Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G review: Compact gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and AMD Radeon RX 6600M also includes USB4 and Thunderbolt

Name: Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G
Brand: Minisforum

Mini-PC for gamers! Those who are currently looking for a compact gaming PC should definitely take a closer look at the Neptune Series HX99G from Minisforum. Find out in this review what the small desktop PC with the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and a dedicated AMD Radeon RX 6600M is able to do. In terms of the connections, with USB4 and Thunderbolt the most current standards are also included.

Sebastian Bade (translated by Mark Riege), Published 02/09/2023 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

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Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G configurations (Source: Minisforum)

With the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, the Chinese manufacturer performs some product maintenance, now offering the compact gaming PC with AMD's Rembrandt SoC also known as AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. In addition to the CPU upgrade, there is also USB4 including Thunderbolt. Using our external graphics dock, we took a closer look at what you can do with this, and also included this in our review.

As we already know, the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G can be ordered from the manufacturer's own online shop. You also continue to have the option to purchase the device in various configurations. The barebone version without RAM, SSD, or Windows license starts from 959 Euros (~$1029), and you currently have to expect 1,099 Euros (~$1179) for our test configuration. As already in the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G , the SoC is accompanied by an AMD Radeon RX 6600M, which ensures a good 3D performance. We are already familiar with this graphics chip, which is also able to operate without throttling in the HX99G.

We use other compact desktop PCs with a dedicated graphics card as comparison devices in this review. In order to allow for a direct comparison of the GPU performance, we also include similarly equipped gaming laptops in our charts.

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G

Processor

AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 8 x 3.3 - 4.9 GHz, 65 W PL2 / Short Burst, 45 W PL1 / Sustained, Rembrandt-H (Zen 3+)

Graphics adapter

AMD Radeon RX 6600M - 8 GB VRAM, Core: 2448 MHz, Memory: 1750 MHz, 100 W TDP, GDDR6, Adrenalin 22.11.2

Memory

16 GB

, DDR5-4800, 2 of 2 installed, max. 64 GB

Mainboard

AMD Promontory/Bixby FCH

Storage

Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0, 512 GB

, M.2-2280 NVMe, PCIe 4.0, 450 GB free

Soundcard

AMD Zen - Audio Processor - HD Audio Controller

Connections

4 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 1 USB 3.1 Gen2, 2 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps, 2 Thunderbolt, 2 HDMI, 2 DisplayPort, Audio Connections: microphone, headset

Networking

Intel Ethernet Controller I225-V (10/100/1000/2500MBit/s), MediaTek RZ608 (a/b/g/n = Wi-Fi 4/ac = Wi-Fi 5/ax = Wi-Fi 6/ Wi-Fi 6E 6 GHz), Bluetooth 5.2

Size

height x width x depth (in mm): 69.3 x 205 x 203 ( = 2.73 x 8.07 x 7.99 in)

Operating System

Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

Additional features

charger with cable, HDMI cable, computer stand, manual, 24 Months Warranty

Weight

1.609 kg ( = 56.76 oz / 3.55 pounds), Power Supply: 644 g ( = 22.72 oz / 1.42 pounds)

Price

1099 EUR

Note: The manufacturer may use components from different suppliers including display panels, drives or memory sticks with similar specifications.

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Rating	Date	Model	Weight	Height
89.9 %	02/2023	Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G R9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	1.6 kg	69.3 mm
	12/2021	Intel Beast Canyon NUC i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060		189 mm
	06/2021	Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
	05/2022	Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	1.8 kg	62.2 mm
	04/2022	Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060		189 mm
82.6 %	05/2022	Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE R5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	2.5 kg	25.75 mm
	09/2022	Minisforum NUCX i7 i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	2.4 kg	393 mm
	10/2022	Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G R9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	1.4 kg	69.3 mm

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G in detail

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G - DDR5-RAM with heat sink

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G vs. charger

Case

Visually, there are hardly any differences between the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G and the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G. The case continues to be constructed mainly from plastic, with some added small Carbon visual elements. Internally, there is also some metal, which supports the stability. The workmanship of our test unit is good, although we would have also appreciated a higher quality selection of materials. With the Minisforum Neptune Series NAD9, the manufacturer already proved that things can also be done differently. The computer includes a stand that allows you to place it vertically on the desk. But you don't have to use it, since you can also operate the device horizontally without any problems.

Compared to the HX90G, the size is identical, but at 1.6 kg (~3.5 lb), we see a clear difference in the weight, with the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G weighing almost 200 grams (~7 oz) more, which is probably due to more powerful cooling. The external power supply brings an additional 650 grams (~1.5 lb) to the scale.

Size Comparison

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C DIN A4 ❌

Connection Equipment

The variety of connections of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G is good, offering all that is necessary, including USB4 and Thunderbolt. We count seven USB ports in total, four of which are Type-A. In addition to the conventional HDMI ports, the two USB-C ports in the back also allow you to connect two additional displays. The positioning of the connections is well thought-out and makes sense in our opinion. There are no potential conflicts with cable usage, neither in the vertical, nor the horizontal positioning of the device.

Front: USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A, microphone, headphones, USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C

Back: power, 2x HDMI, 2x USB4, 3x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A, RJ45

Communication

WLAN module in the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G

Minisforum uses a Wi-Fi 6E module from Mediatek in the Neptune Series HX99G. An identical WLAN module is also used in the HX90G and in the recently tested Minisforum Venus Series UM690. In the practical test with our Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 test router, we see a similar performance in our test unit as that of the competitors from the same manufacturer. However, it is unable to reach the performance of an Intel Wi-Fi 6E-AX210. For a faster data connection, you can also use the LAN port as an alternative, which supports a maximum of 2.5 Gbit/s.

Networking
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1848 (1731^min - 1888^max) MBit/s +112%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)	1480 (1212^min - 1519^max) MBit/s +70%
Average of class Mini PC (390 - 1771, n=38, last 2 years)	1197 MBit/s +38%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 MediaTek RZ608	961 (954^min - 967^max) MBit/s +10%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	885 (820^min - 897^max) MBit/s +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G MediaTek RZ608	870 (435^min - 878^max) MBit/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G MediaTek RZ608	831 (801^min - 844^max) MBit/s -4%
Average MediaTek RZ608 (430 - 961, n=16)	826 MBit/s -5%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX211	1851 (1799^min - 1897^max) MBit/s +145%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650x Wireless Network Adapter (200NGW)	1669 (1609^min - 1719^max) MBit/s +120%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210	1198 (975^min - 1352^max) MBit/s +58%
Average of class Mini PC (432 - 1764, n=39, last 2 years)	1158 MBit/s +53%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G MediaTek RZ608	968 (949^min - 994^max) MBit/s +28%
Average MediaTek RZ608 (572 - 980, n=16)	825 MBit/s +9%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 MediaTek RZ608	787 (638^min - 865^max) MBit/s +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G MediaTek RZ608	757 (730^min - 789^max) MBit/s
iperf3 receive AXE11000
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G MediaTek RZ608	957 (480^min - 961^max) MBit/s
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 MediaTek RZ608	956 (944^min - 963^max) MBit/s 0%
Average of class Mini PC (192.9 - 1796, n=85, last 2 years)	897 MBit/s -6%
Average MediaTek RZ608 (430 - 975, n=19)	883 MBit/s -8%
iperf3 transmit AXE11000
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 MediaTek RZ608	943 (477^min - 981^max) MBit/s +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G MediaTek RZ608	931 (872^min - 1014^max) MBit/s
Average MediaTek RZ608 (572 - 979, n=19)	855 MBit/s -8%
Average of class Mini PC (184.1 - 1776, n=85, last 2 years)	828 MBit/s -11%

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø757 (730-789)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz; iperf 3.1.3: Ø855 (435-878)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; iperf3 receive AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø940 (480-961)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; iperf3 transmit AXE11000; iperf 3.1.3: Ø931 (872-1014)

Accessories

In addition to the computer itself, the box also includes the 262-Watt power supply and the stand that allows you to place the computer horizontally.

Maintenance

Basically, you can perform maintenance tasks with the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, since you can also purchase the device as a barebone version anyways. However, we still have a complaint about the same point in the HX99G as already in the HX90G, with their basic construction being the same. The screws to open the case are hidden underneath the rubber strips the device rests on when placed horizontally, so after their removal, you might risk that the strips might not stick correctly anymore. After removing the screws, the case bottom can be opened relatively easily. Below this, you find an additional metal cover that you also have to remove in order to access the RAM, SSD, or Wi-Fi module. This metal plate serves to hold the side covers. To access the two fans, you have to take apart the device further, but this could easily be done with some skill. The manufacturer explicitly advises not to remove the heat sink from the SoC and GPU. Heat paste to facilitate the heat removal has already been applied, so you shouldn't have to change anything here, in our opinion.

Performance - AMDs Rembrandt SoC with a good performance

Minisforum has equipped the Neptune Series HX99G with AMD's new Ryzen 9 6900HX. At first glance, the upgrade to the HX90G offers only a small performance increase, but with DDR5 and Thunderbolt 4, the additional value of the new platform can be quite high. With the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, there is also a quite powerful graphics card that allows us to see the device as a gaming PC at all.

