Asus to release PN50 mini PC with AMD Ryzen 4000U processors

Asus has announced the PN50 in South Korea. This is a business-oriented mini PC that, unlike the existing PN60, does not come with Intel processors, but AMD Ryzen 4000 APUs.

Configurations of the PN50 barebone with Ryzen 3 4300U and Ryzen 5 4500U will appear in July, with variants with the Ryzen 7 4700U and Ryzen 7 4800U to follow in August. That writes the Korean Ilovepc on the basis of an online event of Asus and AMD.

The Asus PN50 has since appeared at Scandinavian web stores such as Dustinhome and Inet. Euro prices are also shown at the Finnish MProShop. The specifications quoted by the stores partly correspond to those of the Asus PN60 with Intel processor, except for a few upgrades in connections and connectivity.

The PN50 has HDMI, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet, two USB-C ports and three USB-A ports. The usb-c ports are of the type 3.1 gen2, with support for displayport 1.4. The PN50 could drive four 4k screens. The mini PCs also have an m2 port and a 2.5″ bay for storage. They support 802.11ax WiFi and Bluetooth 5.0. The dimensions are 115x115x49mm. AMD introduced its 7nm mobile Ryzen 4000 processors in January, based on the Zen 2 architecture, manufacturers often use low-power processors for mini PCs that are actually intended for laptops.