Introduction<\/h2>\n\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
ACEMAGIC K1 is a compact desktop built around Intel’s Core i5-12600H, paired with up to 32 GB DDR4 memory and 1 TB NVMe SSD. At around US$360, it is mainly aimed at home office users, students, and small businesses who need desktop CPU performance in a very small space. Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed, supports three 4K displays, and as you will see in the results of the standings, it has a processing head for multitasking, content work, and even simple gaming if you manage the expectations on the graphics side.<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nIntel’s Core i5-12600H delivers a 12-core, 16-thread hybrid design that combines Performance and Efficient cores to handle front-end tasks and background processes at the same time. Boost speeds up to 4.5 GHz and 18 MB of Smart Cache give you plenty of headroom for office workloads, large spreadsheets, heavy browser workflows, and easy content creation. The 45 W TDP puts it above the low-power Mini-PC chips, but it’s still in a range that makes sense for a compact system designed to balance performance and thermals. It comes paired with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics, which is now starting to show its age, especially next to new integrated solutions such as Intel Arc or AMD’s Radeon 780M, 880M, and 890M that bring a noticeable jump in graphics performance.<\/p>\n
The K1 uses two SO-DIMM slots with DDR4-3200 support and can take a total of up to 64 GB, keeping upgrades simple and inexpensive. Storage is similarly versatile, with two M.2 2280 slots running on PCIe 3.0 x4, and one of them also supports SATA drives, so you can reuse an old SSD alongside the main NVMe drive.<\/p>\n
Display output is good for a system in this range, supporting three 4K displays at 60 Hz via HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4b, and a full USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C output port for DisplayPort. This makes it easy to create multiple monitoring setups for spreadsheets, development work, or planning. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 via M.2 2230 module, and Gigabit Ethernet for wired setup. Around the chassis, there’s a good mix of USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Gen 1 Type-A ports on both the front and back, as well as a Type-C port and a standard 3.5 mm audio jack.<\/p>\n
Going into my benchmark suite, I was eager to see how the 12600H would hold up today, especially against the new Ryzen AI and Core Ultra systems on the charts. On the CPU side, there is still life left in this chip, so I was expecting solid production and computing numbers for its price point. Another big question was the performance of the images, since (as I said above) Iris Xe has been greatly surpassed by new integrated solutions, and it is possible that this system is not designed for anything other than daily work.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\nDetails<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\nCPU<\/th>\n Intel Core i5-12600H, 12 Cores\/16 Threads
Core: 2.7 GHz (P-core)\/2.0 GHz (E-core)
Boost up to 4.5 GHz
18 MB Intel Smart Cache <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nA socket<\/th>\n BGA1744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nPictures<\/th>\n Intel Iris Xe Graphics
Up to 1.40 GHz Dynamic Frequency
80 Execution Units <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nMemory<\/th>\n 16 GB DDR4-3200 (Single Channel)
or 32 GB (2\u00d7 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Dual Channel
2\u00d7 SO-DIMM Slots, supports up to 64 GB <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nStorage<\/th>\n 2\u00d7 M.2 2280
1 \u00d7 PCIe 3.0 NVMe
1\u00d7 PCIe 3.0\/SATA <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nDisplay the output<\/th>\n 1\u00d7 HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 60 Hz)
1\u00d7 DisplayPort 1.4b (4K @ 60 Hz)
1\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps, DP 4K @ 60 Hz)
Triple display support <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nI\/O Ports<\/th>\n Previously:
2\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gbps)
After:
4\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5 Gbps)
1\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (DP 1.4, 10 Gbps)
1\u00d7 HDMI 2.0
1\u00d7 DisplayPort 1.4b
1\u00d7 Gigabit Ethernet (10\/100\/1000 Mbps)
1\u00d7 3.5 mm Audio Jack
1\u00d7 DC-In
1\u00d7 Power button <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nThe network<\/th>\n Wi-Fi 6 (M.2 2230)
Bluetooth 5.2
1\u00d7 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nCooling System<\/th>\n High speed centrifugal fan
Dual heat pipes + dual heat fins
Dual exhaust design
Low, right and rear exhaust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nTDP<\/th>\n 45 W (54 W cooling system, 90 W power adapter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nPower supply<\/th>\n DC 19 V\/4.74 A, 5.5 \u00d7 2.1 mm connector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nChassis<\/th>\n Silver shell with black logo
ABS + PC construction
128.2 \u00d7 128.2 \u00d7 41 mm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nOperating system<\/th>\n Windows 11 Pro (pre-installed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nPackage Contents<\/th>\n The main unit
Power adapter
HDMI cable
Mounting bracket + screws
User manual <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nThe price<\/th>\n $359.99 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \nProduct Page<\/th>\n ACEMAGIC K1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Introduction ACEMAGIC K1 is a compact desktop built around Intel’s Core i5-12600H, paired with up to 32 GB DDR4 memory and 1 TB NVMe SSD. At around US$360, it is mainly aimed at home office users, students, and small businesses who need desktop CPU performance in a very small space. Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-laptops-gear"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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ACEMAGIC K1 is a compact desktop built around Intel’s Core i5-12600H, paired with up to 32 GB DDR4 memory and 1 TB NVMe SSD. At around US$360, it is mainly aimed at home office users, students, and small businesses who need desktop CPU performance in a very small space. Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed, supports three 4K displays, and as you will see in the results of the standings, it has a processing head for multitasking, content work, and even simple gaming if you manage the expectations on the graphics side.<\/p>\n
