Minisforum MS-S1 Max vs Beelink GTR9 Pro for local AI

Beelink GTR9 Pro should generate tokens faster (more memory bandwidth). Both fit the same model sizes. Minisforum MS-S1 Max is cheaper right now by $470.00.

Minisforum MS-S1 Max

Minisforum MS-S1 Max

Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB / 2TB

Check price at Minisforum
Beelink GTR9 Pro

Beelink GTR9 Pro

Ryzen AI Max+ 395, 128GB / 2TB

Check price at Beelink

Specs

Minisforum MS-S1 MaxBeelink GTR9 Pro
StockAvailablePre-order
Lowest price$3,879$4,349
Memory128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 unified128 GB LPDDR5X-8000 unified
Usable for models (est.)~96 GB~96 GB
Bandwidth256 GB/s256 GB/s
SoftwareROCm / VulkanROCm / Vulkan
Price per GB$30.30$33.98

Model by model (4-bit)

ModelMinisforum MS-S1 MaxBeelink GTR9 Pro
Qwen3.5 9B
Fits~28 tok/s
Fits~28 tok/s
Gemma 4 12B
Fits~21 tok/s
Fits~21 tok/s
GPT-OSS 20B
Fits~80 tok/s
Fits~80 tok/s
Gemma 4 26B-A4B
Fits~67 tok/s
Fits~67 tok/s
Qwen3.8 27B
Fits~9 tok/s
Fits~9 tok/s
GLM-4.7-Flash 30B-A3B
Fits~84 tok/s
Fits~84 tok/s
Gemma 4 31B
Fits~8 tok/s
Fits~8 tok/s
Qwen3.6 35B-A3B
Fits~84 tok/s
Fits~84 tok/s
Llama 3.3 70B
Fits~4 tok/s
Fits~4 tok/s
Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B
Fits~84 tok/s
Fits~84 tok/s
Llama 4 Scout 109B-A17B
Fits~15 tok/s
Fits~15 tok/s
GPT-OSS 120B
Fits~57 tok/s
Fits~57 tok/s
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B
Fits~21 tok/s
Fits~21 tok/s
Qwen3.5 122B-A10B
Fits~25 tok/s
Fits~25 tok/s
Qwen3 235B-A22B
Won't fit
Won't fit
Muse Spark Open 816B-A42B
Won't fit
Won't fit

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