HP Z2 Mini G1a (Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395, 128GB)
$3,300 – $3,734
The premium, business-grade 128GB box. HP wraps the Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 (vPro, ECC support) in a ~2.5L workstation chassis with a 3-year warranty — the cleanest pick for a pro buyer who wants brand trust and manageability over saving a few hundred dollars. StorageReview ran GPT-OSS 120B on it with no discrete GPU. You pay the HP brand tax for it.
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Specifications
| APU | AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 (16C/32T, Zen 5, vPro) |
| GPU | Radeon 8060S (40 CU, RDNA 3.5) |
| NPU | 50 TOPS (XDNA 2) |
| Unified Memory | 128GB LPDDR5X-8533 (ECC, up to 96GB GPU-allocatable) |
| Memory Bandwidth | ~256 GB/s |
| Storage | 1TB NVMe (dual PCIe NVMe) |
| Networking | 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 7 |
| Form Factor | ~2.5L SFF workstation, 300W internal PSU |
Pros
- Cleanest Amazon-buyable 128GB box — Prime logistics + brand trust
- PRO platform: vPro manageability, ECC memory, 3-year warranty
- Smallest chassis of the 128GB group (~2.5L true SFF)
Cons
- Most expensive per-spec — HP brand tax
- 1TB base storage on the cheaper ASIN
- 128GB soldered; 2.5GbE only (no 10GbE)
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