Asus is expanding its Artificial Intelligence focused mini PC lineup under the Asus NUC brand, promising uncompromised performance in very small form factors for content creators, gamers, business professionals, prosumers, and edge deployments. The 2025 Asus NUC series is described as featuring powerful components, exceptional connectivity, and comprehensive app support inside compact designs that emphasize top performance per liter. Asus highlights a brand promise of modularity and advanced Artificial Intelligence capabilities, with systems designed to balance size, performance, thermals, acoustics, and cost across a range of usage scenarios.
The company segments its Artificial Intelligence mini PCs into Everyday AI, Next Level AI, and Advanced AI tiers. Everyday AI Mini PCs are aimed at work, edge deployments, and learning, emphasizing reliable 24/7 computing, a wide range of Intel processors, fast memory, and tool-less upgradability for future-ready scaling. Next Level AI models are framed as compact Copilot+ PCs, using advanced CPUs with integrated NPUs and a dedicated Copilot+ hotkey to enable on-device Artificial Intelligence acceleration and more intuitive Artificial Intelligence powered workflows. Advanced AI Mini PCs target creators and power users with NVIDIA GeForce RTX laptop GPUs that accelerate 3D rendering, real-time visualization, and Artificial Intelligence assisted graphics in a small chassis.
Central to these systems is a triple Artificial Intelligence engine architecture built on Intel Core Ultra processors. Intel Core Ultra chips provide a specialized Artificial Intelligence processing unit for advanced applications, while the integrated Intel Arc GPU offers top-tier performance for rapid content creation and immersive gaming. Intel AI Boost adds a dedicated Neural Processing Unit to handle Artificial Intelligence tasks such as meeting noise suppression, which is presented as improving smooth performance and battery life. Asus also outlines how an Artificial Intelligence PC can enhance productivity by automating creative tasks, improve energy efficiency by offloading CPU and GPU work to NPUs, bolster security through continuous deep learning based monitoring, and act as a collaborative local assistant.
Asus is pairing the hardware with its Asus AI SuperBuild software toolkit, which provides a user interface for cultivating different Artificial Intelligence large language models and customizing them for individual needs. The tool integrates Retrieval-Augmented Generation so users can import documents and receive precise, context-aware answers, and it is designed to run fully local on Intel-based Asus AI NUC systems without requiring internet connectivity to improve data privacy and enable 24/7 operation. Supported models include the Asus NUC 16 Pro, Asus NUC 15 Pro, Asus NUC 15 Pro+, Asus NUC 14 Pro, Asus NUC 14 Pro+, Asus NUC 14 Pro AI, and Asus NUC 14 Pro AI+. Across this portfolio, Asus positions its Artificial Intelligence mini PCs as compact yet scalable platforms for creativity, productivity, learning, and commercial or edge use cases.
