Lenovo ThinkCentre Neo Ultra Gen 2 (Intel) Tiny Luna Grey 2025

The port selection is in the 97th percentile, which is basically unmatched for a mini PC. The RTX 5060 gives it solid gaming and creative chops, landing in the 75th percentile for GPU performance. Owners love the quiet operation and build quality, making this a tiny desktop that's easy to recommend if the $1899 price fits your budget.

Under the hood, the 14-core Core Ultra 5 235 vPro processor keeps things snappy for business and development work, sitting well above average in our database. It's not going to set any render records, but for compiling code or crunching spreadsheets, it's more than capable. The real surprise is the RTX 5060 with 8GB of GDDR7. It pushes this mini PC into 'actually usable for gaming and creative work' territory, outperforming most integrated graphics solutions you'd normally find in this form factor. Just don't expect it to be an AI inference beast, that's its weakest spot by a mile.

Stacked against the Apple Mac Studio M4 Max, the Lenovo gets absolutely smoked in raw CPU and GPU muscle, but it fights back with that 97th percentile port selection and a lower entry price. The HP OMEN GT22-3080 is a traditional tower that will out-gun it in gaming, but it's a giant box by comparison. The Dell Tower ECT1250 and ASUS ROG G700 are similar stories, more power but way more desk presence. If you need a tiny, quiet, well-connected machine that can still game, the Neo Ultra carves out a unique niche none of these competitors really touch.

At $1899, you're paying a premium for the engineering that crams this much power into a 3.6kg box. The value proposition hinges on whether you need the space savings and port selection. If you do, the price per performance ratio is actually solid, especially since owners rave about the value for money. You're getting a capable discrete GPU and vPro-level CPU in a package that disappears on a desk, and that's what the cash is for.

The Lenovo ThinkCentre Neo Ultra Gen 2 is a tiny desktop that punches well above its weight class in connectivity, landing in the 97th percentile for ports. That means you get Thunderbolt, dual HDMI 2.1, and a pile of USB-A and USB-C ports, which is frankly ridiculous for a box this small. The Core Ultra 5 235 and RTX 5060 combo puts its CPU and GPU performance in the 78th and 75th percentiles respectively, so it's a strong performer, not just a port hub.

If you're doing serious AI model training or local LLM work, look elsewhere. The AI performance score is a disappointing 42.4, one of the weakest areas for this machine. You'd be much better served by something with a beefier GPU and more VRAM. Also, if you need tons of fast local storage, the 512GB NVMe drive in the 43rd percentile is going to feel cramped fast, and you'll be shopping for external drives on day one.

The ThinkCentre Neo Ultra Gen 2 is a niche masterpiece. It's not the fastest, and it's not the cheapest, but it's one of the most well-connected and surprisingly capable tiny desktops we've seen. The 97th percentile port ranking is the headline, backed by a GPU that lets you actually play games or edit photos after work. If you value desk space and silence as much as performance, this is a data-backed winner.