Totally different. N100 and similar sip power. Great for server on 24/7. If you wanted performance, especially gaming perf, absolutely go for something AMD
Very good review, it seems to be something similar to the case of the i3 n300, which when it was launched did not appear on the Intel website for any of its variants, but it could be that something strange is happening that they do not put the chip information on their website.
It's hard to imagine what Intel had in mind with this one. My G3 GMKtec scored almost the same results and it runs Linux Mint flawlessly. I'm okay with the external power supply.
A surprisingly dissappinting result from the new N150 processor. Thanks for keeping everyone informed of the refreshed N100. Had intel made the N150 closer to a N200, I suspect a lot of people would have been much happier.
Wasn't expecting miracles. Wasn't disappointed either. This is exactly why Beelink have come out with a range of Ryzen 5xxx minis with (almost) the same model number. Maybe next year we'll get something worthwhile from Intel? Would love Lunar Lake Lite chip, but not holding my breath!
So many slight improvements by Intel in the last 15 years of less than 5% that you would think they actually don't develop CPU chips at all, but they elect to just get better performing chips by making the chips small, hotter, and use more power. I don't believe they ever knew what the hell they were doing for more than 20 years
I got the N200 eq13 as an ubuntu/casaos based samba NAS. A great upgrade on my previous router USB solution, much much faster throughput, able to host multiple USB drives, and can run most any software, apps etc. Money well spent. Most any N100 solution should also do just fine. I got the eq13 as a good price and known for being quiet
I think the real difference will be with Quicksync since its a recently release CPU so it might do better as dedicated budget streaming PC via quick sync over the n100.
I purchased this mini PC expecting it to outperform my N100 PC, but I'm truly disappointed. In Geekbench tests, the N150 scored lower than both my N100 and N97 Nucbox G5 in single-core and multi-core tests. Also, in the GPU test, it scored significantly lower than the N97 and only comparable to my N100 mini PC. Really disappointing.
n150 a no sense product? even my generic no brand n100 have better performance numbers and includes DDR4 3200 PCIe 3200mb/sec and USBC display port.... maybe we living final days of Intel?????
thanks for the review... seems dissapointing... the boost specs kinda say it will be better... but then it ain't which is a bit odd... internal power is a PLUS though
Think this is a result of the thermal limitations I would guess. Still a 6w TDP tuned chip, if we could unlock the thermal level, it would perform much better. I think this is akin to the N97 (12W TDP, slightly higher turbo on iGPU, same turbo as CPU but double the thermal headroom). The N97 will very likely outperform the N150, but may need a bigger heatsink or produce more fan noise to keep it cool.
There are a couple N100 systems that use DDR5 like the Beelink EQ12, but unfortunately it is just too slow to meaningfully take advantage of the extra memory bandwidth. Like the slide at 3:37
Double the price of what? The EQ14 N150 is $10 more than the EQ13 with the N100 on Amazon.com. Yes, I expected a slightly faster CPU in all metrics for the refresh.
Def a boring cpu. One reason it also is slower than some of the older N100 machines like the EQ12 is because it only has DDR4 not DDR5. The tiny cpu bump didn't really cover that gap.
how does the internal PSU heat the insides? If everything gets load, it will get quite toasty inside. And when will the chinese bios leave the year 1994?
An embarrassment of a machine and the fact that Beelink knew that it wasn't better without DDR5 RAM shows that it's essentially a quick cash grab, at least until people see the actual performance comparisons.
Beelink is also giving away a few of these minis. If you want to enter, details are here: x.com/Beelinkofficial/status/1861732172190863766
This is definitely the best channel about mini PC.
Thank you papa 🙂
it's funny how the Ryzen 5 5500u is stomping the sh!t out of this in all comparisons
5500u is a totally different class of chip for power efficiency
Totally different. N100 and similar sip power. Great for server on 24/7.
If you wanted performance, especially gaming perf, absolutely go for something AMD
I've been happy with my lower cost N97 GMKtek G5. Thanks for the review.
Props for telling the truth about this N150 chip.
I really appreciate that you show us how to make modifications.👍
☮
Very good review, it seems to be something similar to the case of the i3 n300, which when it was launched did not appear on the Intel website for any of its variants, but it could be that something strange is happening that they do not put the chip information on their website.
It's hard to imagine what Intel had in mind with this one. My G3 GMKtec scored almost the same results and it runs Linux Mint flawlessly. I'm okay with the external power supply.
Thanks!
Thank you
A surprisingly dissappinting result from the new N150 processor. Thanks for keeping everyone informed of the refreshed N100. Had intel made the N150 closer to a N200, I suspect a lot of people would have been much happier.
Indeed.
In the US Amzn there's a 40$ Coupon for the EQ14, making the total pre tax / shipping is 190
Wasn't expecting miracles. Wasn't disappointed either. This is exactly why Beelink have come out with a range of Ryzen 5xxx minis with (almost) the same model number. Maybe next year we'll get something worthwhile from Intel? Would love Lunar Lake Lite chip, but not holding my breath!
