The BEST AI Mini PC That One Upped Apple? AMD Strix Halo Beelink GTR9 Pro

ServeTheHome October 11, 2025
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Looking like a smaller Apple Mac Studio, the Beelink GTR9 Pro packs the powerful AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 processor (Strix Halo) along with 128GB of LPDDR5X memory and dual 10Gbase-T networking. Is this the best AI mini PC out there right now? We take a look. STH Main Site Article: https://www.servethehome.com/beelink-gtr9-pro-review-amd-ryzen-ai-max-395-system-with-128gb-and-dual-10gbe/ Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ STH Top 5 Weekly Newsletter: https://eepurl.com/dryM09 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find The Unit We Purchased Note we may earn a small commission if you use these links to purchase a product through them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Beelink on Amazon (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4q2akYJ - GMKtec on Amazon (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/4eUVv4T - 8TB SSD for it on Amazon (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/44rLRmN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Become a STH YT Member and Support Us ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Join STH YouTube membership to support the channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6J_jJa8GJqFwQNgNrMuww/join Professional Users Substack: https://axautikgroupllc.substack.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Where to Find STH ---------------------------------------------------------------------- STH Forums: https://forums.servethehome.com Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ServeTheHome Follow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/servethehome-com/ Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ServeTheHome/ Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/servethehome/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Other STH Content Mentioned in this Video ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - GMKtec: https://youtu.be/BTIUL-yaY4s ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Timestamps ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Introduction 01:18 External Hardware Overview 05:26 Internal Hardware Overview and Strix Halo 09:01 Performance and AI workloads like Llama and gpt-oss 120B 12:10 Power Consumption and Noise 12:52 Key Lessons Learned 14:32 Intel E610 Issue

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