World's fastest mini PC doesn't run Windows 11 — $2,899 gets you a Core Ultra 9 CPU, 96GB of RAM, RTX 5090M, 2TB SSD, and yes, it is all about AI
The Olares One mini PC delivers desktop-grade components, substantial RAM, a high-end GPU, and SSD storage, emphasizing AI workloads and local processing.
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- Olares One mini PC houses desktop-class components, including a Core Ultra 9 CPU
- Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile delivers high-performance GPU acceleration for AI workloads
- Olares OS ensures AI tasks remain on-device for improved privacy, but Win11 incompatibility is sad
The Olares One mini PC is a small form factor device that houses desktop-grade components, including an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX CPU and 96GB of DDR5 RAM (2x48GB) running at 5600MHz.
This system includes an Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile graphics processor with 24GB of GDDR7 VRAM and targets AI computing workloads.
The hardware includes a 2TB NVMe SSD that supports PCIe 4.0, which allows local processing of large datasets and complex machine learning tasks.
System architecture and storage capabilities
Although the specifications suggest performance comparable to high-end workstations, the device uses Olares OS instead of Windows 11, which may limit compatibility with some traditional applications.
Olares One focuses on AI workloads and supports more than 200 preconfigured applications available for one-click deployment.
Local processing is the core design philosophy, which keeps AI tasks and data on the device and may improve privacy while reducing latency.
Benchmarks with large language models such as Qwen3-30B-A3B, GPT-OSS-20B, and Gemma3-12B show faster token generation rates.
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This performance is higher compared to other desktop machines at similar price points.
Performance scaling across concurrent users remains uneven, with output declining as more models run at the same time.
For connectivity, the device features Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4, a Thunderbolt 5 port, and RJ45 Ethernet at 2.5Gbps.
It also includes USB-A ports and HDMI 2.1, which offer flexible interfaces for peripherals and displays.
The mini PC also targets creative professionals by supporting accelerated image and video generation through dedicated GPU cores and large VRAM capacity.