Chuwi is a pretty decent brand of competent mini PCs which have received positive reviews. The brand's latest offering, the AuBox mini PC, combines a powerful AMD APU with an attractive design that is not only commendably compact, but also quite premium looking. The product measures 15 x 15 cm with a height of only 4.5 cm that gives it a genuinely sleek appeal, unlike other mini PCs available on the market which are going for a somewhat tall form factor ever since the M4 Mac Mini has hit the scene. At its core, the AuBox is powered by the Ryzen 7 8745HS APU with eight Zen 4 cores and sixteen threads. Apart from not having an NPU, the 8745HS is basically a slightly down clocked version of the Ryzen 7 8845HS that results in a 6-7% performance drop in synthetic benchmarks.

That said, the APU is plenty performant for the vast majority of workloads that are likely to be thrown its way, provided that they are not overly demanding GPU-wise, since the compact AuBox mini PC lacks discrete graphics, which is hardly out of the ordinary for mini PCs. The integrated RDNA 3-based Radeon 780M iGPU with 12 CUs is perfectly potent for lightweight tasks, however, and entry-level gaming with modest settings should not be much of a hassle either. The AuBox ships with 12 GB of DDR5-5600 memory, which can be upgraded to a healthy 64 GB down the road courtesy of user-accessible SODIMM slots.The pre-configured 512 GB of storage is also upgradeable, thanks to the system's dual M.2 2280 slots that can accomodate up to 2 TB. In terms of ports and connectivity, the AuBox does not disappoint, boasting dual USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, dual USB 2.0 Type-A, USB4, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, as well as an audio jack. Networking enthusiasts will be pleased to note that the AuBox mini PC sports dual 2.5G Ethernet ports as well, and wireless connectivity is taken care of by Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.1. The mini PC is not available globally as of this writing, nor do have any pricing-related information. That said, details regarding availability and price should arrive eventually.