Lenovo ThinkCentre Neo 50q QC mini PC sports up to 32GB RAM and Snapdragon chip with 45 TOPS

The ThinkCentre Neo 50q QC was officially announced quite some time ago, but now it's finally available on some European markets and is being sold for prices starting at €647 at Lenovo Germany. The mini PC can be configured with 32GB instead of 16GB LPDDR5X RAM for an additional €70, which might be a good investment considering that the memory is soldered and can’t be upgraded after purchase.

The base configuration further includes a 256GB PCIe SSD, which can be upgraded to a 1TB module or upgraded with a secondary M.2 PCIe 4.0 SSD later on. WiFi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3 connectivity costs an additional €20, while a second DisplayPort and VGA port round off the optional upgrades in Lenovo’s configurator.

More importantly, this mini PC is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon X X1-26-100, which is an ARM-based chipset that’s compatible with Windows 11 but might have some issues with emulating certain x86 applications. That said, the processor has an integrated NPU for AI workloads and offers a performance of up to 45 TOPS.

The ThinkCentre Neo 50q QC measures around 7 x 1.4 x 7.2 inches and comes with one USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A port and one USB Type-C port on the front. On the back, there are two USB 2.0 and two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports, two USB Type-C ports, as well as an HDMI 2.1 port and DisplayPort 1.4a.