Test Conditions

We ran all the performance tests with the "Highest performance" power profile activated. We did not change the power parameters of the CPU, leaving it in the "Auto" mode according to the BIOS settings.

Processor

The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX is a modern octa-core processor from the current Rembrandt line-up, which is able to operate on a total of 16 threads in parallel. In the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, this replaces the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, allowing it to slightly increase the performance overall. However, this is still far from a noticeable performance increase, and both SoCs offer the same speed subjectively. Since Minisforum also offers the Neptune Series as the HX80G with an AMD Ryzen 7 5800H, we also included this SoC in our comparison chart.

You can find additional benchmarks of the processors here.

Performance Rating - Percent
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	84.5 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	73.3 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	72.4 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	71 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	68.8 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	63.8 pt
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H	62.2 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE ^-8! AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	61 pt
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) ^-2! Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	58 pt

Cinebench R15
CPU Single 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	262 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	260 Points
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	247 Points -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	242 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (209 - 234, n=29)	228 Points -12%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	227 Points -13%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	224 Points -14%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	223 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	196 Points -25%
CPU Multi 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	3299 Points +48%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	2235 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	2222 Points -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	2045 Points -9%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	2027 Points -9%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1487 - 2119, n=28)	1963 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1723 Points -23%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1666 Points -25%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1455 Points -35%

Cinebench R20
CPU (Single Core)
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	703 Points +12%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	629 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	629 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	580 Points -8%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	579 Points -8%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	564 Points -10%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (502 - 560, n=30)	550 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	535 Points -15%
CPU (Multi Core)
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	7179 Points +36%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	5276 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	5262 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	4760 Points -10%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	4644 Points -12%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (3430 - 5020, n=31)	4568 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	4059 Points -23%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	3954 Points -25%

Cinebench R11.5
CPU Single 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	3.16 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	3.04 Points
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	2.84 Points -7%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	2.84 Points -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (2.69 - 2.75, n=2)	2.72 Points -11%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	2.62 Points -14%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	2.61 Points -14%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	2.59 Points -15%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	2.26 Points -26%
CPU Multi 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	38.96 Points +51%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	25.78 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	24.71 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (21.3 - 23.7, n=2)	22.5 Points -13%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	22.07 Points -14%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	21.87 Points -15%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	19.71 Points -24%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	19.18 Points -26%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	16.7 Points -35%

Cinebench R10
Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	14610 Points +14%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	12768 Points
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	12508 Points -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	12037 Points -6%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	11957 Points -6%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	11608 Points -9%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (11378 - 11637, n=2)	11508 Points -10%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	11082 Points -13%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	9898 Points -22%
Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	107565 Points +45%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	74772 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	74313 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	67486 Points -9%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	67183 Points -10%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (62312 - 68452, n=2)	65382 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	63144 Points -15%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	58426 Points -21%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	52577 Points -29%

Blender - v2.79 BMW27 CPU
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	315.4 Seconds * -38%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	305.2 Seconds * -34%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	286.1 Seconds * -25%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	262.7 Seconds * -15%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	262.7 Seconds * -15%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	261 Seconds * -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (237 - 340, n=29)	260 Seconds * -14%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	231 Seconds * -1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	228 Seconds *

wPrime 2.10
32m
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (3.93 - 8.3, n=2)	6.12 s * -52%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	4.186 s * -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	4.03 s *
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	3.416 s * +15%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	3.405 s * +16%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	3.345 s * +17%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	3.257 s * +19%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	2.67 s * +34%
1024m
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	211.8 s * -42%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (111.7 - 265, n=2)	188.4 s * -26%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	149.369 s *
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	120.839 s * +19%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	119.5 s * +20%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	102.2 s * +32%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	98.307 s * +34%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	93.062 s * +38%

X264 HD Benchmark 4.0
Pass 1
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	310 (303^min - 324^max) fps +18%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	278 (276^min - 280^max) fps +6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	272.5 (271^min - 279^max) fps +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	262.5 (262^min - 265^max) fps
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	258 (256^min - 259^max) fps -2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	247.5 (245^min - 250^max) fps -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H ()	244 fps -7%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	236 (235^min - 257^max) fps -10%
Pass 2
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	147.5 (134^min - 173^max) fps +16%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	128.35 (126.9^min - 128.4^max) fps +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	126.8 (126.2^min - 128^max) fps
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	109.3 (108.1^min - 111.7^max) fps -14%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	106 (101^min - 108^max) fps -16%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H ()	104.7 fps -17%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	93.75 (91.3^min - 98.8^max) fps -26%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	84.8 (84.6^min - 105^max) fps -33%

WinRAR - Result
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	10739 KB/s +58%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	9584 KB/s +41%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	7944 KB/s +17%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	7925 KB/s +17%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	7523 KB/s +11%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (6660 - 7042, n=2)	6851 KB/s +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	6799 KB/s
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	6555 KB/s -4%

TrueCrypt
AES Mean 100MB
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	17.2 GB/s +27%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	13.5 GB/s
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	11.6 GB/s -14%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	11.6 GB/s -14%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	11.4 GB/s -16%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	10.3 GB/s -24%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (8.5 - 11.5, n=2)	10 GB/s -26%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9.9 GB/s -27%
Twofish Mean 100MB
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	3.4 GB/s +89%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1.9 GB/s +6%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1.8 GB/s 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1.8 GB/s
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1.7 GB/s -6%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1.7 GB/s -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1.6 - 1.7, n=2)	1.65 GB/s -8%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1.5 GB/s -17%
Serpent Mean 100MB
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	1.9 GB/s +58%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1.2 GB/s 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1.2 GB/s
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1.1 GB/s -8%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1.1 GB/s -8%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1.1 GB/s -8%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1 - 1.1, n=2)	1.05 GB/s -12%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	0.9 GB/s -25%

Geekbench 5.5
Multi-Core
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	9596 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9186 Points -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	9020 Points -6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	8924 Points -7%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	8924 Points -7%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	8207 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	8173 Points -15%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (6551 - 9062, n=28)	7793 Points -19%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6567 Points -32%
Single-Core
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1656 Points +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	1656 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1599 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1579 Points -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1570 Points -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1560 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1336 - 1505, n=28)	1450 Points -9%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1414 Points -12%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1299 Points -19%

Geekbench 5.0
5.0 Multi-Core
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	9438 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9074 Points -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	8853 Points -6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	8845 Points -6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	8845 Points -6%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	8196 Points -13%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	8109 Points -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (7408 - 8568, n=3)	7829 Points -17%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6483 Points -31%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6483 Points -31%
5.0 Single-Core
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1638 Points +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	1638 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1579 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1571 Points -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1563 Points -1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1500 Points -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1349 - 1421, n=3)	1395 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1377 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1377 Points -13%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1304 Points -17%

Geekbench 4.4
64 Bit Single-Core Score
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	6991 Points +6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	6991 Points +6%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	6698 Points +2%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	6693 Points +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	6584 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	6572 Points 0%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (5733 - 6295, n=3)	5999 Points -9%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	5812 Points -12%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	5726 Points -13%
64 Bit Multi-Core Score
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	38370 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	36347 Points -5%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	36310 Points -5%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	36310 Points -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	34259 Points -11%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	33034 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	32174 Points -16%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (29073 - 34200, n=3)	30983 Points -19%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	27071 Points -29%

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance Physics
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	24314 Points +34%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	18332 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	18209 Points
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	17803 Points -2%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	16736 Points -8%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	15739 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	15497 Points -15%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (10872 - 17779, n=24)	15317 Points -16%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	13568 Points -25%

7-Zip 18.03
7z b 4
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	61760 MIPS +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	61265 MIPS
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (45773 - 59986, n=28)	54117 MIPS -12%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	51773 MIPS -15%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	50152 MIPS -18%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	50152 MIPS -18%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	45999 MIPS -25%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	44503 MIPS -27%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	43007 MIPS -30%
7z b 4 -mmt1
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	6031 MIPS
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	5979 MIPS -1%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	5979 MIPS -1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	5798 MIPS -4%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	5619 MIPS -7%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (5038 - 5632, n=29)	5472 MIPS -9%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	5446 MIPS -10%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	5330 MIPS -12%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	5293 MIPS -12%

HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	17.2 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	15.9 fps -8%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	14.8 fps -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (11.6 - 16.1, n=29)	14.5 fps -16%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	14.4 fps -16%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	14.4 fps -16%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	13.2 fps -23%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	12.8 fps -26%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	11.6 fps -33%

R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	0.588 sec * -26%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	0.562 sec * -20%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	0.56 sec * -20%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	0.537 sec * -15%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	0.535 sec * -14%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	0.535 sec * -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (0.511 - 0.559, n=28)	0.525 sec * -12%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	0.492 sec * -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	0.468 sec *

LibreOffice - 20 Documents To PDF
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (47.4 - 113, n=29)	64.3 s * -25%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	59.5 s * -16%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	59 s * -15%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	55.1 s * -7%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	51.3 s *
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	50.1 s * +2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	48 s * +6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	44.9 s * +12%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	44.9 s * +12%

