Asus NUC 15 Performance: a new mini-PC for gamers with great performance and no frills

By: Anton Kratiuk | 28.05.2025, 13:54
Deep Dive into the Asus NUC 15: A Powerhouse of Performance Asus NUC 15 Performance. Source: VideoCardz

Asus has announced a powerful NUC 15 Performance mini-PC aimed at gamers.

Here's What We Know

Asus NUC 15 Performance is a slightly simplified version of the popular Asus ROG NUC, in particular, it won't have RGB backlighting and is packed with more budget graphics cards.

Buyers will be offered models with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and Core Ultra 7 255HX (Arrow Lake) processors, as well as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 or RTX 5060 graphics cards.

The computer is equipped with a double evaporation chamber and a system of three fans, which will prevent overheating of the PC. Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, DisplayPort ports are provided, as well as support for Wi-Fi 7 and 2.5 Gb Ethernet.

Asus NUC 15 Performance will offer two CSO-DIMM slots (up to 64GB DDR5-6400) and two M.2 SSD slots (PCIe Gen 5 x4 and Gen 4 x4).

All components are housed in a compact chassis with a volume of only 3 litres (282.4mm × 187.7mm × 56.5mm).

Asus NUC 15 Performance launch date is still unknown, as well as its price, but according to preliminary reports it could be $1200.

Source: VideoCardz, ASUS