Maxtang T0-FP750 review – Part 3: An AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS mini PC tested with Ubuntu 24.04

We’ve already checked out the hardware of the Maxtang T0-FP750 mini PC with an unboxing and a teardown in the first part of the review, before thoroughly testing the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS mini PC in Windows 11 Pro. The time has now come to report our experience with Ubuntu 24.04, and more exactly Ubuntu 24.04.1 “dot” release, with the Maxtang T0-FT750 mini PC in the final part of the review.

This will include a software overview, feature tests, benchmarks, storage and USB performance evaluation, 2.5Gbps Ethernet and WiFi 6 network performance tests, a stress test to check for thermal and/or power throttling, and fan noise and power consumption measurements. We will also compare the results of the Maxtang T0-FP750 mini PC in Ubuntu 24.04 against the ones for the earlier Maxtang MTN-FP750 mini PC using AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS CPU which we tested with Ubuntu 22.04.

Ubuntu 24.04 system information

We installed Ubuntu 24.04 alongside Windows 11 Pro without any issues. Going to the Settings->About menu in Ubuntu 24.04.1 LTS confirms we have a “Maxtang FP750” computer powered by a 16-thread AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS CPU with Radeon 780M Graphics and equipped with 32GB memory and 512.1 GB storage.

We can get a few more details in the terminal…

… and even more with inxi utility:

Everything seems to be enumerated properly and inxi shows an AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS 8-core/16-thread CPU clocked at up to 6,039 MHz, 2.5Gbps Ethernet using Intel Ethernet I226-V, WiFi 6 using Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 module, and the 512GB Kingston OM8PGP4512Q-A0 NVMe SSD. The CPU temperature is reported to be 43.1°C at idle.

Maxtang T0-FP750 benchmarks on Ubuntu 24.04

Let’s start benchmarking the T0-FP750 mini PC in Linux with Thomas Kaiser’s sbc-bench.sh script:

The cooling solution looks to work just fine with the 7-zip multi-threaded benchmarks being constant between runs at 65,834 MIPS the first time, 66,532 MIPS the second time, and 66,576 MIPS for the final runs with an average of 66,310 MIPS. After looking at the full results log, we can find out the maximum temperature was 81.6°C in a room with an ambient temperature of around 28°C.

Let’s check the power usage limit levels with ryzenadj utility:

The power limits are set as follows for the T0-FP750:

• Sustained Power Limit (STAPM LIMIT) –  45 Watts
• Actual Power Limit (PPT LIMIT FAST) –  45 Watts
• Average Power Limit (PPT LIMIT SLOW) – 45 Watts

It’s odd that all limits are set to the same values, but that’s the same configuration as in Windows 11.

Let’s carry with benchmarks using Geekbench-6.3.0 to evaluate the single-core and multi-core performance of the AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS processor.

The Maxtang T0-FP750 mini PC achieved 2,640 points in the single-core benchmark, and 12,429 points in the multi-core one.

We’ll start testing the GPU on Ubuntu with Unigine Heaven Benchmark 4.0.

The system could render the scene at 84.7 FPS on average with a score of 2134 points using a standard 1920×1080 resolution.

Time for some YouTube 4K and 8K video streaming in Firefox.

4K 30FPS was smooth for over 6 minutes with only 3 frames dropped out of 11,158.

4K 60 FPS was great too, and we played the video for a little over 5 minutes with just 84 frames dropped out of 18,191.

No problem at all at 8K 30 FPS with 6 frames dropped out of 8,852.

There was some stuttering at 8K 60 FPS and “Stats for Nerds” reported 457 frames dropped out of 18,265.

Let’s repeat the same tests but in Chrome.

No frames dropped at all at 4K 30FPS.

4Kp60 is fine too with only a few frames dropped.

Same thing for 8Kp30.

8Kp60 has a similar percentage of frames dropped as in Firefox (543 out of 19,083), but video playback felt smoother in Chrome.