WebXPRT 3 - Overall
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	278 Points +7%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	269 Points +3%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	269 Points +3%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	267 Points +2%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	267 Points +2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	267 Points +2%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	262 Points 0%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (202 - 280, n=25)	262 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	261 Points
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	244 Points -7%

Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	752 ms * -31%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	647 ms * -13%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (623 - 765, n=29)	644 ms * -12%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	641 ms * -12%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	640 ms * -12%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	614 ms * -7%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	602 ms * -5%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	602 ms * -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	573 ms *

3DMark
3840x2160 Fire Strike Ultra Physics
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	37967 Points +48%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	26957 Points +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	25601 Points
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (22307 - 24673, n=11)	23931 Points -7%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	23921 Points -7%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	23774 Points -7%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	22873 Points -11%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	21542 Points -16%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	21256 Points -17%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Physics
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	35153 Points +38%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	26772 Points +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	25471 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	24508 Points -4%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	24327 Points -4%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (22433 - 25300, n=26)	23910 Points -6%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	23641 Points -7%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	21095 Points -17%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	20080 Points -21%
2560x1440 Time Spy CPU
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	15095 Points +53%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	10603 Points +8%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	10169 Points +3%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	10035 Points +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	9861 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9282 Points -6%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (7021 - 9835, n=26)	8758 Points -11%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	8580 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6957 Points -29%

* ... smaller is better

Geekbench 5.5 | Geekbench 5.0 | Geekbench 4.4

Geekbench 5.5
Multi-Core
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	9596 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9186 Points -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	9020 Points -6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	8924 Points -7%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	8924 Points -7%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	8207 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	8173 Points -15%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (6551 - 9062, n=28)	7793 Points -19%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6567 Points -32%
Single-Core
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1656 Points +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	1656 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1599 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1579 Points -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1570 Points -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1560 Points -2%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1336 - 1505, n=28)	1450 Points -9%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1414 Points -12%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1299 Points -19%

Geekbench 5.0
5.0 Multi-Core
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	9438 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	9074 Points -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	8853 Points -6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	8845 Points -6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	8845 Points -6%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	8196 Points -13%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	8109 Points -14%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (7408 - 8568, n=3)	7829 Points -17%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6483 Points -31%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	6483 Points -31%
5.0 Single-Core
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	1638 Points +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	1638 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	1579 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1571 Points -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	1563 Points -1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	1500 Points -5%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (1349 - 1421, n=3)	1395 Points -12%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1377 Points -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	1377 Points -13%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	1304 Points -17%

Geekbench 4.4
64 Bit Single-Core Score
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	6991 Points +6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	6991 Points +6%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	6698 Points +2%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	6693 Points +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	6584 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	6572 Points 0%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (5733 - 6295, n=3)	5999 Points -9%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	5812 Points -12%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	5726 Points -13%
64 Bit Multi-Core Score
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, 3300 MHz	38370 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	36347 Points -5%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, 3300 MHz	36310 Points -5%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, 2400 MHz	36310 Points -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, 3300 MHz	34259 Points -11%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, 2300 MHz	33034 Points -14%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, 2900 MHz	32174 Points -16%
Average AMD Ryzen 7 5800H (29073 - 34200, n=3)	30983 Points -19%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, 3300 MHz	27071 Points -29%

Performance Rating
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	98.1 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	93.8 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	84.8 pt
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	84.8 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	79.2 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	79.1 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	71 pt
Average of class Mini PC	61.6 pt

AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	15814 KRay/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	15334 KRay/s -3%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	14342 KRay/s -9%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	14342 KRay/s -9%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	13002 KRay/s -18%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	12788 KRay/s -19%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	12360 KRay/s -22%
Average of class Mini PC (561 - 27538, n=97, last 2 years)	9978 KRay/s -37%

AIDA64 / FPU Julia
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	99936 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	99427 Points -1%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	76011 Points -24%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	60136 Points -40%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	60136 Points -40%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	56368 Points -44%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	54342 Points -46%
Average of class Mini PC (3604 - 116903, n=97, last 2 years)	52513 Points -47%

AIDA64 / CPU SHA3
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	4043 MB/s +17%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	4043 MB/s +17%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	3829 MB/s +11%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	3655 MB/s +6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	3447 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	3401 MB/s -1%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	2607 MB/s -24%
Average of class Mini PC (225 - 5096, n=97, last 2 years)	2294 MB/s -33%

AIDA64 / CPU Queen
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	104437 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	103789 Points
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	98219 Points -5%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	98219 Points -5%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	89290 Points -14%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	88481 Points -15%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	76998 Points -26%
Average of class Mini PC (8172 - 119569, n=97, last 2 years)	69137 Points -33%

AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	13164 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	12662 Points -4%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	9861 Points -25%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	9861 Points -25%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	9734 Points -26%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	9457 Points -28%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	8894 Points -32%
Average of class Mini PC (408 - 15525, n=97, last 2 years)	7328 Points -44%

AIDA64 / FPU Mandel
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	55002 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	54893 Points 0%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	41691 Points -24%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	36161 Points -34%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	36161 Points -34%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	33223 Points -40%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	32372 Points -41%
Average of class Mini PC (1958 - 62378, n=97, last 2 years)	27844 Points -49%

AIDA64 / CPU AES
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	141926 MB/s +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	141926 MB/s +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	136227 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	134031 MB/s -2%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	128262 MB/s -6%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	124539 MB/s -9%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	96790 MB/s -29%
Average of class Mini PC (3691 - 177158, n=97, last 2 years)	75036 MB/s -45%

AIDA64 / CPU ZLib
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	859 MB/s 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	859 MB/s
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	756 MB/s -12%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	755 MB/s -12%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	755 MB/s -12%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	735 MB/s -14%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	632 MB/s -26%
Average of class Mini PC (74.8 - 1183, n=97, last 2 years)	581 MB/s -32%

AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	8447 KRay/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	8000 KRay/s -5%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	7780 KRay/s -8%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	7780 KRay/s -8%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	7119 KRay/s -16%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	7109 KRay/s -16%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	6652 KRay/s -21%
Average of class Mini PC (308 - 14722, n=97, last 2 years)	5327 KRay/s -37%

AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	28276 MPixel/s
Average of class Mini PC (4408 - 44347, n=97, last 2 years)	24659 MPixel/s -13%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	23774 MPixel/s -16%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	23758 MPixel/s -16%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	23422 MPixel/s -17%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	23422 MPixel/s -17%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	20422 MPixel/s -28%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	15135 MPixel/s -46%

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G in the Cinebench R15 Multi loop

In our Cinebench R15 constant loop, our test unit performs at the same level as the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G. After half of the 50 runs, we notice a slight performance drop, but this is not very pronounced.

CPU metrics during the Cinebench R15 loop

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX: Ø2161 (2097.87-2229.78)

Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, Intel Core i7-10700: Ø1338 (1184.66-1454.54)

Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, Intel Core i9-12900: Ø2592 (2433.39-3346.44)

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H: Ø1622 (1447.86-1653.64)

Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, Intel Core i7-11800H: Ø1825 (1783.96-2050.55)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX: Ø2169 (2116.63-2224.69)

System Performance

The largest difference to the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G is the newer SoC in combination with DDR5 working memory, allowing the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G to work up an advantage of up to 16% in parts. The higher data throughput of the working memory shows clearly in the AIDA64 tests, in contrast to PCMark 10 where the supposed performance advantage downright fizzles out.

Performance Rating | PCMark 10

Performance Rating - Percent
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	100 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	92.4 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	92.1 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	91 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	90.6 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	87.9 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	85.8 pt
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C), Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	80.5 pt

PCMark 10
Score
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	8083 Points +11%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	7341 Points +1%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	7281 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	7257 Points
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	7091 Points -2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	6952 Points -4%
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	6863 Points -5%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C), Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	6499 Points -10%
Essentials
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	11171 Points +9%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	10552 Points +3%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	10506 Points +3%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	10422 Points +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	10236 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	10014 Points -2%
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	9865 Points -4%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C), Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	9846 Points -4%
Productivity
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	10205 Points +11%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	9582 Points +4%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	9299 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	9288 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	9214 Points
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	8985 Points -2%
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	8579 Points -7%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C), Intel Core i7-10700 Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	7447 Points -19%

CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness

CrossMark / Overall
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1785 Points +10%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1785 Points +10%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1623 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	1600 Points -1%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1569 Points -3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	1491 Points -8%

CrossMark / Productivity
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1816 Points +13%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1816 Points +13%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1613 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	1592 Points -1%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1573 Points -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	1508 Points -7%

CrossMark / Creativity
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1724 Points +3%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1724 Points +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1672 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	1644 Points -2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1613 Points -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	1535 Points -8%

CrossMark / Responsiveness
Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1885 Points +25%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1885 Points +25%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1514 Points
Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU,	1496 Points -1%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1435 Points -5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX AMD Radeon RX 6600M, ESO512GYLCT	1322 Points -13%

