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Minisforum opens pre-orders for a $7,399 AI workstation with 192GB of memory
Minisforum has opened pre-orders for the MS-S1 MAX-P495 AI workstation, a compact computer built around AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor.
The single configuration costs $7,399 and includes 192GB of unified memory and a 2TB SSD.
Its 16-core processor is only modestly faster than the one in the previous model, while its NPU rating rises from 50 to 55 TOPS.
The bigger change is memory: up to 160GB can be assigned to graphics, compared with 96GB in the earlier model.
That capacity can let one machine load a very large AI model, including a 284-billion-parameter model in Minisforum’s tests.
These models use a design that activates only some parameters at a time, so memory capacity determines whether a model fits, while bandwidth affects speed.
Minisforum says shipping is expected to begin in mid-October 2026.
Minisforum has opened pre-orders for its MS-S1 MAX-P495 workstation at $7,399.
The 3.5-liter system pairs AMD’s Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 processor with 192GB of unified memory and a 2TB SSD.
Up to 160GB of the memory can be assigned to the GPU, a larger pool than the previous model offered.
Minisforum says one unit ran a 284-billion-parameter DeepSeek V4 Flash model at about 12 tokens per second.
Shipping is expected to begin in mid-October 2026.
- Who
- Minisforum opened pre-orders for the MS-S1 MAX-P495 workstation.
- What
- The workstation is available in a configuration with 192GB of unified memory and a 2TB SSD for $7,399.
- When
- Pre-orders are open; shipping is expected to begin in mid-October 2026.
- Where
- Not stated
- Why
- The larger memory pool lets the system fit larger AI models; the source does not state Minisforum’s reason for launching it.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
AMD introduced the Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 series.
TechRadar reported that Minisforum had opened pre-orders for the MS-S1 MAX-P495.
Shipping for the workstation is expected to begin.
- Price
- $7,399 on pre-order
- Memory
- 192GB unified memory, with up to 160GB assignable to the GPU
- Storage
- 2TB SSD
- Processor
- AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495, with 16 cores and 32 threads
- Model test
- Minisforum says one unit ran DeepSeek V4 Flash, a 284-billion-parameter model, at about 12 tokens per second
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