Asus has announced of Asus NUC 14 Pro AIThe first Copilot Plus-enabled AI mini PC that crams an Intel Core Ultra 9 processor into a form factor similar to a black M4 Mac Mini. First presented at IFA In SeptemberAsus is providing a bit more detail than before about the mini PC’s specs, but still isn’t saying when it will be available or how much it will cost.
The NUC 14 Pro AI will come in five CPU configurations, from a Core Ultra 5 226V processor with 16GB of integrated RAM to a Core Ultra 9 288V processor with 32GB of RAM. The company says it has up to 67 TOPS and 48 NPU TOPS of GPU performance, and that its M.2 2280 PCIe Gen 4 x 4 slot supports 256GB to 2TB NVMe SSDs.
It’s all packed into a PC that measures 130mm deep and wide and just 34mm tall; By comparison, the Mac mini is 127mm deep and wide and 50mm tall. Here are some pictures from the Asus website:
The Asus NUC 14 Pro AI features a fingerprint sensor on the top and a Copilot button on the front to speak voice commands to Microsoft’s AI assistant. Also on the front are two USB-A ports, a Thunderbolt 4 port, a headphone jack, and a power button. On the back, you’ll find a 2.5Gbps Ethernet jack, another Thunderbolt 4 port, two more USB-A ports, and an HDMI port. For connectivity, it has Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 features.
Asus has yet to say when the NUC 14 Pro AI will be available, nor how much it will cost.