AIDA64: Memory Copy | Memory Read | Memory Write | Memory Latency

AIDA64 / Memory Copy
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (47938 - 53345, n=20)	50405 MB/s +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	48739 MB/s
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	44474 MB/s -9%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	44474 MB/s -9%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	44370 MB/s -9%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	44240 MB/s -9%
Average of class Mini PC (6481 - 70620, n=97, last 2 years)	42885 MB/s -12%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	42133 MB/s -14%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	37007 MB/s -24%

AIDA64 / Memory Read
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (43892 - 53321, n=20)	51062 MB/s +2%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	50365 MB/s 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	50290 MB/s
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	49616 MB/s -1%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	49616 MB/s -1%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	49326 MB/s -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	47460 MB/s -6%
Average of class Mini PC (6914 - 71285, n=97, last 2 years)	43515 MB/s -13%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	42375 MB/s -16%

AIDA64 / Memory Write
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (51085 - 57202, n=20)	55188 MB/s 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	55113 MB/s
Average of class Mini PC (6862 - 89318, n=97, last 2 years)	46630 MB/s -15%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	46213 MB/s -16%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	46018 MB/s -17%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	45577 MB/s -17%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	45577 MB/s -17%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	43471 MB/s -21%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	30785 MB/s -44%

AIDA64 / Memory Latency
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	97.7 ns * -18%
Average AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (80.7 - 120.6, n=20)	88.7 ns * -7%
Average of class Mini PC (44.9 - 154.6, n=97, last 2 years)	88 ns * -6%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	87.9 ns * -6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	87.4 ns * -6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	87.4 ns * -6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	82.8 ns *
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	77.3 ns * +7%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	74.8 ns * +10%

* ... smaller is better

DPC Latencies

The Minisforum HX99G has no problems when opening several browser tabs in Edge and playing our 4K YouTube videos. LatencyMon does not report any increased latencies at that time. At only about 6%, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M isn't really challenged when playing the test video.

Maximum latency when opening several browser tabs and playing 4K video material

Maximum latency after 10 seconds of Prime95

Driver in order of longest execution time

Storage Solution

Currently the SSD from Kingston is used relatively often in the mini-PCs from Minisforum. This is also the case in the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, with the model also delivering a very good performance. With 512 GB, the model used here doesn't offer a particularly high amount of storage space, and it is also the smallest model the manufacturer offers in its preconfigured systems. However, as a gaming device, there should be at least 1 TB of storage space. Fortunately, you can also expand the storage space easily at a later point using the second M.2 slot. We also want to emphasize the good 4K reading performance here, which noticeably improves the loading of many small files.

You can find additional comparisons and benchmarks in our comparison chart.

CrystalDiskMark 3.0

CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6

AS SSD

DiskSpd

Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0

Sequential Read: 2582 MB/s

Sequential Write: 3529 MB/s

512K Read: 2615 MB/s

512K Write: 3446 MB/s

4K Read: 65.12 MB/s

4K Write: 233.4 MB/s

4K QD32 Read: 597.9 MB/s

4K QD32 Write: 317.6 MB/s

Drive Performance Rating | DiskSpd | AS SSD

Drive Performance Rating - Percent
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	91.3 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	80.6 pt
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 ^-11! Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	68.4 pt
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	52.7 pt
Average of class Mini PC	52.6 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	51.8 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	48.6 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	45.9 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7	44 pt

DiskSpd
seq read
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	2549 (2536.3^min - 2548.52^max) MB/s
Average of class Mini PC (233 - 4168, n=96, last 2 years)	2028 MB/s -20%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2008 (1998.8^min - 2008.02^max) MB/s -21%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1936 (1755.26^min - 1936.41^max) MB/s -24%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1936 (1755.26^min - 1936.41^max) MB/s -24%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1935 (1931.9^min - 1934.83^max) MB/s -24%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1620 (1579.16^min - 1620.17^max) MB/s -36%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1614 (1595.77^min - 1613.55^max) MB/s -37%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	824 (549.82^min - 823.58^max) MB/s -68%
seq write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3529 (3495.81^min - 3528.95^max) MB/s
Average of class Mini PC (222 - 5595, n=96, last 2 years)	2049 MB/s -42%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1744 (525.75^min - 1743.78^max) MB/s -51%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1744 (525.75^min - 1743.78^max) MB/s -51%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1707 (1684.21^min - 1706.66^max) MB/s -52%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1701 (653.68^min - 1701.42^max) MB/s -52%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1681 (1674.37^min - 1681.28^max) MB/s -52%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1146 (903.24^min - 1146.3^max) MB/s -68%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	665 (240.27^min - 665.08^max) MB/s -81%
seq q8 t1 read
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	4996 (4330.97^min - 4996.25^max) MB/s +4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	4996 (4330.97^min - 4996.25^max) MB/s +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	4816 (4311.33^min - 4816.33^max) MB/s
Average of class Mini PC (236 - 8430, n=96, last 2 years)	3155 MB/s -34%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	2635 (2212.29^min - 2635.07^max) MB/s -45%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2599 (2228.8^min - 2599.21^max) MB/s -46%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	2344 (2130.71^min - 2343.78^max) MB/s -51%
Minisforum NUCX i7	2308 (2036.12^min - 2307.5^max) MB/s -52%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	2213 (2018.77^min - 2212.5^max) MB/s -54%
seq q8 t1 write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3523 (3511.89^min - 3522.88^max) MB/s
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2524 (535.17^min - 2524.36^max) MB/s -28%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2524 (535.17^min - 2524.36^max) MB/s -28%
Average of class Mini PC (228 - 6669, n=96, last 2 years)	2223 MB/s -37%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	2002 (577.14^min - 2001.94^max) MB/s -43%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1988 (530.16^min - 1987.88^max) MB/s -44%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1849 (1833.02^min - 1849.14^max) MB/s -48%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1843 (1731.1^min - 1843.4^max) MB/s -48%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1145 (65.64^min - 1144.64^max) MB/s -67%
4k q1 t1 read
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	68.2 (66.68^min - 68.15^max) MB/s +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	65.1 (64.76^min - 65.07^max) MB/s
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	60.5 (60.38^min - 60.5^max) MB/s -7%
Average of class Mini PC (5.67 - 86.6, n=96, last 2 years)	51.3 MB/s -21%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	45.7 (45.38^min - 45.71^max) MB/s -30%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	45.7 (45.38^min - 45.71^max) MB/s -30%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	42.2 (41.94^min - 42.15^max) MB/s -35%
Minisforum NUCX i7	38.9 (38.65^min - 38.87^max) MB/s -40%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	37.9 (37.34^min - 37.87^max) MB/s -42%
4k q1 t1 write
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	320 (298.75^min - 319.53^max) MB/s +32%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	320 (298.75^min - 319.53^max) MB/s +32%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	251 (152.06^min - 251.09^max) MB/s +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	243 (241.16^min - 243.27^max) MB/s
Minisforum NUCX i7	187.4 (170.03^min - 187.4^max) MB/s -23%
Average of class Mini PC (22 - 425, n=96, last 2 years)	184.7 MB/s -24%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	161.3 (150.7^min - 161.34^max) MB/s -34%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	153 (151.1^min - 152.72^max) MB/s -37%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	120 (119.43^min - 119.96^max) MB/s -51%
4k q32 t16 read
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1942 (1939.44^min - 1942.24^max) MB/s
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	1311 (1269.74^min - 1311.13^max) MB/s -32%
Average of class Mini PC (26.1 - 2810, n=96, last 2 years)	1088 MB/s -44%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	970 (966.45^min - 970.29^max) MB/s -50%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	970 (966.45^min - 970.29^max) MB/s -50%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	822 (773.05^min - 821.5^max) MB/s -58%
Minisforum NUCX i7	786 (734.36^min - 786.34^max) MB/s -60%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	656 (654.58^min - 656.18^max) MB/s -66%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	646 (644.91^min - 645.74^max) MB/s -67%
4k q32 t16 write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3341 (3297.98^min - 3341.08^max) MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1492 (333.99^min - 1492.35^max) MB/s -55%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1119 (483.18^min - 1119.3^max) MB/s -67%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1119 (483.18^min - 1119.3^max) MB/s -67%
Average of class Mini PC (30.2 - 3983, n=96, last 2 years)	1084 MB/s -68%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1061 (62.92^min - 1061.17^max) MB/s -68%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1032 (266.97^min - 1032.05^max) MB/s -69%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	937 (473.07^min - 936.52^max) MB/s -72%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	933 (584.14^min - 933.42^max) MB/s -72%

