HP Z2 Mini G1a / MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US

HP Z2 Mini G1a: BN8F0UA#ABA · Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 · 128 GB / 4 TB

MSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US: A8NVL-484US (US): Ryzen 7 8700F, desktop RTX 5060 8 GB, 16 GB DDR5, 2 TB NVMe, Windows 11 Home, black; MSI keyboard and mouse in the box. Codex Z2 versions with RTX 5060 Ti or 1 TB, and the Intel-based Codex R2, are separate models.

SpecificationHP Z2 Mini G1aMSI Codex Z2 A8NVL-484US
Release year20252025
Announcement6 January 2025; model family HP—
Operating systemWindows 11 Pro HP—
ProcessorAMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395; 16 cores / 32 threads; up to 5.1 GHz; 64 MB L3 HPAMD Ryzen 7 8700F; 8 cores / 16 threads, 4.1–5.0 GHz, 65 W

A Zen 4, 4 nm, AM5-socket processor with 8 MB L2 + 16 MB L3 cache. It has no integrated graphics, so video comes from the graphics card. AMD lists an AI engine of up to 16 TOPS.

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GraphicsIntegrated AMD Radeon 8060S HPNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (desktop), 8 GB GDDR7, 128-bit; 3840 CUDA cores; 145 W total graphics power

Figures are for NVIDIA’s reference design; the board partner card may differ in clock speed. It supports DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. The laptop RTX 5060 is a different power class.

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Memory128 GB LPDDR5x; onboard

CPU and GPU share this capacity; there are no plug-in DIMM memory slots.

HP		16 GB DDR5

AMD lists DDR5-5200 with one or two modules per channel and up to 256 GB for the Ryzen 7 8700F. The sheet does not state how many modules are installed.

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GPU memory allocationUp to 96 GB of the 128 GB can be allocated to the GPU

This is not 128 GB plus another 96 GB; it leaves less for the OS and applications.

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Storage4 TB HP Z Turbo Drive PCIe Gen4 M.2 SSD HP—
SSD slots2 × M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 ×4

The 4 TB total here does not mean both slots are empty.

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Side USB and audio1 × USB-C 10 Gbit/s with DisplayPort 2.1 / PD; 1 × charging USB-A 10 Gbit/s; 3.5 mm combo jack HP—
Rear high-speed USB2 × Thunderbolt 4 USB-C, 40 Gbit/s, DisplayPort 2.1 / PD; 2 × USB-A 10 Gbit/s HP—
Other rear connections2 × USB-A 480 Mbit/s; 2 × Mini DisplayPort 2.1; 1 × RJ-45

Optional Flex I/O choices do not establish standard HDMI or 10 Gb Ethernet on this model.

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WirelessMediaTek MT7925, Wi-Fi 7 (2×2); Bluetooth 5.4 HP—
Power supplyInternal 300 W; no external power brick HP—
Body dimensions3.4 × 6.6 × 7.9 inches (width × depth × height); vertical orientation HP—
WeightStarting at 5.07 lb; configuration-dependent HP21.3 lb (about 9.7 kg) MSI
Memory and servicingProcessor and memory are included in the system-board assembly; SSDs are separate service parts HP—
Internal audio2 W mono speaker; Realtek ALC3205-VA2-CG HP—
Video outputs—1 × HDMI 2.1; 3 × DisplayPort (on the graphics card)

Because the CPU has no integrated graphics, the monitor must be connected to the graphics card ports, not the motherboard.

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Chipset—AMD B650

AM5 platform; AMD supports this processor on several chipsets including B650 and X670/X870.

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Storage and expansion—2 TB M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4 SSD; 2 × M.2 and 4 × SATA 6 Gbit/s connections in total

The second M.2 slot and SATA connections allow an extra SSD or drive to be added.

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Power supply and cooling—650 W 80 PLUS Gold; air CPU cooler

NVIDIA recommends at least 550 W system power for the desktop RTX 5060; 650 W leaves headroom above that.

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Front panel—1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C; 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A; microphone and headphone jacks

USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 allows up to 20 Gbit/s with compatible external SSDs.

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Rear panel—3 × USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5 Gbit/s); 4 × USB 2.0 MSI
Networking—Realtek 8111H 1 GbE; Wi-Fi 6E MSI
Software, box and warranty—Windows 11 Home; MSI gaming keyboard and mouse; 1-year warranty MSI