ASUS NUC 16 PRO Intel Ultra x7 358H/ LPDDR5 32GB/ 1TB/ Win 11 Pro

ASUS NUC 16 Pro (RNUC16GDKX76C4N3) - Intel Core Ultra X7 358H / Arc B390 / 32GB LPDDR5x-9600 / 1TB SSD / Windows 11 Pro - 3 Years Onsite Local Warranty

A 0.7-litre business mini PC built on Intel's Panther Lake platform: a 16-core Core Ultra X7 358H, an Intel Arc B390 integrated GPU with 12 Xe-cores, 32GB of soldered LPDDR5x-9600, a 1TB NVMe SSD, and - unusually for this size - dual Intel 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet ports. 144 × 117 × 42 mm, 910 g, VESA bracket in the box.

A Copilot+ PC, which most mini PCs this size are not

Intel rates the NPU in the Core Ultra X7 358H at 50 peak TOPS, comfortably past the 40 TOPS Microsoft requires, and the 32GB of memory clears the 16GB minimum. If your organisation has a Copilot+ requirement in its hardware standard, this machine meets it. Copilot+ features are supported on Windows 11 Pro as well as Home.

Three AI engines, and it is worth knowing which does what

Panther Lake splits AI work across the CPU, the GPU and a dedicated NPU. Intel publishes 50 peak TOPS (INT8) for the NPU and 122 peak TOPS for the Arc B390 GPU. The NPU is the low-power one - it runs background inference such as Windows Studio Effects, live captions and Copilot+ features without draining the rest of the system. The GPU is the heavy lifter for local model inference, computer vision and anything batched. For an edge AI or inference deployment, the GPU figure is the one that matters; for always-on assistant features, the NPU is.

Dual 2.5GbE is the reason to choose this over a generic mini PC

Two independent Intel I226-V 2.5 Gigabit controllers, not one port and a USB dongle. That makes the NUC 16 Pro directly usable as a firewall, router, network appliance, edge gateway or segmented IoT/OT bridge - roles a single-NIC mini PC simply cannot fill. Both are Intel silicon, which matters for pfSense, OPNsense, Proxmox and VMware compatibility, and for enterprise imaging where Realtek NICs are a recurring nuisance.

Intel 18A silicon

The compute die is built on Intel 18A - Intel's first high-volume node using RibbonFET gate-all-around transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery - with the graphics die on TSMC N3E. Sixteen cores in three tiers: 4 performance cores, 8 efficient cores and 4 low-power efficient cores that handle background work at very low draw. Note that core count equals thread count: 16 cores, 16 threads, no Hyper-Threading. Size per-thread licensing against 16.

Fast memory, but soldered - decide the capacity now

32GB of LPDDR5x-9600 delivers considerably more bandwidth than the DDR5-5600 SO-DIMM configurations elsewhere in the NUC 16 Pro range, which is exactly what a 12 Xe-core integrated GPU wants, since it feeds from system memory. The trade-off is that it is soldered to the board and cannot be upgraded, ever. If you expect to need 64GB, buy the X9 388H 64GB variant instead; if you need user-upgradeable memory, the Core Ultra 7 356H and Ultra 5 325 models use SO-DIMMs. Ask SourceIT and we will price the alternatives beside this one.

Tool-less service, MIL-STD-810H, and fleet management

ASUS's "tool-less 2.0" chassis uses lever-action catches and spring-loaded hinges for one-hand access to the M.2 storage. Cooling is dual-exhaust CPU fans over multiple heat pipes. The chassis passes MIL-STD-810H, carries a Kensington lock slot and firmware TPM 2.0, and is managed through ASUS Control Center for remote monitoring and fleet control. Intel vPro is available on selected SKUs - confirm with SourceIT whether this configuration carries it before you build it into a management standard.

Four 4K displays from a 0.7-litre box

Two Thunderbolt 4 Type-C ports with DisplayPort 2.1, plus two HDMI 2.1 FRL outputs, drive up to four 4K displays. With the VESA bracket supplied in the box, that makes this a natural fit for signage controllers, kiosks, dealing desks and any multi-screen deployment where the PC needs to disappear behind the monitor.