Price drops for the recent Android Box with the SoC Octa Core Rockchip RK3576 called H96 Max M9S and arriving with quite a few connection interfaces.
The Rockchip processor found in this Box is very present in development boards, although it is not seen too much in TV-Box, probably because of its price. An SoC with ARM Cortex-A72 and ARM Cortex-A53 cores, although manufactured in 8nm so the consumption and temperatures will be quite contained. The operating system is Android TV 14, and we see that it has support for AV1, AVS2 codecs… and a 6 TOPS NPU for artificial intelligence work. The power of the NPU is harnessed with AI VisionPQ technology that will theoretically improve image scaling, eliminate noise and improve face textures, among others.
The rest of the H96 Max M9S configuration is not bad at all, as we have good connectivity for wireless networks with Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and a Gigabit network port. We also have plenty of ports and a Bluetooth remote control with mic and different shortcut keys to streaming platforms.
H96 Max M9S Specifications
Inside this Android Box we find the Rockchip RK3576 SoC manufactured in 8nm. This chip is an Octa Core with 4 ARM Cortex-A72 processors that reach a maximum speed of 2.2 Ghz and 4 ARM Cortex-A53 cores that reach a maximum speed of 1.8 Ghz. For the iGPU this time we have opted for an ARM MALI-G52 MC3 and how could it be otherwise we have a 6 TOPS NPU to accelerate iA works.
For RAM memory we have options with 4/8 GB DDR3 and for storage we find versions with 32/128 GB eMMc. If we want to expand the storage we will have to use one of the two USB connectors available by connecting a pendrive for example.
For network connectivity we have a wireless RJ45 Gigabit network port, Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.4. The connectors are located on the back of its plastic case and are a SPDIF digital audio output, a USB 3.0, another USB 2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack, and an HDMI 2.1 video output connector.
Price on offer
- The TV-Box H96 Max M9S with Rockchip RK3576 SoC can be purchased on AliExpress from around $65 with free shipping using coins and applying one of the AliExpress 11.11 discount coupons.