AS SSD
Score Total
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	6592 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	6592 Points 0%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	6467 Points -2%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	4893 Points -26%
Average of class Mini PC (151.3 - 9030, n=94, last 2 years)	3534 Points -46%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	2988 Points -55%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	2499 Points -62%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2237 Points -66%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1054.23 Points -84%
Score Read
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2462 Points +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	2349 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	2349 Points 0%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	1911 Points -19%
Average of class Mini PC (61 - 3635, n=94, last 2 years)	1346 Points -43%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1001 Points -57%
Minisforum NUCX i7	895 Points -62%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	841 Points -64%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	824 Points -65%
Score Write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3071 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3071 Points 0%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2827 Points -8%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	2041 Points -34%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1556 Points -49%
Average of class Mini PC (88 - 4185, n=94, last 2 years)	1551 Points -49%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1482 Points -52%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1251 Points -59%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	1022 Points -67%
Seq Read
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	4274 MB/s +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	4081.18 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	4081.18 MB/s 0%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2822 MB/s -31%
Average of class Mini PC (291 - 6620, n=94, last 2 years)	2804 MB/s -31%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	2361 MB/s -42%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	2215 MB/s -46%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1948 MB/s -52%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1613 MB/s -60%
Seq Write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3233.69 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3233.69 MB/s 0%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2382 MB/s -26%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2044 MB/s -37%
Average of class Mini PC (240 - 5783, n=94, last 2 years)	1949 MB/s -40%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1780 MB/s -45%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	1690 MB/s -48%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1468 MB/s -55%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	1094 MB/s -66%
4K Read
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	83.9 MB/s +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	80.23 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	80.23 MB/s 0%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	60.58 MB/s -24%
Average of class Mini PC (6.08 - 104.2, n=94, last 2 years)	55.3 MB/s -31%
Minisforum NUCX i7	54.25 MB/s -32%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	53.18 MB/s -34%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	38.25 MB/s -52%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	37.9 MB/s -53%
4K Write
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	308.4 MB/s +52%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	202.44 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	202.44 MB/s 0%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	173.69 MB/s -14%
Average of class Mini PC (30.9 - 366, n=94, last 2 years)	166.7 MB/s -18%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	157.2 MB/s -22%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	145.7 MB/s -28%
Minisforum NUCX i7	129.81 MB/s -36%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	100.2 MB/s -51%
4K-64 Read
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1950 MB/s +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1860.71 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1860.71 MB/s 0%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	1637 MB/s -12%
Average of class Mini PC (23.4 - 3035, n=94, last 2 years)	1010 MB/s -46%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	725.98 MB/s -61%
Minisforum NUCX i7	679.23 MB/s -63%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	585.23 MB/s -69%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	503.52 MB/s -73%
4K-64 Write
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	2545.24 MB/s
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	2545.24 MB/s 0%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2281 MB/s -10%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	1772 MB/s -30%
Minisforum NUCX i7	1279.71 MB/s -50%
Average of class Mini PC (32.8 - 3598, n=94, last 2 years)	1190 MB/s -53%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	1146.83 MB/s -55%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	995.52 MB/s -61%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	643.35 MB/s -75%
Access Time Read
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	0.117 ms * -77%
Average of class Mini PC (0.022 - 0.489, n=94, last 2 years)	0.1031 ms * -56%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	0.099 ms * -50%
Minisforum NUCX i7	0.092 ms * -39%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	0.077 ms * -17%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	0.071 ms * -8%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	0.066 ms *
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	0.066 ms * -0%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	0.063 ms * +5%
Access Time Write
Average of class Mini PC (0.016 - 0.765, n=94, last 2 years)	0.1304 ms * -321%
Minisforum NUCX i7	0.079 ms * -155%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	0.039 ms * -26%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Phison 512GB PA6620060U	0.035 ms * -13%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	0.031 ms *
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	0.031 ms * -0%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	0.027 ms * +13%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT	0.024 ms * +23%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	0.012 ms * +61%

* ... smaller is better

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0: Ø4444 (1608.24-4822.61)

Intel Beast Canyon NUC Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB: Ø3896 (225.06-5002.7)

Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S: Ø2440 (1786.98-2501.9)

Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S: Ø3896 (225.06-5002.7)

Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD: Ø2173 (1985.57-2179.99)

Minisforum NUCX i7 : Ø2309 (2137.76-2318.4)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G ESO512GYLCT: Ø1859 (996.67-1961.26)

Graphics Card

AMD Radeon RX 6600M (Source: Minisforum)

The 3D performance of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G is handled on the one hand by the AMD Radeon 680M and on the other, the AMD Radeon RX 6600M as the dedicated graphics adapter when a higher performance is needed. In addition to the iGPU, the mini-PC offers a solid 3D performance for demanding applications in this way. We already know this from the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G and various laptop reviews. Minisforum does not limit the maximum performance of the dedicated graphics card, allowing the 3D accelerator to consume up to 100 watts.

During the synthetic performance comparison, our test unit places only in the lower middle of the comparison field. The age of the AMD Radeon RX 6600M is noticeable at this point, and the successors based on RDNA-3 are getting ready. Those who still need a higher 3D performance can use the Thunderbolt connection, which is currently only offered in the HX99G of the series. We got to work and documented the performance in combination with the Razer Core X and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. With that, we achieve a performance in our comparison that corresponds to that of the Minisforum NUCXi7 with an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop. At the same time, you still have to make do with significant performance limitations, since using Thunderbolt, the external graphics card is only connected via 4 PCI Express lanes.

For additional details on the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, we refer you to our GPU page.

You can find additional comparisons and benchmarks in our GPU comparison chart.

3DMark Performance Rating | 3DMark 11 | 3DMark

3DMark Performance Rating - Percent
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	100 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	85.8 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	80.6 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	80.4 pt
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	79.9 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	78.3 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	74.1 pt
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M	74 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	72.5 pt
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	70.2 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	70 pt

3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance GPU
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	40950 Points +27%
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	34986 Points +8%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	34957 Points +8%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	32726 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	32687 Points +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	32340 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	31877 Points -1%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	31702 Points -2%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (27030 - 32340, n=6)	31142 Points -4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	29172 Points -10%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	28939 Points -11%

3DMark
1280x720 Cloud Gate Standard Graphics
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	164443 Points +40%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	159036 Points +35%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	155788 Points +33%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	145359 Points +24%
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	143126 Points +22%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (117448 - 155788, n=6)	139228 Points +19%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	124830 Points +6%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	120756 Points +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	117448 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	116587 Points -1%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	116516 Points -1%
1920x1080 Fire Strike Graphics
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	30090 Points +28%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	26284 Points +12%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	24890 Points +6%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	24788 Points +5%
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	24451 Points +4%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	24360 Points +4%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (21876 - 24788, n=7)	23563 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	23525 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	22884 Points -3%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	21984 Points -7%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	21379 Points -9%
2560x1440 Time Spy Graphics
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	12668 Points +57%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	10721 Points +33%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	10717 Points +33%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	9929 Points +23%
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	9205 Points +14%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	8578 Points +6%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	8525 Points +6%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	8234 Points +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	8069 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (7200 - 8234, n=7)	7864 Points -3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	7685 Points -5%
Fire Strike Extreme Graphics
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, Intel Core i7-10700	15597 Points +42%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	13211 Points +20%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	13007 Points +19%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	12636 Points +15%
Minisforum NUCX i7 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, Intel Core i7-11800H	11757 Points +7%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H	11255 Points +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	10969 Points
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (10016 - 11360, n=6)	10782 Points -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Radeon RX 6600M, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	10545 Points -4%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900	10244 Points -7%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-11900KB	10181 Points -7%

Performance Rating | Unigine Heaven 4.0 | Unigine Valley 1.0 | Unigine Superposition | ComputeMark v2.1

Performance Rating - Percent
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) ^-5! NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	100 pt
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	91.8 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	91.6 pt
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	85.2 pt
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	81 pt
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	70.7 pt
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	69.4 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	59.7 pt
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	59.4 pt
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE ^-5! Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	53.7 pt

Unigine Heaven 4.0
Extreme Preset OpenGL
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	187.5 fps +36%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	168.1 fps +22%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	167.3 fps +22%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	152.9 fps +11%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	139.4 fps +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	137.4 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	135.1 fps -2%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	124.9 fps -9%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	121 fps -12%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	92.2 fps -33%
Extreme Preset DX11
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	196.4 fps +51%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	165.1 fps +27%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	154.5 fps +19%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	153.7 fps +18%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	152.9 fps +17%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	134.8 fps +4%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	130.8 fps 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	130.2 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	127.7 fps -2%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	114.8 fps -12%

Unigine Valley 1.0
1920x1080 Extreme HD DirectX AA:x8
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	157.5 fps +67%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	134.2 fps +42%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	133 fps +41%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	131.6 fps +39%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	120.9 fps +28%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	108.3 fps +15%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	106.7 fps +13%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	94.5 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	93.3 fps -1%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	83.6 fps -12%
1920x1080 Extreme HD Preset OpenGL AA:x8
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	140.2 fps +53%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	123.2 fps +34%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	122.7 fps +34%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	115.3 fps +26%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	104.8 fps +14%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	96.1 fps +5%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	93.9 fps +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	91.6 fps 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	91.6 fps
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	64.8 fps -29%

Unigine Superposition
1920x1080 1080p High
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	17054 Points +63%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	14759 Points +41%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	14698 Points +41%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	13502 Points +29%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	12667 Points +21%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	11177 Points +7%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	11130 Points +6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	10459 Points
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	10438 Points 0%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	10187 Points -3%
1920x1080 1080p Extreme
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i7-10700, Phison 512GB PA6620060U	8276 Points +90%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	7062 Points +62%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	7035 Points +62%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	6259 Points +44%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	5847 Points +34%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	5008 Points +15%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	5006 Points +15%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE Radeon RX 6600M, R5 5600H, Micron 2210 MTFDHBA512QFD	4498 Points +3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	4355 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	4274 Points -2%

