When it comes to running Large Language Models (LLMs) and other intense artificial intelligence workflows locally, colossal desktop PCs powered by hyper-expensive NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPUs tend to reign supreme.
Even the best discrete GPU quickly runs out of VRAM under these conditions, though, and that's where AMD's poorly named Ryzen AI MAX platform comes in. This all-in-one platform fulfils a very specific niche and does so in devices barely larger than just an NVIDIA GPU by itself, and it's this platform that HP selected for its flagship Z2 Mini (G1a) PC.
