AMD Ryzen AI mini PCs and NAS for local LLMs

Why choose this family: Ryzen AI Max: 128–192 GB of unified memory in an x86 mini PC or NAS. Ryzen AI 9: cheap boxes up to 96 GB.
The catch: Max runs at about 256–273 GB/s and Ryzen AI 9 at 90–120 GB/s: dense models over 30B (or 14B) feel slow.

In this family	Memory	Bandwidth	Largest popular model at 4-bit	Price
Ryzen AI Max+ 395	128 GB	256 GB/s	Qwen3.5 122B A10B	$2,200
Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495	192 GB	273 GB/s	Qwen3.5 122B A10B	$7,399
Ryzen AI 9 HX 370	96 GB	120 GB/s	Qwen3.5 122B A10B	—

Ryzen AI

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo)

Memory: 128 GB
Bandwidth: 256 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.5 122B A10B

128 GB of unified memory in a mini PC for less than a Mac Studio: the homelab favourite for MoE models.

from $2,200 (typical price)Highly recommended

Ryzen AI

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 (Gorgon Halo)

Memory: 192 GB
Bandwidth: 273 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.5 122B A10B

Strix Halo's successor with up to 192 GB (160 GB for the GPU): Qwen3 235B in a mini PC.

from $7,399 (typical price)For advanced users

Ryzen AI

AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 (Strix Point)

Memory: 96 GB
Bandwidth: 120 GB/s

Largest popular model at 4-bit: Qwen3.5 122B A10B

The mid-range Ryzen AI mini PCs and NAS: up to 96 GB of ordinary DDR5, fine for 8–30B models and small mixture-of-experts models, slow for big dense ones.

—Good budget option