ComputeMark v2.1
1024x600 Normal, Score
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	27740 Points +71%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	27554 Points +70%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	24877 Points +53%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	24877 Points +53%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	20805 Points +28%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	20322 Points +25%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	16223 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	16123 Points -1%
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 3DTex
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	2689 Points +97%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	2679 Points +96%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2557 Points +87%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	2346 Points +72%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2093 Points +53%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	2055 Points +51%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	1428 Points +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1364 Points
1024x600 Normal, Fluid 2DTexArr
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	2629 Points +100%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	2619 Points +99%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2358 Points +79%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	2270 Points +72%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	2030 Points +54%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	1995 Points +52%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	1375 Points +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	1316 Points
1024x600 Normal, Mandel Vector
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	5738 Points +44%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	5655 Points +42%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	5027 Points +26%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	4963 Points +25%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	4321 Points +8%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	4223 Points +6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	3986 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	3884 Points -3%
1024x600 Normal, QJuliaRayTrace
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	10536 Points +104%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) , R9 6900HX	10159 Points +97%
Minisforum NUCX i7 GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H	9615 Points +86%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	9534 Points +85%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-12900, Transcend M.2 SSD 2200S TS512GMTE220S	7835 Points +52%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060, i9-11900KB, Sabrent Rocket 4.0 500GB	7620 Points +48%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 6900HX, Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0	5157 Points
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G Radeon RX 6600M, R9 5900HX, ESO512GYLCT	5137 Points 0%

	Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3), AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3), AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	Intel Beast Canyon NUC, Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C), Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C, Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060, Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE, AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum NUCX i7, Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
SPECviewperf 12		-38%	2%	-37%	-43%	-31%	-32%	-40%	-45%	-34%
1900x1060 Solidworks (sw-03)	180	70.6 -61%	191 6%	69.8 -61%	71.6 -60%	82.3 -54%	79.4 -56%	73.3 -59%	105 -42% 105 -42%	68.6 -62%
1900x1060 Siemens NX (snx-02)	164	9.64 -94%	191 16%	9.64 -94%	8.75 -95%	12 -93%	11.7 -93%	9.83 -94%	36.2 -78% 36.2 -78%	11.1 -93%
1900x1060 Showcase (showcase-01)	129	147 14%	122 -5%	138 7%	113 -12%	165 28%	136 5%	117 -9%	98.4 -24% 98.4 -24%	138 7%
1900x1060 Medical (medical-01)	96.1	66.9 -30%	96.9 1%	68.1 -29%	40.9 -57%	49 -49%	57.2 -40%	49.2 -49%	44.1 -54% 44.1 -54%	55.7 -42%
1900x1060 Maya (maya-04)	159	193 21%	190 19%	203 28%	191 20%	200 26%	212 33%	196 23%	90.1 -43% 90.1 -43%	199 25%
1900x1060 Energy (energy-01)	31.4	13.3 -58%	29.5 -6%	13.4 -57%	10 -68%	13.1 -58%	12.8 -59%	10.6 -66%	2.13 -93% 2.13 -93%	12.1 -61%
1900x1060 Creo (creo-01)	107	57.2 -47%	102 -5%	57.4 -46%	49.4 -54%	61.5 -43%	59 -45%	56.9 -47%	86 -20% 86 -20%	55.4 -48%
1900x1060 Catia (catia-04)	207	110 -47%	240 16%	110 -47%	77 -63%	117 -43%	115 -44%	77.5 -63%	141 -32% 141 -32%	108 -48%
1900x1060 3ds Max (3dsmax-05)	204	128 -37%	154 -25%	129 -37%	201 -1%	213 4%	233 14%	214 5%	172 -16% 172 -16%	230 13%
SPECviewperf 13		-25%	3%	-26%	-38%	-15%	-21%	-35%	-39%	-23%
Solidworks (sw-04)	169	114 -33%	186 10%	112 -34%	104 -38%	114 -33%	111 -34%	107 -37%	127 -25%	104 -38%
Siemens NX (snx-03)	299	17.4 -94%	344 15%	17.3 -94%	15.8 -95%	21.9 -93%	20.9 -93%	17.7 -94%	64.2 -79%	20 -93%
Showcase (showcase-02)	129	148 15%	122 -5%	138 7%	113 -12%	165 28%	135 5%	117 -9%	98.5 -24%	138 7%
Medical (medical-02)	80.3	71.2 -11%	68.1 -15%	71.5 -11%	54.4 -32%	78.3 -2%	69.5 -13%	55.7 -31%	63 -22%	67.2 -16%
Maya (maya-05)	280	338 21%	326 16%	341 22%	262 -6%	367 31%	337 20%	281 0%	187 -33%	333 19%
Energy (energy-02)	43.5	25.9 -40%	41.5 -5%	26 -40%	13.7 -69%	28.2 -35%	25.5 -41%	13.7 -69%	2.05 -95%	24.5 -44%
Creo (creo-02)	221	221 0%	253 14%	222 0%	172 -22%	241 9%	225 2%	191 -14%	166 -25%	215 -3%
Catia (catia-05)	314	161 -49%	365 16%	161 -49%	104 -67%	171 -46%	163 -48%	107 -66%	211 -33%	155 -51%
3ds Max (3dsmax-06)	202	128 -37%	156 -23%	129 -36%	202 0%	213 5%	235 16%	207 2%	174 -14%	233 15%
Photoshop PugetBench		-9%		-12%					-2%
Filter Score	97.6	97.8 0%		98.9 1%					89.4 -8%
General Score	77	63.1 -18%		57.1 -26%					68.4 -11%
GPU Score	68	60.6 -11%		61.3 -10%					82.3 21%
Overall Score	873	805 -8%		780 -11%					789 -10%
Premiere Pro PugetBench		17%		14%					-19%	26%
GPU 0.9	33.9	45.7 35%		44.4 31%					30.2 -11%	52.3 54%
Live Playback 0.9	43.6	58.4 34%		57.6 32%					37 -15%	59.2 36%
Export 0.9	47.6	41.7 -12%		40.3 -15%					34.3 -28%	46.8 -2%
Overall Score 0.9	456	501 10%		490 7%					357 -22%	530 16%
Total Average (Program / Settings)		-14% / -21%	3% / 2%	-15% / -22%	-41% / -41%	-23% / -23%	-27% / -26%	-38% / -38%	-26% / -35%	-10% / -19%

3DMark 05 Standard		51445 points
3DMark 06 Standard Score		51434 points
3DMark Vantage P Result		78096 points
3DMark 11 Performance		26677 points
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3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score		53542 points
3DMark Fire Strike Score		21063 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme Score		10348 points
3DMark Time Spy Score		8295 points
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Gaming Performance

Due to the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, the pure gaming performance of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G is good, offering about the same speed as the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G. The faster SoC is unable to ensure a noticeably higher performance here. Compared to the Lenovo Legion 5 with the same graphics card, our test sample is very clearly ahead. The reason is the power consumption of the dedicated pixel accelerator, which is a maximum of 100 watts throughout with Minisforum.

When discussing the synthetic benchmarks, we already mentioned the option to connect an external graphics card via Thunderbolt. But in the pure gaming tests, the configuration using the Razer Core X and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti is unable to deliver a convincing performance. Unfortunately, the limited bandwidth of the external PCI Express connection is demanding its due.

On the other hand, the available performance of the AMD Radeon RX 6600M is still sufficient to bring most games to the screen smoothly in 1080p at maximum detail settings. At times, you can also play many games free from stutter in 1440p, so there's still some life left in the aging mobile graphics card.

