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(Image credit: Acemagic ) Share Share by: Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Flipboard Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google A Chinese device maker is teasing a new mini PC inside a chassis that bears more than a passing resemblance to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Acemagic’s blog and social media share images and a handful of specs for this AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 machine, which it has dubbed the Retro X5 . The maker characterizes this mini PC as “an all-in-one solution created to simplify classic gaming,” which makes us wonder if it will come with Batocera Linux, SteamOS, or another non-Windows OS/UI.
Retro vibes. Modern mini PC.ACEMAGIC Retro X5 brings classic-inspired design to today’s desktop, compact, clean, and built to evolve.Which classic would you revisit first?#ACEMAGIC #retrogames #MiniPC #Retro #AIPC pic.twitter.com/XC6ERlf2Ah December 30, 2025
We don’t know a lot about the hardware inside the Acemagic Retro X5 as yet. The Ryzen AI 9 HX 370 inside is a capable processor, though. It features a 4x Zen 5 performance cores and 8x Zen 5c efficiency cores for a total of 12 cores and 24 threads, running at up to 5.1GHz. Onboard is a decent iGPU in the shape of the Radeon 890M (RDNA 3+). This packs in 16 CUs and runs at up to 2.9 GHz. There’s an XDNA 2 NPU with 50 TOPS, too.
If we are thinking about PC gaming with this processor, it should easily overshadow the Steam Deck . However, you will be targeting higher resolutions on a desktop. Also, as a mini PC, the HX 370 should run without the thermal constraints typically experienced in handheld or laptop designs. Thus, the Retro X5 might push this processor to the upper part of the processor’s configurable 15-54W TDP range.
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- https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/SPONSORED_LINK_URL
- https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/mini-pcs/nes-a-like-mini-pc-brings-modern-chips-to-the-classic-nintendo-case-design-ryzen-ai-9-cpu-radeon-890m-igpu-should-make-it-a-decent-all-round-system#main
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