$1,999 WiCi One connects RTX 5060 Ti to laptops over Wi-Fi 7

WiCi is preparing what looks to be the first commercial wireless eGPU, and yes, wireless actually means Wi-Fi here. The WiCi One puts a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB inside a separate box and lets a laptop, tablet or other device access the GPU over Wi-Fi 7.

There is no Thunderbolt or OCuLink cable between the GPU and host system. WiCi says the GPU shows up through its virtual driver as a local graphics device rather than working as a remote game-streaming PC.

The base model uses an RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, Intel Core 3 100U and 1TB NVMe 4 storage. WiCi also plans an RTX 5090 version with 32GB of GDDR7, Core Ultra 7 255H and 4TB NVMe 5 storage. The wireless side uses Wi-Fi 7 with 4×4 MIMO and a 320 MHz channel. Pricing starts at $1,999 for early signups, while the regular price is listed at $2,599.

Wi-Fi 7 is much slower than a normal eGPU link

This is where things get interesting. Wi-Fi 7 has a theoretical maximum of around 46.1 Gbps, compared with 80 Gbps bidirectional bandwidth for Thunderbolt 5 and 64 Gbps for a PCIe 4.0 ×4 OCuLink connection. Thunderbolt 5 also provides up to 64 Gbps specifically for PCIe traffic.

If my math is wright, even 46.1 Gbps is not really the number we should use for WiCi One. That Wi-Fi 7 figure assumes 16 spatial streams. WiCi lists a 4×4 radio, which at 320 MHz and 4096-QAM has a theoretical PHY rate of around 11.52 Gbps.

Theoretical max bandwdith:

- Thunderbolt 3/4: 32 Gbps PCIe

- Thunderbolt 5: 64 Gbps PCIe

- OCuLink PCIe 4.0 ×4: 64 Gbps

- Wi-Fi 7 4×4: ~11.5 Gbps

In other words, the wireless connection has nowhere near the raw bandwidth of Thunderbolt 5 or OCuLink. WiCi knows this and says its protocol uses caching, deduplication, compression, streaming and pipelining to avoid sending every normal GPU request across the wireless link.

Perhaps keep that eGPU close

I have some doubts about how well this will work once you move the box farther away, add walls or put other devices on the same wireless network. The company’s own demo also shows the WiCi One sitting only around 50 cm from the laptop, which might explain how they are getting good results.

Still, WiCi claims Cyberpunk 2077 reaches 80 FPS at 4K Ultra with DLSS 4 on the RTX 5060 Ti version, while Black Myth: Wukong reaches 60 FPS at 4K Cinematic. Those are WiCi’s own tests and independent testing will be needed to see how performance and latency change with distance.

If you’re a gamer, this likley won’t work for you. OCuLink or Thunderbolt would work much better. However, if your field is some kind of rendering/AI then this could be quite interesting. WiCi says shipping should start in Q4 2026, with a public product demo planned in New York on October 5 and 6.

Source: Wici