GTA V - 1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	106 (6.46^min, 76.9^P1) fps +20%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	104.9 (4.3^min, 71.4^P1) fps +18%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	104 (4.33^min, 71.4^P1) fps +17%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	104 (4.33^min, 71.4^P1) fps +17%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	95.6 (6.11^min, 66.7^P1) fps +8%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	90.6 (18^min, 62.5^P1) fps +2%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	90.5 (15.8^min, 62.5^P1) fps +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	88.7 (3.84^min, 58.8^P1) fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	86.6 (3.43^min, 58.8^P1) fps -2%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (65.9 - 88.7, n=6)	78.6 fps -11%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	73.8 (17.6^min, 52.6^P1) fps -17%

The Witcher 3 - 1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+)
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	121 fps +37%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	105.5 (40.2^min, 65.7^P0.1, 83.1^P1) fps +20%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	104.1 (24.9^min, 51.1^P0.1, 81.2^P1) fps +18%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	91.3 (52.3^min, 64.5^P0.1, 77.1^P1) fps +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	88.2 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	88 (41.9^min, 48.7^P0.1, 72.5^P1) fps 0%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (75.4 - 88.2, n=6)	84 fps -5%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	81.3 (9.27^min, 52.3^P0.1, 66.2^P1) fps -8%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	58.6 fps -34%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	57.9 fps -34%

Far Cry 5 - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	132 (114^min) fps +26%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	122 (93^min) fps +16%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	120 (91^min) fps +14%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	119 (90^min) fps +13%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	117 (89^min) fps +11%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	111 (81^min) fps +6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	110 (87^min) fps +5%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	107 (72^min) fps +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	105 (82^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (86 - 110, n=6)	100 fps -5%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	86 (64^min) fps -18%

Far Cry New Dawn - 1920x1080 Ultra Preset
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	113 (86^min) fps +30%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	102 (72^min) fps +17%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	100 (67^min) fps +15%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	100 (71^min) fps +15%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	95 (66^min) fps +9%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	91 (65^min) fps +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	90 (63^min) fps +3%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	88 (63^min) fps +1%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	87 (62^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (67 - 91, n=4)	83.8 fps -4%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	67 (48^min) fps -23%

F1 2020 - 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	166.2 (136^min) fps +22%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	165.8 (134^min) fps +22%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	142 (114^min) fps +5%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	142 (114^min) fps +5%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	135.8 (102^min) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (128 - 135.8, n=4)	133 fps -2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	132.4 (98^min) fps -3%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	128 (95^min) fps -6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	88.4 (42^min) fps -35%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	82.4 (39^min) fps -39%

Dota 2 Reborn - 1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	147.1 (126^min) fps +35%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	147.1 (126^min) fps +35%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	135.6 (116.6^min) fps +24%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	133.9 (116.8^min) fps +23%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	129.7 (113.4^min) fps +19%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	114.6 (96.4^min) fps +5%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	113.3 (94.8^min) fps +4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	109.1 (90.2^min) fps
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	104 (83.4^min) fps -5%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (91.4 - 110.1, n=8)	100.9 fps -8%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	96.6 (75.3^min) fps -11%

Strange Brigade - 1920x1080 ultra AA:ultra AF:16
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	222 (155^min, 168^P1) fps +41%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	186.7 (103.5^min, 141.7^P1) fps +18%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	184.7 (56.8^min, 140.7^P1) fps +17%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	158 (106.9^min, 115.8^P1) fps
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	154 (58.1^min, 116^P1) fps -3%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	154 (58.1^min, 116^P1) fps -3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	151.8 (107^min, 110.3^P1) fps -4%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (138 - 158, n=6)	151.7 fps -4%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	151 (104^min, 109^P1) fps -4%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	129.8 (47.6^min, 78.4^P1) fps -18%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	127.4 (45.3^min, 77.9^P1) fps -19%

Borderlands 3 - 1920x1080 Badass Overall Quality (DX11)
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	100 fps +49%
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	98.8 fps +47%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	84.7 fps +26%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	84.7 fps +26%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	84.6 fps +26%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	77.3 fps +15%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	76.4 fps +14%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	67.3 fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	66.2 fps -2%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (59.9 - 67.3, n=5)	64.8 fps -4%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	64.5 fps -4%

Metro Exodus - 1920x1080 Ultra Quality AF:16x
Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) Intel Core i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	93.1 (45.73^min) fps +67%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	74.6 (38.33^min) fps +34%
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	74.6 (38.07^min) fps +34%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	65.3 (34.71^min) fps +17%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	62.3 (31.28^min) fps +12%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	59.8 (30.99^min) fps +8%
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (55.6 - 62.3, n=4)	59.8 fps +8%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	59.2 (34.14^min) fps +6%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	55.6 (36.32^min) fps
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	44.8 (19.64^min) fps -19%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	44.5 (19.47^min) fps -20%

F1 2021 - 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset + Raytracing AA:T AF:16x
Minisforum NUCX i7 Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	123.1 (104^min, 93^P1) fps +31%
Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C Intel Core i7-11800H, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	122.7 (104^min, 102^P1) fps +30%
Intel Beast Canyon NUC Intel Core i9-11900KB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	96.9 (83^min, 83^P1) fps +3%
Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 Intel Core i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	96.9 (83^min, 83^P1) fps +3%
Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE AMD Ryzen 5 5600H, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	95.9 (79^min, 73^P1) fps +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	95.8 (80^min, 80^P1) fps +2%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, AMD Radeon RX 6600M	94.2 (78^min, 72^P1) fps
Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M (80.9 - 95.9, n=5)	91.8 fps -3%
Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	43.8 (10^min, 19^P1) fps -54%
Minisforum Venus Series UM690 (Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti FE TB3) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX,	43.5 (10^min, 19^P1) fps -54%

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G + AMD Radeon RX 6600M

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA V (2015)	177.7	170.8	156.9	88.7	63.8	58.7
The Witcher 3 (2015)	347.7	262.4	146.1	88.2		44.1
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	147.6	132.7	123.2	109.1		79.2
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark (2018)	201	111.4	82		58.2	30.6
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	77.4	59.5	46.4			30.6
Far Cry 5 (2018)	133	116	112	105	90	44
Strange Brigade (2018)	390	226	181.5	158	101.3	52.8
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	138	120	114.2	103.2	69.5	33.6
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	115	100	96	87	83	49
Metro Exodus (2019)	207	105.6	77.2	55.6	47.6	28.7
Borderlands 3 (2019)	114.7	100.7	83.9	67.3	45.7	24.1
F1 2020 (2020)	298	235	204	135.8	99.7	54.5
F1 2021 (2021)	332	249	207	94.2	66.1	35.4
Far Cry 6 (2021)	125.3	101.2	92.2	91.7	68.6	15
Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)	119	117	116	115	100	58
Forza Horizon 5 (2021)	211	127	114	67	54	34
God of War (2022)	90.4	85.4	80.6	55.9	44.2	26.1
GRID Legends (2022)	186.8	169.8	138.4	116.3	89.6	52.5
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	183.4	143.4	93.1	72	48.1	25.1
F1 22 (2022)	224	222	181.1	40.8	25.2	11.8
The Callisto Protocol (2022)	122.5	89.3	56.3	56	39.4	22
Need for Speed Unbound (2022)	110.5	102.7	81.9	65.6	50.6	26.8
High On Life (2023)	198.3	151.6	108	85	48.6	19.8
The Witcher 3 v4.00 (2023)	149.3	120.5	106.2	90.2	57.7	29.5
Dead Space Remake (2023)	66.5	62.8	52.6	51.9	32.6	13
Hogwarts Legacy (2023)	100.3	88.1	68.6	52.8	36.9	20.5
Returnal (2023)	86	84	75	62	44	23
Atomic Heart (2023)	165.5	117.9	68.7	53.8	39.5	23
Company of Heroes 3 (2023)	123.2	110.6	86.1	83.9	60.6	34.9
Sons of the Forest (2023)	78.2	74.2	70.1	69.7	50.3	28
Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023)	115.2	87.8	77.7	52	36.9	21.6
The Last of Us (2023)	83.5	68.5	61	49.1	29.2	12.8
Dead Island 2 (2023)	193.8	169.6	129	119.3	76.2	35.3
Star Wars Jedi Survivor (2023)	66.3	58.1	54.1	50.7	30.9	14.9

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G + Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Razer Core X via Thunderbolt)

	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
GTA V (2015)	177.2	170.3	155.6	90.6	84.7	97.4
The Witcher 3 (2015)	212.8	146.6	112.7	58.6		63.3
Dota 2 Reborn (2015)	142.6	128.2	123.7	114.6		98
X-Plane 11.11 (2018)	112.1	98.2	79.1			68.5
Far Cry 5 (2018)	143	122	117	111	91	56
Strange Brigade (2018)	171	135.2	132.1	129.8	118.5	80.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider (2018)	120.2	93.8	92.5	89.5	78.5	50.5
Far Cry New Dawn (2019)	120	103	100	91	84	57
Metro Exodus (2019)	115.5	77.1	59.4	44.8	39.8	30.5
Borderlands 3 (2019)	122.1	109.2	91.7	77.3	61.4	37
F1 2020 (2020)	177.3	100.3	105	88.4	75.2	51.8
F1 2021 (2021)	116.9	89.3	57.1	43.8	40.7	34.7
Far Cry 6 (2021)	62.7	53.6	44	37.9	37.2
Guardians of the Galaxy (2021)	115	112	108	107	99	72
Forza Horizon 5 (2021)	97	62	57	36	34	25
God of War (2022)	99.7	88.4	74.8	58	52.6	38.1
GRID Legends (2022)	104.5	83.6	67.1	58.6	53.5	41.6
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022)	154.2	123.7	90	73.4	56.9	22.5
F1 22 (2022)	50	45.9	35.2	22.1	21	17
The Callisto Protocol (2022)	107.4	95.9	71	70.9	54.9	34.3
High On Life (2023)	143.5	113.8	89.5	79.3	53.4	22.1
The Witcher 3 v4.00 (2023)	110.7	94.2	85.9	75.4	65.2	45.8
Dead Space Remake (2023)	58.2	57.6	52.9	52.8	38.4	23.7

Emissions - Good cooling concept and not too loud

Noise Levels

The cooling unit of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G (Source: Minisforum)

The cooling of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G consists of a total of seven heat pipes and two large fans. Minisforum uses heat paste here for a perfect heat transfer from the SoC and GPU dies to the heat sinks. During idle operation, the system almost always runs very quietly and at 31.7 dB(A), almost silently. Under the load of the stress test, our measurement device reports barely more than 36 dB(A). Compared to a similarly equipped gaming laptop, this is significantly quieter, and our test unit is far from producing an annoying, high-frequency fan noise.

