Lenovo Yoga Mini Gen 11 2025, Core Ultra X7 385H, 32GB, 1TB SSD, Seashell

The Yoga Mini Gen 11 pairs 92nd percentile RAM with a 0.60kg body and 100W power draw, making it a standout productivity mini PC. Home office and developer scores of 80.1 and 78.4 confirm it's built for work, not play. The 18 out of 100 gaming score is the clearest signal that this machine has a very specific audience.

The RAM is the headline here. 32GB of DDR5 at the 92nd percentile means this machine handles multitasking like it's showing off. You can run Docker containers, a dozen Chrome tabs, Slack, and an IDE simultaneously without the system even flinching. The Core Ultra X7 385H with 16 cores at 3.4GHz sits at 72nd percentile, which translates to 'well above average' in our book. It's not going to beat a dedicated desktop CPU in raw rendering tasks, but for a mini PC pulling just 100W, the performance per watt is genuinely impressive.

The storage situation is solid at 73rd percentile. A 1TB NVMe SSD gives you fast boot times and quick app launches, though power users who juggle large media libraries might find themselves shopping for external drives sooner than they'd like. The integrated Intel Arc B390 with 16GB of VRAM is the weak link. At 63rd percentile it's fine for driving multiple 4K displays and handling light photo or video work, but the 18 out of 100 gaming score tells the real story. This is not a gaming machine, and no amount of AI-powered marketing speak changes that.

Against the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, the Yoga Mini Gen 11 wins on portability and RAM capacity at this price point, but loses badly on GPU performance and raw compute. The Mac Studio will run circles around it in video editing and 3D work, though you'll pay significantly more for that privilege. The HP OMEN GT22-3080 and ASUS ROG GM700 are gaming-focused machines that absolutely destroy the Yoga Mini in graphics performance, but they're full-size desktops that draw way more power and take up real desk space. The Dell Aurora Gaming sits in a similar camp. If you want a tiny productivity box that disappears behind a monitor, the Yoga Mini is the pick. If you want to play games or render 3D, every other competitor on this list is a better choice. The Horizon Pcs Autherium Dragon is the wildcard here, but without solid benchmark data on it, we can't make a fair call.

Pricing is a bit of a mixed bag depending on where you shop. In the US, you're looking at $1,700 for a single listing. In Germany, the spread is EUR 1,199 to EUR 1,349 across two listings, which is a EUR 150 gap worth paying attention to. If you're in the DE market, the EUR 1,199 listing is the obvious pick, same hardware, less money. At that price, you're getting 92nd percentile RAM and a strong productivity CPU in a form factor that most competitors can't match for portability. The value proposition hinges entirely on what you need it for. As a home office or dev machine, it earns its keep. As anything resembling a gaming rig, you're paying a premium for hardware that can't deliver.

The Lenovo Yoga Mini Gen 11 is a 0.60kg mini PC that packs a 16-core Intel Core Ultra X7 385H, 32GB of DDR5, and a 1TB NVMe SSD into something you could genuinely forget is on your desk. Our database puts the RAM at the 92nd percentile for this category, which means it's one of the best-equipped mini PCs you can buy right now. The CPU lands at a solid 72nd percentile, storage at 73rd, and port selection at 71st. Nothing here screams 'budget compromise' except maybe the integrated Arc B390 graphics, which sit at 63rd percentile and drag the gaming score down to a rough 18 out of 100.

For home office work, this thing scores 80.1 out of 100. Developers get a 78.4. The overall score of 78.7 tells you what this machine is: a productivity workhorse that will chew through spreadsheets, code compiles, and browser tabs without breaking a sweat. Just don't ask it to run Cyberpunk at anything beyond slideshow settings. The 100W PSU means it sips power compared to a full desktop, and the connectivity story is genuinely impressive for the size, Thunderbolt, DisplayPort, four USB-C ports, HDMI 2.1, Ethernet, and Wi-Fi 7 all crammed into a box that weighs less than a paperback novel.

Anyone with gaming or GPU-intensive workloads should look elsewhere. The 18 out of 100 gaming score and 63rd percentile GPU ranking are dealbreakers for that use case. Video editors working with 4K or 8K footage, 3D artists, and machine learning practitioners who need CUDA cores will find the integrated Arc B390 frustrating. The 1TB storage at 73rd percentile is also a limitation for media hoarders. If you're spending $1,700 or EUR 1,199 to EUR 1,349, you should be getting a machine that matches your actual workload, not one that forces you to compromise on graphics performance.

The Lenovo Yoga Mini Gen 11 is a specialized tool that nails its niche. With 32GB of RAM at the 92nd percentile and a home office score of 80.1, it's one of the best compact productivity machines we've seen. The 0.60kg weight and 100W power draw make it ideal for clean desk setups, small apartments, or anyone who values silence and space over raw graphical horsepower. The gaming score of 18 out of 100 is a clear boundary. If your workflow lives in browsers, code editors, spreadsheets, and video calls, this machine will serve you well. If you have any gaming ambitions or GPU-heavy workloads, look elsewhere. The data is unambiguous on that front.