The Asus Ascent QN10, unveiled at Computex 2026, is the first mini-PC to run on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X2 Elite platform. It packs an 18-core Oryon CPU, an Adreno X2 GPU, and—most importantly—an 80 TOPS Hexagon NPU into a 0.7-litre chassis that’s 86% smaller than a standard 5L mini-PC. It’s also the most powerful Copilot+ PC in the mini-PC category, at least for now.
Memory goes up to 32GB LPDDR5x at 9,600MHz. Connectivity is comprehensive: three USB4, three USB 3.2 Gen 2, one USB 2.0, HDMI 2.1, Wi-Fi 7, and Bluetooth 5.4. Security is handled by fTPM 2.0 and Microsoft Pluton.
That NPU figure matters in practice. The QN10 can run agentic AI frameworks—OpenClaw, Hermes, Cursor, Claude Desktop—directly on-device, handling multi-step tasks like drafting emails or summarising documents without a round-trip to the cloud. Qualcomm is positioning this as a hybrid architecture: route lightweight tasks to the NPU, pull in cloud APIs for heavier lifting. Developers get access to the Qualcomm AI Hub for deploying and fine-tuning on-device models. It can push four 4K displays simultaneously—useful both for multi-monitor creative setups and digital signage deployments. Asus bundles a one-month Adobe Creative Cloud trial.