Ryzen AI Max 395+ iGPU powers smooth 1080p on Minisforum MS-S1 Max

AMD built the Ryzen AI Max processors with artificial intelligence workloads in mind, yet they’ve turned out to be surprisingly capable gaming engines. Enthusiast RandomGaminginHD ran a Minisforum MS-S1 Max mini PC with the flagship Ryzen AI Max 395+ APU and its integrated Radeon 8060S graphics, discovering that even without a discrete GPU the system held smooth 1080p gameplay across every title tested. For a compact, iGPU-only setup, that’s an eye-catching result.

In Battlefield 6 at high settings with FSR in the Native AA mode, the APU averaged 86 FPS, with lows never dipping under 60. Borderlands 4 at minimum settings landed at 55 FPS, a respectable outcome considering even discrete GPUs often post similar figures. In Counter-Strike 2 the system hit 263 FPS on high settings, though minimums sometimes fell to 66; the author attributed those drops to the game’s optimization rather than the hardware.

The toughest hurdle was Cyberpunk 2077. Using the high preset with textures enabled and dense crowds, the average came in at 67 FPS; with ray tracing on and FSR 3 set to Quality mode, it managed 45 FPS. Other results also impressed: Elden Ring stayed solid at 60 FPS; GTA 5 Enhanced Edition hovered around 77 FPS; Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 approached 90 FPS; Marvel Rivals reached 79 FPS; Red Dead Redemption 2 delivered 82 FPS; and The Outer Worlds 2 produced 65 FPS on medium settings. Taken together, these numbers suggest the platform isn’t just coping—it’s genuinely comfortable at 1080p.

While the Ryzen AI Max line wasn’t designed for gaming but for pro tasks and large language models, its graphics output is hard to ignore. The integrated Radeon 8060S, with 40 compute units and 2,560 stream processors, paired with 16 Zen 5 cores and a wide 256-bit LPDDR5X memory bus, demonstrates performance on a level comparable to an RTX 4060. That positioning makes the Ryzen AI Max 395+ not only a powerful AI chip, but also a versatile pick for gamers and makers of handhelds—GPD Win 5 already adopts this APU as its flagship option.