Noise Level

Idle		31.7 / 31.7 / 31.7 dB(A)
Load		32 / 36.2 dB(A)

	30 dB silent 40 dB(A) audible 50 dB(A) loud
min: , med: , max: Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance) environment noise: 30.5 dB(A)

	Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G R9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G R9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum NUCX i7 i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	Zotac Magnus One (ECM73070C) i7-10700, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	Intel Dragon Canyon NUC - RTX 3060 i9-12900, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060	Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE R5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M
Noise		2%	1%	-19%	-11%	-2%	-9%
off / environment *	30.5	30.3 1%	29.5 3%	30 2%	30.7 -1%	30.2 1%	25 18%
Idle Minimum *	31.7	30.4 4%	29.5 7%	33.58 -6%	32.7 -3%	30.2 5%	25 21%
Idle Average *	31.7	30.7 3%	29.5 7%		32.8 -3%	30.4 4%	25 21%
Idle Maximum *	31.7	30.7 3%	29.5 7%		32.8 -3%	30.8 3%	34.5 -9%
Load Average *	32	31 3%	32.8 -3%	44.25 -38%	41.7 -30%		51.1 -60%
Load Maximum *	36.2	36.6 -1%	40.8 -13%	48.72 -35%	45.4 -25%	45.1 -25%	51.3 -42%

* ... smaller is better

Temperatures

There are no problems at all with the case temperatures of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G. At a maximum of 77.5 °C (171.5 °F), the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX also doesn't get particularly hot and remains far from its thermal limit. However, things look slightly different with the dedicated graphics card, as we already saw previously in the Minisforum Neptune Sereis HX90G. Even though at 76 °C (169 °F), the chip itself isn't the problem, we see a very high temperature in the voltage converters at 102 °C (216 °F). The separate values are minimally better, if we torture the device with FurMark alone. We then only see 97 °C (207 °F), while it was still 103 °C (217°F) in the HX90G. The manufacturer appears to have slightly optimized the cooler here. During the stress test, which simulates an extreme scenario, the temperatures increase higher than in everyday operation, due to the extreme load on the CPU and GPU. We did not observe any throttling of the performance due to too high temperatures in our test unit.

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G during the stress test

Power Consumption

In the power consumption, most mini-PCs almost always have an advantage compared to regular desktop PCs, due to their efficient components. With a power consumption between 16.8 and 23.1 watts during idle operation, the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G is fairly efficient. Under full load during the stress test with Prime95 and FurMark, the power supply has to be able to deliver up to 262 watts. Since it is also rated at 262 watts, it is large enough to provide the device reliably with sufficient power. During the test, we encountered no problems at all with the supply of power.

Power Consumption

Off / Standby	0.75 / 0.68 Watt
Idle	16.8 / 19.4 / 23.1 Watt
Load	81.5 / 237 Watt


Key: min: , med: , max: Metrahit Energy Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.

	Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G R9 6900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G R9 5900HX, Radeon RX 6600M	Minisforum NUCX i7 i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	Zotac ZBOX Magnus EN173070C i7-11800H, GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	Lenovo Legion 5 15ACH6A-82NW0010GE R5 5600H, Radeon RX 6600M	Average AMD Radeon RX 6600M	Average of class Mini PC
Power Consumption		2%	-34%	-81%	2%	5%	44%
Idle Minimum *	16.8	17.8 -6%	28.2 -68%	31.3 -86%	10 40%	13.7 ?(9.1 - 17.8, n=6) 18%	9.8 ?(1.9 - 46.5, n=91, last 2 years) 42%
Idle Average *	19.4	17.9 8%	29.9 -54%	35.1 -81%	13.2 32%	16.6 ?(12.8 - 21.5, n=6) 14%	11.7 ?(1.9 - 63, n=90, last 2 years) 40%
Idle Maximum *	23.1	18.1 22%	36.2 -57%	41.6 -80%	15.6 32%	19.1 ?(15.1 - 24.4, n=6) 17%	14.7 ?(2.6 - 68.9, n=91, last 2 years) 36%
Load Average *	81.5	82.1 -1%	83.2 -2%	214 -163%	178 -118%	114.4 ?(77.2 - 190, n=6) -40%	51.9 ?(11.3 - 158.7, n=91, last 2 years) 36%
Load Maximum *	237	262 -11%	215.7 9%	231 3%	180 24%	197.8 ?(114.4 - 262, n=6) 17%	86 ?(18.1 - 271, n=91, last 2 years) 64%
Witcher 3 ultra *			167	193.5	181

* ... smaller is better

Power Consumption with External Monitor

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): Ø89.9 (87.1-105.7)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): Ø90.6 (84.1-98.7)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; 1280x720 FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): Ø174.2 (172.7-175.8)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; 1920x1080 The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): Ø161.7 (149.9-168.5)

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G; Idle 1min (external Monitor): Ø19.4 (16.9-23.1)

Pros

+ very good system performance

+ modern AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX with 8 cores and 16 threads

+ AMD Radeon RX 6600M with 8-GB VRAM

+ USB4 + Thunderbolt

+ robust case

+ relatively quiet even under load

+ up to 4 displays can be used concurrently (2x 4K@60Hz + 2x 8K@60Hz)

+ low DPC latencies

Cons

- no SD card reader

- slightly expensive (without rebates)

- via HDMI only 4K@60Hz

Verdict - A modern and compact gaming PC

Testing the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, test unit provided by Minisforum

With the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G, the manufacturer performs some product maintenance on its very compact gaming PCs. With the new AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, there is a fast SoC, even though it is unable to ensure a noticeable increase in the performance compared to the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX. Due to the compact construction, we see that as so often, laptop technology is also used here in these compact PCs. Usually this works very well, since the performance of the separate components has hugely increased in the last few years. With the native octa-core processor (AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX), there is sufficient performance, and in combination with the AMD Radeon RX 6600M, you can even enjoy the most current games. According to our tests, unlimited gaming is possible in 1080p and the highest detail settings.

Like the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G, the current HX99G model also uses an almost identical case. Visually, there are hardly any differences. However, if you look closely, you can see some differences on the back that are due to a modern variety of connections. There is now USB4 including Thunderbolt, which is only available in the HX99G in combination with the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX. This allows you to expand the spectrum of usage scenarios for the compact computer significantly. However, we still have a complaint here, since HDMI only allows for 4K@60Hz. On the other hand, you can also run two 8K displays at 60 Hz using USB4, or alternatively also use this port for 4K@144Hz. Due to the device class (gaming PC), we can get over the lack of a card reader.

The Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G is a stylish compact gaming PC for Full-HD gaming without compromises.

We also want to emphasize positively the low emission values of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G under load. The device is relatively quiet, even though there are two fans that blow the heat from the case. Our test unit was able to run through all our tests with a solid performance and without any larger missteps. In terms of the system performance, it is able to keep up with regular desktop PCs, and the gaming performance is also respectable due to the AMD Radeon RX 6600M.

The competitors of the Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G are primarily other inhouse devices such as the Minisforum Neptune Series HX90G or the Minisforum NUCXi7. But there are also some laptops that are able to compete with the HX99G, since with the Lenovo Legion 5, there is an attractive device with similar equipment for currently 1,380 Euros (~$1,481).

Price and Availability

The Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G is available directly in the online shop from Minisforum. There are currently still some attractive rebates for the presale. For example, you only have to pay $979 for our test unit, while the price without the rebate is $1219. The more affordable barebone model currently starts at $839. In the US, the HX99G is shipping starting in early March according to Minisforum.

Our test unit was provided at no cost by the manufacturer to the author for testing purposes. The test result was not influenced in any way, and the manufacturer did not receive any version of the review before its publication. There was no requirement for publication.

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G - 2023-02-06 02/06/2023 v7
Sebastian Bade

Chassis

84 / 98 → 86%

Connectivity

60 / 81 → 74%

Weight

68%

Games Performance

98%

Application Performance

97%

Noise

85%

Average

84%

90%

Mini PC - Weighted Average

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G review: Compact gaming PC with AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX and AMD Radeon RX 6600M also includes USB4 and Thunderbolt

Possible Competitors in Comparison

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G in detail

Case

Size Comparison

Connection Equipment

Communication

Accessories

Maintenance

Performance - AMDs Rembrandt SoC with a good performance

Test Conditions

Processor

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G in the Cinebench R15 Multi loop

System Performance

DPC Latencies

Storage Solution

Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8

Graphics Card

Gaming Performance

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G + AMD Radeon RX 6600M

Minisforum Neptune Series HX99G + Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (Razer Core X via Thunderbolt)

Emissions - Good cooling concept and not too loud

Noise Levels

Temperatures

Power Consumption

Power Consumption with External Monitor

Pros

Cons

Verdict - A modern and compact gaming PC

Price and Availability

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