The MSI Cubi 5 1M follows a Micro-ATX form factor with dimensions of 124 × 124 × 53.7 mm and a total volume of roughly 825.69 cm³, keeping its physical footprint compact. Storage is handled by a 2000GB NVMe SSD, offering both high capacity and fast access speeds through the NVMe interface. The combination of modest dimensions and substantial flash storage makes this a well-specified unit within its size class.
The processor operates within a 15W TDP envelope, with a core configuration running at 2 × 1.8 GHz and 8 × 1.2 GHz base speeds, and a turbo clock that reaches up to 5.4 GHz. It provides 12 threads through multithreading support and is backed by a 12 MB L3 cache, while the clock multiplier is set at 18 and cannot be unlocked. The CPU supports 64-bit processing, includes integrated graphics, and has a maximum rated temperature of 100 °C.
The integrated graphics solution has a turbo clock of 1300 MHz and is built on a 10 nm semiconductor process, connecting to the system via PCIe 4. It supports up to four simultaneous displays and is compatible with OpenGL 4.6 and OpenCL 3, covering a solid range of graphics and compute workloads without requiring a discrete card.
The MSI Cubi 5 1M is equipped with 64GB of DDR5 RAM, running at a rated speed of 5200 MHz. Using the DDR5 standard brings higher bandwidth and improved efficiency over earlier memory generations, and the 64GB capacity represents the maximum supported by this system.
Wired networking is covered by two RJ45 ports, while wireless connectivity supports Wi-Fi 6E, Wi-Fi 6, Wi-Fi 5, and Wi-Fi 4 standards alongside Bluetooth 5.3. On the USB side, there are four USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A ports and one USB 4 40Gbps port, with no USB 2.0, Gen 1, or Type-C variants outside of that. The unit also includes one Thunderbolt 4 port and offers display output through one HDMI 2.1 port and one DisplayPort 1.4 output. There is no 3.5 mm headset jack, no VGA connector, and no S/PDIF output.
In benchmark testing, the system achieves a PassMark multi-core score of 15,289 with a single-core result of 3,556. Geekbench 6 results follow a similar pattern, recording a multi-core score of 7,404 and a single-core score of 2,142, reflecting the performance available from this low-power configuration.
The system uses a laptop-class CPU that employs big.LITTLE technology for mixed core operation, and the integrated GPU is the Iris Xe Graphics G7 with 96 execution units. Memory is capped at 64GB across two channels, with a maximum supported RAM speed of 6400 MHz, though ECC memory is not supported and there is no external memory slot. Storage relies on flash-based media, and the CPU supports a broad set of instruction sets including MMX, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, F16C, SSE 4.1, and SSE 4.2, with NX bit enabled for hardware-level execution protection.