<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nIntel’s Core i5-12600H delivers a 12-core, 16-thread hybrid design that combines Performance and Efficient cores to handle front-end tasks and background processes at the same time. Boost speeds up to 4.5 GHz and 18 MB of Smart Cache give you plenty of headroom for office workloads, large spreadsheets, heavy browser workflows, and easy content creation. The 45 W TDP puts it above the low-power Mini-PC chips, but it’s still in a range that makes sense for a compact system designed to balance performance and thermals. It comes paired with integrated Intel Iris Xe graphics, which is now starting to show its age, especially next to new integrated solutions such as Intel Arc or AMD’s Radeon 780M, 880M, and 890M that bring a noticeable jump in graphics performance.<\/p>\n
The K1 uses two SO-DIMM slots with DDR4-3200 support and can take a total of up to 64 GB, keeping upgrades simple and inexpensive. Storage is similarly versatile, with two M.2 2280 slots running on PCIe 3.0 x4, and one of them also supports SATA drives, so you can reuse an old SSD alongside the main NVMe drive.<\/p>\n
Display output is good for a system in this range, supporting three 4K displays at 60 Hz via HDMI 2.0, DisplayPort 1.4b, and a full USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C output port for DisplayPort. This makes it easy to create multiple monitoring setups for spreadsheets, development work, or planning. Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 via M.2 2230 module, and Gigabit Ethernet for wired setup. Around the chassis, there’s a good mix of USB 3.2 Gen 2 and Gen 1 Type-A ports on both the front and back, as well as a Type-C port and a standard 3.5 mm audio jack.<\/p>\n
Going into my benchmark suite, I was eager to see how the 12600H would hold up today, especially against the new Ryzen AI and Core Ultra systems on the charts. On the CPU side, there is still life left in this chip, so I was expecting solid production and computing numbers for its price point. Another big question was the performance of the images, since (as I said above) Iris Xe has been greatly surpassed by new integrated solutions, and it is possible that this system is not designed for anything other than daily work.<\/p>\n
| Details<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n | |
|---|---|
| CPU<\/th>\n | Intel Core i5-12600H, 12 Cores\/16 Threads Core: 2.7 GHz (P-core)\/2.0 GHz (E-core) Boost up to 4.5 GHz 18 MB Intel Smart Cache <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| A socket<\/th>\n | BGA1744<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pictures<\/th>\n | Intel Iris Xe Graphics Up to 1.40 GHz Dynamic Frequency 80 Execution Units <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Memory<\/th>\n | 16 GB DDR4-3200 (Single Channel) or 32 GB (2\u00d7 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Dual Channel 2\u00d7 SO-DIMM Slots, supports up to 64 GB <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Storage<\/th>\n | 2\u00d7 M.2 2280 1 \u00d7 PCIe 3.0 NVMe 1\u00d7 PCIe 3.0\/SATA <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Display the output<\/th>\n | 1\u00d7 HDMI 2.0 (4K @ 60 Hz) 1\u00d7 DisplayPort 1.4b (4K @ 60 Hz) 1\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps, DP 4K @ 60 Hz) Triple display support <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| I\/O Ports<\/th>\n | Previously: 2\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gbps) After: 4\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A (5 Gbps) 1\u00d7 USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (DP 1.4, 10 Gbps) 1\u00d7 HDMI 2.0 1\u00d7 DisplayPort 1.4b 1\u00d7 Gigabit Ethernet (10\/100\/1000 Mbps) 1\u00d7 3.5 mm Audio Jack 1\u00d7 DC-In 1\u00d7 Power button <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| The network<\/th>\n | Wi-Fi 6 (M.2 2230) Bluetooth 5.2 1\u00d7 RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Cooling System<\/th>\n | High speed centrifugal fan Dual heat pipes + dual heat fins Dual exhaust design Low, right and rear exhaust <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| TDP<\/th>\n | 45 W (54 W cooling system, 90 W power adapter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Power supply<\/th>\n | DC 19 V\/4.74 A, 5.5 \u00d7 2.1 mm connector<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Chassis<\/th>\n | Silver shell with black logo ABS + PC construction 128.2 \u00d7 128.2 \u00d7 41 mm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Operating system<\/th>\n | Windows 11 Pro (pre-installed)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Package Contents<\/th>\n | The main unit Power adapter HDMI cable Mounting bracket + screws User manual <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| The price<\/th>\n | $359.99 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Product Page<\/th>\n | ACEMAGIC K1 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introduction ACEMAGIC K1 is a compact desktop built around Intel’s Core i5-12600H, paired with up to 32 GB DDR4 memory and 1 TB NVMe SSD. At around US$360, it is mainly aimed at home office users, students, and small businesses who need desktop CPU performance in a very small space. Windows 11 Pro comes pre-installed, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12767,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-laptops-gear"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.runwayritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |