GEEKOM A9 Max AI
Our Verdict
GEEKOM's flagship replaces the IT15 - Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 86 TOPS, Radeon 890M, 32GB DDR5, 2TB NVMe, Wi-Fi 7 and a 3-year warranty.
Why it's number one: Leads on Performance and Connectivity with the only 12-core HX-class chip, dual USB4 and Wi-Fi 7 here; two reviews of the 2026 HX 470 edition average 4.25/5 (TechRadar 4.5, Tom's Guide 4) and owners rate it 4.3 stars from 236 reviews.
The A9 Max is GEEKOM's current flagship and the machine that takes over from the IT15 at the top of this list. The AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 pairs 12 cores and 24 threads with a dedicated NPU for a combined 86 TOPS, which makes this a genuine Copilot+ PC and, more usefully, a box that will run local LLMs and Stable Diffusion without pinning the CPU. The Radeon 890M graphics are the real step up over the Intel Arc silicon in the old IT15: 16 RDNA 3.5 compute units put 1080p gaming in Cyberpunk 2077 and Baldur's Gate 3 genuinely within reach, and FSR gives you headroom on top. Memory is 32GB of socketed DDR5 upgradeable to 128GB, and the 2TB PCIe 4.0 SSD can be extended to 4TB across two M.2 slots. Connectivity is the most complete in this category - dual USB4 at 40Gbps with power delivery and display output, five USB-A 3.2 Gen2, dual HDMI 2.1, dual 2.5GbE, an SD 4.0 reader, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. The IceBlast cooling keeps it quiet in Balanced mode and the all-metal chassis still fits behind a monitor. It is the most expensive pick here, and the 3-year GEEKOM warranty is a large part of why we think it is worth it.
Owners is the 4.3★ Amazon AU rating from 480 reviews, weighted toward the category average when there are few. Critics averages 2 published reviews. Tick marks show the category average.
How we scored it
Each measure is marked against the category's rubric, where 10 is the best you can buy, 8 is strong, 6 is basic but sound and 4 falls short. The bars show that mark on the Top7 scale (a 6 reads as 7.0, an 8 as 8.5); the notes quote the rubric mark.
- Performance 10.0 (rubric 10): Ryzen AI 9 HX 470, 12 cores with Radeon 890M, 32GB DDR5 and 2TB; TechRadar found no notable thermal throttling and Tom's Guide said it never slowed down in a month of daily use.
- Connectivity 10.0 (rubric 10): Dual USB4 with display output, dual 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 7, dual HDMI 2.1 and an SD 4.0 reader; TechRadar and Tom's Guide both singled out the port selection.
- Build 8.9 (rubric 8.5): All-aluminium case. Tom's Guide found IceBlast 3.0 kept the fan silent in daily use, but TechRadar says the fans kick in under sustained CPU and GPU load and it is not for a quiet room.
Critic scores: Tom's Guide 4/5 · TechRadar 4.5/5
Pros
- + Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 with 86 TOPS - runs local LLMs and image generation comfortably
- + Radeon 890M is a real 1080p gaming GPU, not just a display adapter
- + Dual USB4, dual 2.5GbE, Wi-Fi 7 and a 3-year warranty
Cons
- − Easily the priciest mini PC here
- − 32GB ships as either 1x32GB or 2x16GB - the single-module units lose a little iGPU performance
- − Fan is clearly audible in Performance mode






