Minisforum has opened Japanese orders for the M2 PRO-358H, a mini PC built around Intel’s Core Ultra X7 358H processor and its integrated Arc B390 graphics. The chip carries 16 CPU cores and 16 threads on Intel’s Panther Lake platform, and it’s the same hardware Minisforum already sells internationally as the M2 Pro through its own store, the latest entry in an Intel Panther Lake mini PC line-up the company keeps expanding.
How the Core Ultra X7 358H fits into a 1.8-litre case
The M2 Pro’s aluminium chassis measures 195 × 195 × 47.5 mm, about 1.8 litres, and Minisforum says a dual heat pipe cooler with a flow-through design lets the Core Ultra X7 358H sustain up to 65 W of TDP inside that footprint rather than throttling down to fit the case. A 134.9 W power supply sits inside the chassis too, so there’s no external brick to route behind a TV unit or desk.
The only listed configuration pairs the processor with 32 GB of LPDDR5X-7467 memory and a 1 TB NVMe SSD, with storage described as upgradeable and expandable. Connectivity includes 10GbE wired networking alongside triple USB4 ports and HDMI CEC support, which lets the mini PC act as a TV-connected HTPC. Minisforum has priced the single configuration at $1,799 MSRP, cut to $1,439 for launch, as TechPowerUp reports.
Same processor, a second box: the Acemagic F2A
The Core Ultra X7 358H isn’t exclusive to Minisforum. Acemagic has launched its own F2A mini PC on the identical chip, and its own specifications put the Intel AI Boost NPU at up to 50 TOPS, the Arc B390 graphics at up to 122 TOPS of AI compute, and combined CPU, GPU and NPU throughput at up to 180 TOPS. Those figures come from Acemagic’s announcement, not independent testing, so treat them as vendor claims rather than measured results.
What they do confirm is that Intel’s Panther Lake H-series silicon is already shipping in more than one mini PC brand within the same launch window, alongside Intel’s other Arc graphics push into smaller form factors, including the four-core Arc G3 aimed at handhelds.
What the launch price actually buys
By our arithmetic, $1,439 for a single 1 TB drive works out to $1,439 per terabyte of storage before you’ve paid for the CPU, GPU or chassis around it. That’s steep against a standalone NVMe drive, but it’s also the wrong way to read the number: the M2 Pro is a complete 16-core, 16-thread system with Arc B390 graphics and 10GbE built in, not a storage purchase, and Minisforum’s expandable-storage claim means buyers aren’t locked to that single drive if they want more. The more useful figure is the discount itself: $360 off the $1,799 MSRP, or a shade over 20 percent, and only at launch.
What’s worth watching is whether that launch discount holds once the introductory window closes, and whether Minisforum brings the M2 PRO-358H to markets outside Japan at the same price it lists for the M2 Pro on its own store, where the identical hardware is already sold internationally.
