The company has no influence on this review and didn't receive any version of it before publication. For a machine like this, you'd definitely need more storage and I'd recommend going for at least 1 TB SSDs because 500 GB can fillup real quickly. The Zen 3+ cores are really doing amazing work in getting higher performance in a package of this size and that too with some real nice power figures. drive can be attached to the port on the opposite side of the SSD slot through a SATA III connector that's bundled within the accessories.

You won't need any tools to insert the UM690 into its sturdy stand, which (unlike the chassis) is made of aluminium and perfectly complements the overall look of the UM690 colour-wise.The computer managed to achieve good and stable transfer rates in a real-life test with our reference router (Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000). The AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX is a fantastic fit for the UM690 and can consistently deliver great performance without be held back by thermal limitations. You can connect up to three monitors to the UM690 at the same time– two via the HDMI ports on the back and one via the USB-C on the front. During my few short tests at 54W TDP, the power draw was identical to the 40W testing, so I’d lean towards the system being limited by the power brick. Mit diesen bahnbrechenden Verbesserungen bietet AMD Ryzen™ 9 6900HX eine Leistung, die Ihre Vorstellungskraft übersteigt.

Mit seinem platzsparenden Gehäuse passt das 127 x 128 x 47 mm große Gehäuse in eine Tasche und wiegt etwa 600 Gramm. The drive performs similarly well in the UM690 and is faster than the storage solutions in the rest of the comparison devices. The Mac went from 80GB of software, on the PCIe4, to 32GB of software, it shows how much code bloatware you can get, by accumulation.The performance was measured between the AMD Radeon 680M, AMD Vega 8 and Intel Iris Xe-LP integrated graphics. I can’t help but feel some performance was left on the table by the 120W power brick, but this size is quite the norm for this class. With this processor, UM560XT can easily handle multitasking and multimedia use, and offer decent graphic performance for games and content creation.

There was indeed a small performance drop after the fourth run, but it wasn't as severe as with the Minisforum Neptune Series NAD9, for example.

on the HM90, but considering I saw the HM90 routinely draw around 150W I would say that most likely the HM90 PSU was overbuilt compared to the UM690. Based on our measurements, the machine produced 34 dB(A) of noise under moderate load and didn't get much louder under full load at 34. The body measures 127 x 128 x 47 mm, the VESA mounter has a pitch of 100 x 100 mm, and a complete model with memory and SSD as standard equipment (OS pre-installed with Windows 11 Pro) is available in addition to the barebone kit. SSD features a heatsink which is very important since the limited space might make things hot within the chassis and the extra cooling on the SSD is definitely a plus. Even though Intel's Hades Canyon comes with a high-end Vega discrete GPU, it isn't part of the CPU itself and hence ends up much faster while consuming a lot more power.