Why no mini PC with RTX5060?

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#320270 24-Jul-2025 16:15

I've been wondering - there are RTX5060 gaming laptops, so why aren't there comparable mini PCs? A mini PC is usually about 5cm thick, you can probably double it to fit a graphics chipset and a cooling system, so you'll get a 10cm thick mini PC. Still pretty compact, especially if you get a decent gaming experience out of it. So why hasn't anyone done it?

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#3396835 24-Jul-2025 16:29

A 5060 Mobile is less than half as powerful and consumes less than a third the power of a desktop 5060. The number indicates market segment, not performance. Same generally goes for desktop vs laptop CPUs.

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#3396839 24-Jul-2025 16:48

I Would assume market demand and use cases.

Moblie GPUs are not equalivilant to Desktop GPUs, so the smallest most people go are small form factor.

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#3396869 24-Jul-2025 19:31

SomeoneSomewhere:

A 5060 Mobile is less than half as powerful and consumes less than a third the power of a desktop 5060. The number indicates market segment, not performance. Same generally goes for desktop vs laptop CPUs.

Sure but that doesn't really answer the question. Mini pcs use laptop chips so there's not a real reason you couldn't use a laptop gpu.

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#3396901 24-Jul-2025 22:11

If it helps, Zotac have one coming soon that's close, it has a 5060 Ti laptop edition instead of a 5060. The Zbox Magnus EN75060TC and it should be about 20x20x6cm plus a laptop brick power supply on a cable.

It's got an Intel Core Ultra 7 255H (16-Core, 16-Thread, up to 5.1 GHz, 24MB Cache), ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB GDDR7, dual SODIM RAM slots (laptop style memory sticks), a couple of NVMe slots, Dual 2.5Gbps Ethernet, Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, 5 USB 3.2 Gen2 ports, 2 Thunderbolt 4 ports, 3 DisplayPort 2.1b ports and 1 HDMI 2.1b port.

Not a bad little box at all, but no price yet as far as I'm aware. I would be suspect it'll be over $3k and that doesn't include any storage, RAM or OS.

If their previous trend in releases continue, there may also be a 5070 and 5080 model coming at some point.

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#3396983 25-Jul-2025 10:24

SomeoneSomewhere:

A 5060 Mobile is less than half as powerful and consumes less than a third the power of a desktop 5060. The number indicates market segment, not performance. Same generally goes for desktop vs laptop CPUs.

I might be in a tiny minority, but I don't see it as an issue. If I can get gaming laptop performance on a mini PC, that's perfect for me. I just want to play Steam games without having to add a dedicated device for that. I've got a Lenovo Tiny that I think is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but it struggles to run even Tropico.

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#3396988 25-Jul-2025 10:28

LostBoyNZ:

If it helps, Zotac have one coming soon that's close, it has a 5060 Ti laptop edition instead of a 5060. The Zbox Magnus EN75060TC and it should be about 20x20x6cm plus a laptop brick power supply on a cable.

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If their previous trend in releases continue, there may also be a 5070 and 5080 model coming at some point.

Ooh, now we're talking. They seem to have removed any mention of it from their website (links from third party sites to Zotac are dead too), but it does look like something that might just do the trick for me.

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#3396992 25-Jul-2025 10:42

There is this, but its tiny-ness is somewhat debatable: https://www.techradar.com/pro/no-this-is-not-the-ps5-gaming-console-but-rather-a-mini-pc-that-supports-a-120w-geforce-rtx-5060-gpu

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#3397135 25-Jul-2025 17:38

Kookoo:

LostBoyNZ:

If it helps, Zotac have one coming soon that's close, it has a 5060 Ti laptop edition instead of a 5060. The Zbox Magnus EN75060TC and it should be about 20x20x6cm plus a laptop brick power supply on a cable.

...

If their previous trend in releases continue, there may also be a 5070 and 5080 model coming at some point.

Ooh, now we're talking. They seem to have removed any mention of it from their website (links from third party sites to Zotac are dead too), but it does look like something that might just do the trick for me.

I find Zotac are quite terrible with their Mini PC product launches, in terms of pricing and availability. It is odd it's gone from the website though. But if you're not in a rush for one, that could be a good choice at some point when it's actually out.

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