Minisforum EliteMini UM700

The MINISFORUM EliteMini UM700 is presented as a compact and balanced mini PC, thanks to its accurate component ratio that includes Ryzen 3000 series APUs in 35 watt configurations.

As many of our readers will know, an APU is different from a processor because it includes an integrated graphics solution capable of delivering a good level of performance. In this case, the MINISFORUM EliteMini UM700 includes a Ryzen 7 3750H APU, a chip that has a quad-core, eight-wire CPU at 2.3 GHz base frequency and reaches 4 GHz in turbo mode. Its GPU is a Radeon Vega with 640 shaders.

This APU uses Zen+ architecture at CPU level, which means that it is manufactured in 12 nm process, and has a slightly lower IPC than Core 6000 processors and higher. Its GPU, on the other hand, offers a quite good performance, as long as it is configured with high-speed RAM in double channel.

The MINISFORUM EliteMini UM700 measures 12.7 cm x 12.7 cm x 4.5 cm. It is very compact, but this does not prevent it from offering a good level of performance and a wide range of connectors. This model comes equipped, in its basic configuration, with 8 GB of RAM and mounts an SSD of 128 GB of storage capacity, but I recommend buying the version with 16 GB of RAM, since the integrated graphics solution consumes a part of the RAM and uses it as graphics memory. This way you will improve the performance and extend its life.

Moreover, this model can work with up to three displays in 4K resolution, has HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort outputs, has a USB Type-C port, two Gigabit Ethernet connectors, three USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-A ports, one USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A port and a 3.5 mm audio jack connector. This equipment comes with a built-in digital microphone, and has space to mount a 2.5-inch storage unit.