By Hassan Mujtaba
Publication Date: 2026-05-02 18:00:00
QNAP has introduced its new AI NAS, which packs a 16-Core AMD EPYC “Zen 2” CPU & can be paired with up to an RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell GPU.
Old Meets New In QNAP’s “QAI-h1290FX” AI NAS: 16 Zen 2 Cores & 96 GB RTX PRO 6000 GPU
The “QAI-h1290FX” is QNAP’s latest Edge AI offering that combines two distinct hardware components. But before we get into the details, it should be mentioned that QNAP’s latest AI NAS is designed for LLM, RAG, and various GenAI applications.
Two components power the server, the first is the AMD EPYC 7302P CPU, which features 16 cores and 32 threads. This chip is based on the Zen 2 core architecture and offers enough performance to handle AI inference tasks at edge.
The second component is the GPU, which QNAP offers two options: either the 32 GB RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell or NVIDIA’s flagship 96 GB RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell. Both offer absolutely behemoth compute capabilities for AI, with the PRO 4500 aimed for up to ~30B LLMs, while the PRO 6000 is ideal for 70B+ AI LLMs.
Besides the CPU/GPU, the QNAP QAI-h1290FX features support for 12 U.2 NVMe/SATA SSDs, and there is also high-speed networking support in the form of dual 25GbE and dual 2.5GbE LAN ports. The PCIe slots can also carry additional 100GbE AICs, though those are sold separately. The NAS is also compatible with QNAP’s JBOD expansion enclosures for large-scale AI data storage.
The main features of the NAS include:
- All-Flash Storage…