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I could do with someone explaining to me (sorry not very advanced knowledge in this area), how did Framework manage this performance at a lower price point? And
by politelemon 1y ago
I could do with someone explaining to me (sorry not very advanced knowledge in this area), how did Framework manage this performance at a lower price point? And why can't average Joe at PCPartPicker do something like this?
- vaylian 1y agoThe key piece is AMD's high-end AI CPU. The whole desktop is literally built around it, to take full advantage of it. AMD reached out to Framework and said "Hey, we have this new CPU, do you want to do something with it?". And the engineers at Framework jumped at the opportunity.
- jychang 1y agoAMD Ryzen AI Max 395+ as the APU (CPU + GPU), and its corresponding soldered LPDDR5X RAM, which has a super fast memory bandwidth of 256GB/sec. So the CPU and RAM are soldered on the motherboard. You can buy just the motherboard from Framework: https://frame.work/products/framework-desktop-mainboard-amd-ryzen-ai-max-300-series?v=FRAFMK0006 https://frame.work/products/framework-desktop-mainboard-amd-...
- 12345hn6789 1y agoReal question, it's not. It's close to the m4 mini performance. Which puts the price point within spitting difference ($50). Basically identical price wise to equivalent Apple products.