Minisforum Teases Next-Gen UM790 & UM780 Mini PCs With AMD Phoenix APUs

Minisforum has teased its next-gen Venus UM790 & UM780 Mini PCs which will feature AMD's new Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix" APUs.

Minisforum made the teaser announcement through its Twitter feed and based on the image, it looks like we will once again get a compact & sleek design with more powerful hardware. AMD's Ryzen 7040 "Phoenix" will be powering the next-gen Minisforum Mini PCs and will be hitting the retail segment in the coming months.

Starting with the teaser image itself, we can see a range of I/O including two USB4 (Type-C)ports, four USB 3.2 Gen2 (Type-A) ports, a 2.5GbE LAN port, dual HDMI 2,1 outputs, and a 19V DC power connector. The Venus UM790 & UM780 Mini PC will feature a sleek metallic design with exhaust vents on the sides & also the back to vent out hot air.

The internals are the more interesting part as the Minisforum UM790 & UM780 Venus Mini PCs are equipped with AMD's Phoenix APU under the Ryzen 7040 series. These Mini PCs would adopt AMD Ryzen 9 7940H/HS and Ryzen 7 7840H/HS chips.

The final specs are yet to be decided but the Mini PCs will provide up to 8 Zen 4 cores, 16 threads, up to 5.2 GHz boost clocks, and integrated Radeon 780M iGPU with RDNA 3 graphics. The iGPU is great for playing AAA games while being compact & super efficient. Being efficient will also lead to cooler operation and on that front, the Minisforum solution will adopt an active-cooling solution. It will also come with 100W PD support.

Prices and availability are yet to be confirmed but expect these models to cost similar to current Ryzen 6000-based solutions. Furthermore, we have been told that the company will showcase the Venus Mini PCs at Computex 2023 so we can definitely learn more details in just a few days. The Minisforum UM790 & UM780 Venus Mini PCs will be among the many solutions coming later this month with the new AMD Phoenix APUs.