GMKtec EVO-T2

What it is

GMKtec’s Panther Lake mini. Intel Core Ultra X7 358H on Intel 18A: 16 cores / 16 threads (4 P-cores to 4.8 GHz, 8 E-cores to 3.5 GHz, 4 low-power E-cores to 3.3 GHz), 18MB cache. Arc B390 iGPU with 12 Xe-cores at up to 2.5 GHz, rated 122 TOPS INT8, plus an NPU rated up to 50 TOPS. 64GB onboard LPDDR5X-8533. Two M.2 2280 slots (one PCIe 5.0 ×4, one PCIe 4.0 ×1). Windows 11 Pro preinstalled; GMKtec lists Ubuntu / Linux support. Chassis is 154 × 151 × 73.6 mm, about 2.3 kg, vapor chamber plus dual fans.

Who it is for

People who want a quiet, shipping x86 desk box for 8B–32B-class local models, OpenVINO / Intel stacks, and fast networking, at about a third of the ticket of this line’s 192GB EVO-X5 Pro. Wrong if you need 70B at a usable speed, CUDA, or more than 64GB ever: the memory is soldered and there is one SKU.

What it actually runs

• Comfortable: 8B–14B, and quantized 24B–32B dense, on the Arc iGPU or CPU with room left for context.
• Possible: a quantized 70B fits in 64GB, but at ~136 GB/s theoretical it is a slow read, not a daily driver. MoE models with small active parameters fare better than dense 70B.
• Not the win: anything over ~50GB of weights, training, CUDA-only stacks, or matching the 128GB EVO-X2 / Spark class on capacity.

Standout details

• Price snapshot 26 Oct 2026, GMKtec US store: 64GB + 1TB PCIe 4.0 SSD $2,399.99; 64GB + 853GB Phison aiDAPTIV+ AI SSD (PCIe 5.0) $2,599.99. Both listed in stock. The page carries a “price increase coming soon” banner.
• Only the Ultra X7 358H is sold on the page today, although the product title also names the X9 388H.
• Bandwidth: Intel ARK lists two memory channels; at the 8533 MT/s GMKtec ships, a 128-bit LPDDR5X bus works out to ~136 GB/s theoretical. GMKtec publishes no figure. That is roughly half the ~256 GB/s of the Strix Halo cubes, and decode speed follows bandwidth.
• The AI SSD is Phison aiDAPTIV+ (768GB + 85GB). GMKtec’s “up to 40x faster local LLM performance” is vendor copy, not something we measured; it is not extra memory bandwidth.
• Rear: OCuLink (PCIe 4.0 ×4, no hot swap) for an eGPU, 10G + 2.5G RJ45, HDMI 2.1, DP 1.4, USB4. Front: a second USB4 (both USB4 ports accept 100W PD input), 2× USB 3.2 Gen2, USB 2.0, audio. Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4.
• Intel rates the 358H at 25W base, 80W max turbo; GMKtec runs it at 35 / 45 / 54W modes with a 60W peak.
• One-year warranty and a 7-day return window on the GMKtec store.

Honest verdict

Buy the EVO-T2 if you want a shipping Intel mini with 64GB, dual 10GbE + 2.5GbE and an OCuLink escape hatch, and 8B–32B models are the job. Skip the $200 AI SSD unless you have a workload for aiDAPTIV+. If 70B is the job, the 128GB EVO-X2 or Framework Desktop has twice the memory and roughly twice the bandwidth. If you need CUDA, shop Spark.