GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB vs Minisforum MS-S1 MAX 128GB / 2TB
Prices, stock and measured speed side by side. Last checked 2026-10-16.
Verdict
GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB is cheaper in USD by $379 (11%). In EUR, GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB is cheaper by €147 (at least one EUR price is converted). Both use the same chip, and we have one public gpt-oss-120b result for that chip, so measured large-model speed is the same. Decide on price, stock, ports and support. Per dollar, GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB gives more large-model speed (15.1 vs 13.6 tok/s per $1k).
Generated from the numbers below; no hands-on testing.
| GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB | Minisforum MS-S1 MAX 128GB / 2TB | |
|---|---|---|
| Price (USD) | $3,500 | $3,879 |
| Price (EUR) | €3,300 | ≈€3,447 |
| Memory | 128GB | 128GB |
| Stock | in stock | in stock |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s | 52.74 | 52.74 |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s per $1k | 15.1 | 13.6 |
| gpt-oss-120b tok/s per €1k | 16.0 | 15.3 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s | 50.95 | 50.95 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s per $1k | 14.6 | 13.1 |
| Llama-2 7B tok/s per €1k | 15.4 | 14.8 |
| Stores | US store · EU (GMKtec EU store) | US store · EU store |
Benchmark sources
- GMKtec EVO-X2 128GB / 1TB: large-model source (llama.cpp Vulkan, llama-bench tg32 (comment in thread)) · small-model source
- Minisforum MS-S1 MAX 128GB / 2TB: large-model source (llama.cpp Vulkan, llama-bench tg32 (comment in thread)) · small-model source
Large: gpt-oss-120b MXFP4 (59 GiB weights), text generation tok/s at empty context, single request. Small: llama.cpp llama-bench, Llama-2 7B Q4_0, tg128 (text generation tok/s); best of FA on/off as posted.