Minisforum MS-01 i9 MS-01-i9

Built-in: do you even need an add-on?

Its Intel Iris Xe iGPU transcodes about 8 concurrent 4K streams (Plex/Jellyfin). It also runs Frigate detection via the iGPU (OpenVINO) - for most homelab use you don't need an add-on accelerator.

Estimates - curated and approximate; verify before buying.

Platform support

Watch out

Add-on accelerators that fit this box

A discrete GPU only fits boxes with a PCIe slot (and ≤75W); most mini PCs take a USB Coral or an M.2 Hailo instead.

Specs

CPU
Intel Core i9-12900H (14c)
PassMark
26,658
iGPU
Intel Iris Xe
iGPU SR-IOV
Yes - Intel gen 12+ (share across VMs)
NIC
Intel X710 + I226-V x4
NVMe slots
3
Max RAM
96 GB
TDP
45 W
Idle
30 W