GEEKOM A9 Mega GMA9MEGAAIMAX+395-1282-US 2025, Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB, 2TB SSD, Silver

The GEEKOM A9 Mega packs a top-tier CPU and an absurd 128GB of RAM into a tiny box. Gaming performance is its Achilles heel, scoring just 17.4 in our database. Worth it for developers and AI tinkerers, but skip it if you want to game.

The CPU is a monster. Top of the charts territory, right up there with the best desktop chips we've tracked. The 128GB of DDR5 is overkill for most people, but if you're running local AI models or heavy virtual machines, it's a genuine differentiator. The 2TB SSD lands in the upper tier too. The weak link is graphics. The Radeon 8060S sits around the 70th percentile, which means it's fine for everyday work and light creative tasks, but it falls flat when you push real gaming loads. The vapor chamber cooling does its job, keeping things quiet under sustained 65W+ loads, but quiet doesn't equal fast when the GPU is the bottleneck.

Stacked against the Apple Mac Studio M5 Max, the A9 Mega holds its own on CPU and RAM but loses badly on GPU performance and build reliability. The Lenovo Legion Tower 7i Gen 10 and HP OMEN GT22-3080 are traditional towers that will absolutely crush this thing in gaming, though they're much bigger and draw more power. The Dell Aurora Gaming sits in a similar spot, more gamer-focused, less compact. If you want a tiny workstation for AI tinkering or development, the A9 Mega makes sense. If you want to play Cyberpunk 2077 at high settings, buy a tower.

Here's where it gets tricky. The price spread across US listings runs from $2,999 to $3,650. That's a $651 gap for the same machine. Shop around before you buy, because paying the high end of that range is a bad deal. At the low end, you're getting a lot of compute power in a tiny package, but you're also paying a premium for the form factor. A traditional desktop tower with similar CPU performance and an actual dedicated GPU would cost less and game better. You're paying for the miniaturization and the RAM ceiling, not the graphics.

The GEEKOM A9 Mega is a mini PC that refuses to act like one. You get a 16-core Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB of RAM, and a 2TB SSD stuffed into a 1.5kg box. That RAM figure is literally the best we've ever seen in this category, and the port selection is ridiculous for something this size.

But here's the thing. The gaming score in our database is a 17.4 out of 100. That's not a typo. For a machine marketed with AAA gaming claims, that's a rough look. The integrated Radeon 8060S is decent for an iGPU, but it's not touching a dedicated RTX 4070 laptop GPU in most real-world scenarios, marketing slides notwithstanding.

Skip this if you're a gamer. The 17.4 gaming score is one of the worst we've seen for a machine at this price point, and you can get dramatically better frame rates from a traditional tower with a dedicated GPU for less money. Also skip it if reliability is a top concern, the 11th percentile score in our database is a red flag.

This is a niche machine for a niche buyer. Developers, AI hobbyists, and anyone who needs massive RAM in a small footprint will love it. The 128GB ceiling is unmatched in this form factor, and the CPU is genuinely excellent. But the gaming marketing is misleading, and the reliability score in our database is concerning. Buy it for the compute density, not the frame rates.