MINISFORUM has introduced the Venus UM773 which is essentially a new version of the Venus UM690. For reference, the latter relies on the AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX, a 45 W APU with eight Zen 3+ clocked at 4.9 GHz. MINISFORUM, on the other hand, has his Ryzen 7 7735HS in the Venus UM773, which we can expect to upgrade the Ryzen 9 6900HX in a way. However, on the contrary, we see no obvious improvement from the Ryzen 9 6900HX.
Specifically, the Ryzen 7 7735HS utilizes the same volume of Zen 3+ CPU cores as the Ryzen 9 6900HX and an identical Radeon 680M iGPU. However, the Ryzen 7 7735HS has a TDP that is 10W lower than the Ryzen 9 6900HX and also clocks lower CPU and GPU cores. The UM773 also carries over the I/O of its predecessor, with four USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A ports, 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, two HDMI ports, and two USB Type-C ports.
So far, MINISFORUM has only listed the Venus UM773 on JD.com. Pricing and availability have yet to be revealed, so this machine may be far from a global release. MINISFORUM showcases the Venus UM773 as a barebones unit on his JD.com, but the company typically also sells his SKUs pre-configured with various RAM and storage options.
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