Asus Ascent QN10 is the world's first mini-PC with an 80 TOPS NPU, powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Elite

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.

At 80 TOPS, the QN10 can run full AI agents locally, no cloud dependency required

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.

Seven USB ports and quad 4K output make it more capable than its 130 x 130mm footprint suggests

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. It can push four 4K displays simultaneously—useful both for multi-monitor creative setups and digital signage deployments. Security is handled by fTPM 2.0 and Microsoft Pluton. Asus bundles a one-month Adobe Creative Cloud trial.