ACEMAGIC F5A
AI Development, Local AI Inference, Content Creation, Video Editing, Software Development, Multi-Display Productivity, Light Gaming, Home Office
Overview
The ACEMAGIC F5A is an AMD mini PC built around the Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, a 12-core part combining four Zen 5 cores with eight Zen 5c cores and boosting to 5.2GHz. Graphics come from the Radeon 890M integrated GPU with 16 compute units, and a XDNA2 NPU adds 55 TOPS for 86 TOPS in total across the three engines. The memory is 32GB of LPDDR5X-8000 soldered to the board, so capacity is fixed at purchase, though ACEMAGIC also lists a 24GB LPDDR5 build and a barebone SO-DIMM variant. Storage is more flexible than most of this class: three M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 slots accept up to 12TB in total, with a 1TB drive fitted. The distinguishing feature is the OCuLink port, which allows an external desktop GPU to be attached at a fraction of the cost of buying a faster integrated machine, at the price of no hot-swap support. Connectivity covers two USB4 ports at 40Gbps, HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1 for up to four 8K displays, dual 2.5GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, in a 130 x 132 x 62mm chassis cooled by two fans and a vapor chamber and rated to sustain 65W. It ships with Windows 11 Pro and a 2 year warranty, currently discounted to $1,299.00 from $1,699.00.
Key Highlights
- AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 12 cores and 24 threads (4x Zen 5 plus 8x Zen 5c) running up to 5.2GHz, paired with Radeon 890M graphics and an XDNA2 NPU rated to 55 TOPS for 86 TOPS of combined AI performance
- A built-in OCuLink port lets an external GPU be attached, which ACEMAGIC rates at up to 90% of the card's performance; the connector does not support hot-swapping, so the machine must be fully powered off before plugging or unplugging
- Three M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 slots (one x4, two x2) accept up to 4TB each for 12TB total, with the 1TB boot drive pre-installed and SATA M.2 drives explicitly unsupported
- Two 40Gbps USB4 ports with DisplayPort 1.4, plus HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort 2.1, drive up to four 8K displays at 60Hz, and one USB4 port accepts 100W power delivery input
- Dual 2.5GbE LAN, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4, with a dual-fan and vapor chamber cooler sustaining up to 65W, Windows 11 Pro pre-installed and a 2 year warranty
Technical Specifications
| Brand | ACEMAGIC |
|---|---|
| Model | ACEMAGIC F5A |
| Processor (CPU) | AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 (12 cores / 24 threads: 4x Zen 5 plus 8x Zen 5c), 2.0GHz base, up to 5.2GHz boost, 12MB L2 + 24MB L3, TSMC 4nm |
| Graphics (GPU) | AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics (RDNA 3.5), 16 compute units up to 3.1GHz |
| Memory (RAM) | 32GB LPDDR5X-8000 onboard, dual-channel (soldered, not upgradable); also sold as 24GB LPDDR5 + 1TB and as a barebone SO-DIMM unit with no RAM, SSD or OS |
| Storage | 1TB M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe 4.0 x4 pre-installed; 3x M.2 2280 slots in total (1x PCIe 4.0 x4, 2x PCIe 4.0 x2), up to 4TB per slot and 12TB total; SATA M.2 drives not supported |
| Ports & I/O | 2x USB4 Type-C (40Gbps DisplayPort 1.4 100W PD input and 15W PD output) 3x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10Gbps) 1x USB 2.0 Type-A 1x HDMI 2.1 (8K at 60Hz) 1x DisplayPort 2.1 (8K at 60Hz) 1x OCuLink 2x 2.5GbE RJ45 1x 3.5mm audio jack 1x DC-in 1x power button |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, dual 2.5GbE LAN |
| Network | Dual 2.5GbE RJ45, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 |
| Operating System | Windows 11 Pro pre-installed; Linux and Ubuntu supported |
| Dimensions | 130 x 132 x 62 mm |
