16 cores, 5.2 GHz, and 55 TOPS: Minisforum's newest AI workstation is mostly a massive upgrade to 192GB of memory - and that is not necessarily a bad thing
Minisforum's $7,399 MS-S1 MAX-P495 leads with 16 cores and 55 TOPS, but its 192GB of memory is the real story.
Minisforum has announced its newest AI workstation, the MS-S1 MAX-P495, which is available for pre-order at a price of $7,399. The workstation features a 192GB unified memory and a 2TB SSD, and it is expected to begin shipping in mid-October 2026. The CPU and NPU specifications are similar to those of the previous iterations, with 16 cores, 32 threads, and a clock speed boost of 100 MHz.
However, the most significant upgrade is the increased NPU performance by 10% to 55 TOPS. The real upgrade in the MS-S1 MAX-P495 is its memory, with a total of 192GB, 160GB for the GPU, and a 7% increase in bandwidth. This additional memory capacity allows the workstation to fit larger models, such as a 284B-parameter MoE model, on one box.
While the processor figures match AMD's own specification page, the memory upgrade is the most significant change in the machine. The MS-S1 MAX-P495 sells for $7,399 and is expected to begin shipping in mid-October 2026.
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