Khadas Mind 2 AI Maker Kit (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake 115-TOPS Modular Mini PC)
435-gram pocket-sized modular AI workstation powered by the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V ('Lunar Lake', 47-TOPS NPU 4.0 + 64-TOPS Arc 140V GPU = 115 total TOPS) with 32GB on-package LPDDR5X-8533 memory, a built-in 5.55Wh hot-swap standby battery, and a PCIe 5.0 Mind Link eGPU interface.
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Key Engineering Highlights
- Integrates Intel's Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V with 32GB of low-latency on-package LPDDR5X-8533 memory to deliver 115 total AI TOPS (47 TOPS NPU + 64 TOPS Arc 140V GPU) in a 435g chassis
- Built-in 5.55Wh standby battery lets developers unplug the 435-gram compute module from a home desk and snap it onto an office dock without shutting down running AI containers
- Proprietary PCIe 5.0 ×8 Mind Link magnetic connector docks instantaneously with the Khadas Mind Graphics (desktop RTX eGPU) or Mind Dock without Thunderbolt bandwidth bottlenecks
Full Hardware Specifications
| Processor / Edge SoC | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V ('Lunar Lake' 8C/8T @ 4.8GHz + Arc 140V GPU + 47-TOPS Intel AI Boost NPU 4.0) |
|---|---|
| AI Model Stack | OpenVINO, ONNX Runtime & DirectML Local LLMs/VLMs (115 Total Platform INT8 TOPS) |
| Display & Optics | 1× Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps) + 1× USB4 (40Gbps) + HDMI 2.1 (Supports Quad 4K60 or 8K60 Displays) |
| Camera & Vision | None (146 × 105 × 20mm Quarter-A4 Anodized Aluminum Unibody Modular Workstation) |
| Measured Weight | 435.0g (Includes Internal 5.55Wh / 7.98Wh Standby Battery for Unplugged Desk-to-Desk Hot-Swapping) |
| Battery & Runtime | Built-In 5.55Wh Rechargeable Standby Battery (25-Hour Instant Sleep-Wake Between 65W USB-C Docks) |
| Connectivity & I/O | Wi-Fi 7 (Intel BE201) + Bluetooth 5.4 + Thunderbolt 4 + USB4 + Proprietary PCIe 5.0 Mind Link Bus |
| Sensors & Acoustics | 32GB On-Package LPDDR5X-8533 Memory + 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD + Magnetic Bottom M.2 2230 Slot |
⚖️ Side-by-Side Comparison: Khadas Mind 2 AI Maker Kit (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake 115-TOPS Modular Mini PC) vs. Edge Compute & DevKits Peers
Direct specification comparison against leading competing devices in the Edge Compute & DevKits category.
| Specification | Khadas Mind 2 AI Maker Kit (Intel Core Ultra 7 258V Lunar Lake 115-TOPS Modular Mini PC) (Current) | NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX Super Edge AI DevKit → | Xiaozhi AI Voice Cube Pro (ESP32-S3 Open DevKit) → | Apple Mac mini (M5 Pro 64GB) Private AI Node → |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brand | Khadas × Intel | NVIDIA | Open Hardware Community | Apple |
| Retail Price | $1,099 | $499 | $12 | $1,799 |
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| Edge SoC | Intel Core Ultra 7 258V ('Lunar Lake' 8C/8T @ 4.8GHz + Arc 140V GPU + 47-TOPS Intel AI Boost NPU 4.0) | NVIDIA Ampere GPU (1024 CUDA + 32 Tensor Cores) | Espressif ESP32-S3R8 (Dual-Core LX7 @ 240MHz + 8MB PSRAM) | Apple M5 Pro (14c CPU + 20c GPU + 16c Neural Engine) |
| AI Model Stack | OpenVINO, ONNX Runtime & DirectML Local LLMs/VLMs (115 Total Platform INT8 TOPS) | Runs Llama-3.2 8B / Qwen2.5-VL 7B / YOLO11 Locally | Edge ESP-SR Wake + Realtime Cloud Voice LLMs | MLX Accelerated Qwen3-32B / Llama-3.3-70B |
| Display / Optics | 1× Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps) + 1× USB4 (40Gbps) + HDMI 2.1 (Supports Quad 4K60 or 8K60 Displays) | HDMI 2.1 / DP 1.4 (Up to 8K) | 1.28-inch Circular IPS LCD (240×240) / 0.96" OLED | Supports up to three 6K displays |
| Camera | None (146 × 105 × 20mm Quarter-A4 Anodized Aluminum Unibody Modular Workstation) | Dual MIPI CSI-2 Camera Lanes + 4× USB 3.2 | Optional OV2640 / GC2145 Camera Module | External USB-C / Studio Display Camera |
| Weight | 435.0g (Includes Internal 5.55Wh / 7.98Wh Standby Battery for Unplugged Desk-to-Desk Hot-Swapping) | 450g (including active heatsink & carrier board) | 62g (with 3D-printed enclosure & speaker cavity) | 730g |
| Battery | Built-In 5.55Wh Rechargeable Standby Battery (25-Hour Instant Sleep-Wake Between 65W USB-C Docks) | 19V DC Input (15W–40W configurable TDP) | 800mAh LiPo (5h continuous dialogue) | Internal 155W PSU (4W idle draw) |
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