- 128GB soldered, non-upgradable — buy max config or nothing
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