Review Intel NUC 9 Pro mini PC review — crazy speed beats Mac mini m1

[admin]

The Intel NUC 9 Pro is a workstation mini PC that offers huge power and a surprising amount of upgradability, but fitting all of that into such a small will cost a pretty penny.

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[Sathinator]

The Intel NUC 9 Pro is a workstation mini PC that offers huge power and a surprising amount of upgradability, but fitting all of that into such a small will cost a pretty penny.

Intel NUC 9 Pro mini PC review — crazy speed beats Mac mini m1 : Read more

You cannot seriously be comparing the Xeon E-2286M processor (worth $623 alone) and a 45W part with the Apple M1, a 15W entry-level part in a machine that costs just $699 total? That the mini/M1 is competitive at all highlights just how dire Intel's predicament is.

 

[andrusoid]

Not sure how you got that ballpark 6000 M1 Mac score. The Geekbench site currently shows 7398 and using their app locally on my machine delvered a score of 7460, not so far away from your reported score for the NUC. On a machine I paid $650 for discounted. What precisely were you comparing? Let's wait and see what happens when we get 16, 32, and possibly 64 core M1 chips. Won't be long...