We then tested web browsing performance with Speedometer 2.0 in Firefox where the system achieves 314 runs per minute.

Since Speedometer 2.0 is phased out, we also ran Speedometer 3.0 to have comparison data for future reviews.

In this new (and completely different) benchmark, the mini PC achieved 21.1 points.

Maxtang T0-FP750 Ubuntu 24.04 benchmarks comparison against other mini PCs

To get a better understanding of the relative performance of the T0-FP750, we’ll compare the Ubuntu 24.04 benchmark results against other mid-range and high-end mini PCs, namely the Maxtang MTN-FP750 (AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS), the GEEKOM A5 (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H), Khadas Mind Premium (Intel Core i7-1360P), and GEEKOM A8 (AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS).

But before that, here’s a summary of the key specifications of the five systems.

And now for the benchmark results…

The conclusion will be similar to the one in Windows 11, since the Maxtang T0-FP750 (AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS) mini PC performance is very close to the GEEKOM A8 mini PC powered by a Ryzen 9 8945HS mini PC, even though it is still ahead in most tests. Graphics performance is even better in 3DMark Strike 3D graphics benchmark and Speedometer 2.0. However, readers should bear in mind that web browser performance tends to increase over time due to software optimizations in web browsers, so that could explain the latter. Overall, the Maxtang T0-FP750 is quite faster in Ubuntu than mini PCs based on earlier generation Ryzen 7 and Core i7 processors in virtually all aspects.

SSD storage performance and USB ports testing

We’ve tested the 512GB NVMe SSD performance with iozone3:

The utility reports an up to 4,357 MB/s sequential read speed and 3,366 MB/s sequential write speed which compare to 4,820 MB/s and 3,526 MB/s respectively using CrystalDiskMark on Windows 11. Not outstanding, but not bad numbers either.

An EXT-4 partition from ORICO M234C3-U4 “USB4” M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure was used to check the speed of each USB port along with lsusb and iozone3 command line utilities, except for the USB 2.0 port where a USB harddrive had to be used. Here’s the output from the front left USB Type-A port for reference:

… and the USB 2.0 Type-A port on the rear panel:

Here’s a summary of results for all the USB ports on the Maxtang T0-FP750 (from left to right)

• Front panel
  • USB-A #1 – USB 3.2 – 10,000 Mbps – Read speed: 842 MB/s; write speed: 952 MB/s
  • USB-A #2 – USB 3.2 – 10,000 Mbps – Read speed: 848 MB/s; write speed: 949 MB/s
  • USB-C – USB 3.2 – 10,000 Mbps – Read speed: 872 MB/s; write speed: 946 MB/s
• Rear panel
  • USB-C – USB 3.2 – 10,000 Mbps – Read speed: 849  MB/s; write speed: 943 MB/s
  • USB-A – USB 2.0  – 480 Mbps – Read speed: 41 MB/s; write speed: 25 MB/s

It looks OK, except the USB-C port on the rear panel is supposed to be a 40Gbps-capable USB4 port, and was only tested at 10 Gbps. As explained in the Windows review following feedback from Mxtang, that’s likely because USB4 does not always support the Thunderbolt 3 interface (optional feature), and it should work with a Thunderbolt 4 device. The ORICO enclosure I’m using is a Thunderbolt 3 device with a fallback to USB 3.0 when Thunderbolt is not working. This should explain the results…

We can also find two USB4/Thunderbolt controllers with lspci:

The lshw command provides a few more details:

So the Maxtang T0-FP750 does support USB4/Thunderbolt, but it’s only compatible with USB4/Thunderbolt 4, and not Thunderbolt 3. That’s the first mini PC with a USB4 port where I encountered this behavior. It also means that a person with an “old” PC with a USB4/Thunderbolt port and a Thunderbolt 3 device working fine at 40 Gbps may have its device connected at 10 Gbps or not at all on a brand new PC with a USB4 port… That’s a flaw in my book, but the company told us that was within the specifications, so there was no issue…

Network (2.5GbE and WiFi 6) performance

We’ll now test networking performance with iperf3 utility using AAEON UP Xtreme i11 mini PC on the other side. Let’s start with the 2.5GbE port of the T0-FP750 mini PC:

• Download

• Upload

• Full duplex (bidirectional)

Perfect! No issues at all.

