GMKtec EVO-X3 mini PC is coming with OCuLink support and a Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 variant packing 192GB of memory

GMKtec has revealed the EVO-X3, the follow-up to its well-received EVO-X2 Mini PC, and the company has also confirmed that a more powerful variant with AMD's upcoming Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 processor is coming later this year.

The EVO-X3 launches with the same AMD Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 chip as the EVO-X2, targeting users with similar performance needs. GMKtec is already preparing a more advanced variant featuring the Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 495 version, which includes 192GB of LPDDR5X memory. That expanded memory pool would enable up to 160GB of configurable VRAM, allowing it to run significantly larger AI models locally.

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Beyond the chip, the EVO-X3's most important IO upgrade over its predecessor is a native OCuLink port for external graphics card support. This port provides far greater bandwidth than the USB4 ports on the previous model.

The rest of the connectivity package includes Wi-Fi 7, USB 4, dual PCIe 4.0 storage drive bays, and ROCm software support. The EVO-X3 is also physically larger than the EVO-X2, taller but slimmer, with the additional height allowing for larger fans and better exhaust to improve thermal headroom.

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AMD confirmed the Ryzen AI MAX PRO 400 series in May, with systems from HP and Lenovo expected in Q3 2026. The chip remains on Zen 5 CPU cores and RDNA 3.5 graphics, making it a clock-bumped refresh of the current Strix Halo platform, rather than a new architecture. The main upgrades over the 395 include higher GPU clocks at 3.0GHz versus 2.9GHz, Radeon 8065S graphics, and expanded 192GB memory support.

Pricing has not been confirmed for either variant. The base EVO-X3 with the Ryzen AI MAX+ 395 is expected soon, while the 495 variant will follow later in 2026.