Let’s now switch to 5GHz WiFi 6 adding a Xiaomi Mi AX6000 router into the mix.

• Download

• Upload

Excellent performance with 1.5 Gbps transfer in either direction (upload or download).

We also quickly tested Bluetooth 5.2 by transferring a screenshot to an Android smartphone. Again, no issue there.

Stress test and thermal performance

We ran a stress test on all 16 threads while monitoring CPU temperature and frequency on Ubuntu 24.04  using Psensor and the sbc-bench.sh script.

The CPU temperature stabilizes at about 87°C and the CPU frequency at around 3800 MHz. The temperature jumps rapidly as soon as we start the test as you can see from the Psensor chart above and the sbc-bench.sh -m command.

Fan noise

The T0-FP750 is a nice improvement over the Maxtang MTN-FP750 mini PC when it comes to fan noise. It’s quiet at idle and under light load, although it becomes louder under heavier loads We measured the fan noise with a sound level meter placed at around 5 centimeters from the top of the enclosure:

• Idle – 39 – 39.5 dBA
• YouTube 8Kp60 video in Chrome – 50.2 – 52.1 dBA
• Stress test on all 16 threads – 55.8 – 57.1 dBA

For reference, the meter measures around 37 – 38 dBA in a quiet room.

Maxtang T0-FP750 power consumption in Ubuntu 24.04

We measured the power consumption with a wall power meter:

• Power off – 0.9 Watt
• Idle – 7.4 – 7.8 Watts
• Video playback – 60.6 – 63.9 Watts (Youtube 8K 60fps in Firefox)
• CPU stress test (stress -c 16)
  • First 30 seconds – 64.2 – 66.7 Watts
  • Longer run – 66.7 – 67.2 Watts (or about the same…)

During the measurements, the mini PC was connected to WiFi 6, one RF dongle for a keyboard, one for a USB mouse, and GAOMON PD2200 pen display connected to HDMI and its own power adapter.

Conclusion

Maxtang T0-FP750 mini PC works well with Ubuntu 24.04.1 operating system with most features working as expected, and we were especially pleased with 2.5GbE and WiFi 6 networking performance. This mini PC is suitable for various uses, both office work, online learning, and even gaming. Benchmark results reveal it’s almost as performant as some Ryzen 9 systems, and we could play 4K and 8K YouTube videos smoothly in Chrome but struggled a bit more in Firefox at 8Kp60.

The main downside is that the USB4 port does not support the Thunderbolt 3 devices since it’s optional in specifications. Yet, it’s the first mini PC with a USB4 port that does not implement Thunderbolt 3 support meaning some Thunderbolt devices won’t work with the Maxtang T0-FP750, or only work at lower speeds as was the case for the ORICO SSD enclosure I’m using for testing.  The fan noise improved a lot compared to the earlier MTN-FP750, but it’s still noisy under load.

We’d like to thank Maxtang for sending the T0-FP750 mini PC for review. The AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS mini PC can be ordered from the company’s online store for $629 in the reviewed configuration (32GB DDR5 and 512GB SSD), and you can enter the coupon code CNX80 to get another $80 off, bringing the price down to $549. Alternatively, it’s available on Amazon for $649 in the same configuration, as $499 as a barebone system

CNXSoft: This review is a translation – with some additional insights – of the original article on CNX Software Thailand by Suthinee Kerdkaew.

Jean-Luc Aufranc (CNXSoft)

Jean-Luc started CNX Software in 2010 as a part-time endeavor, before quitting his job as a software engineering manager, and starting to write daily news, and reviews full time later in 2011.

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