Intel n150 -- Intresting, but not ipressing. Thanks for video!
So many slight improvements by Intel in the last 15 years of less than 5% that you would think they actually don't develop CPU chips at all, but they elect to just get better performing chips by making the chips small, hotter, and use more power. I don't believe they ever knew what the hell they were doing for more than 20 years
TL,DW these are not the Skymont E-cores you were looking for.
N150 when the N200 exsists... Why Intel? Going to hold out hope it's because it too new and the drivers are not caught up yet? Oh....
What was that "Oh..." in the end? 😅
I got the N200 eq13 as an ubuntu/casaos based samba NAS. A great upgrade on my previous router USB solution, much much faster throughput, able to host multiple USB drives, and can run most any software, apps etc. Money well spent.
Most any N100 solution should also do just fine. I got the eq13 as a good price and known for being quiet
Half a litre in volume is a bit hard to imagine. You could do a RetroGamesCorps and compare using a block of butter.
have you never seen a measuring jug?
I saw gmktec has a N150 mini PC as well. Will you be reviewing that as well?
I think the real difference will be with Quicksync since its a recently release CPU so it might do better as dedicated budget streaming PC via quick sync over the n100.
I purchased this mini PC expecting it to outperform my N100 PC, but I'm truly disappointed. In Geekbench tests, the N150 scored lower than both my N100 and N97 Nucbox G5 in single-core and multi-core tests. Also, in the GPU test, it scored significantly lower than the N97 and only comparable to my N100 mini PC. Really disappointing.
N97 and N200 have more EUs on the GPU side. It was only likely to beat the N100 with the supposed higher boost speed....which it didn't.
Topton Solid FU03 is first passive (until 45c) mini pc with zen 4 cpu, can you review that one? should be totally silent at idle and low loads.
Will be good if you can make the same comparison for GMKTeck G3 Plus. Thank you very much!!!
Nice shirt!
Thanks. I'll add it as a link in the video description incase anyone wants it.
n150 a no sense product? even my generic no brand n100 have better performance numbers and includes DDR4 3200 PCIe 3200mb/sec and USBC display port.... maybe we living final days of Intel?????
Am I right in thinking where this improves is the x4 and x1 nvme drives vs n100?
Same in the EQ13 N100 model.
"Boy was I wrong" "awww" "... awww"
Great review - You totally nailed it 😄👍
what's the cheapest mini pc with disk channel RAM support?
Why do you need dual channel? Faster graphics?
DDR5 could have helped with performance?
Adds a few percent to the integrated graphics.
thanks for the review... seems dissapointing... the boost specs kinda say it will be better... but then it ain't which is a bit odd... internal power is a PLUS though
intel got used to having all the income it needs for r&d for a long time and the last 2 years failing harder than amd in 2012-2014.
It does not make sense for higher clock rate of both CPU/GPU but the real world's performance does not match the higher clock rate.
yeah found that a bit odd
Think this is a result of the thermal limitations I would guess. Still a 6w TDP tuned chip, if we could unlock the thermal level, it would perform much better. I think this is akin to the N97 (12W TDP, slightly higher turbo on iGPU, same turbo as CPU but double the thermal headroom). The N97 will very likely outperform the N150, but may need a bigger heatsink or produce more fan noise to keep it cool.
Get a Zen2 oder Zen3 Mini PC. Is also under 200€. But supports dual channel RAM and its faster.
Intel doing useless refreshes? No way 🤯
But seriously, I still hope that Intel can glue itself together and release something better, like a N400 💪
Q1 2025 is coming up. Fingers crossed.
damn ive been looking forward to the successor to the n100 this is a bit disappointing.
"even worse than glued on rubber feet'
well, debatable. i'll take rubber covers over glued on ones any day
These rubber covers are also glued on and even more difficult to pluck out
Not having DDR5 hurts the performance too much. Somewhat good pricing and dual m.2 slots is a nice addition tho. Pass. 😐
There are a couple N100 systems that use DDR5 like the Beelink EQ12, but unfortunately it is just too slow to meaningfully take advantage of the extra memory bandwidth. Like the slide at 3:37
maybe try ubuntu 24.10 🙃
It is the same CPU with doubled price. Did you really expected something good from Intel after all these years ?
Double the price of what? The EQ14 N150 is $10 more than the EQ13 with the N100 on Amazon.com. Yes, I expected a slightly faster CPU in all metrics for the refresh.
Def a boring cpu. One reason it also is slower than some of the older N100 machines like the EQ12 is because it only has DDR4 not DDR5. The tiny cpu bump didn't really cover that gap.
Wie nennt man diese Typen denn nun? RoboNerd oder NerdRob?
Da habt ihr doch bestimmt Ideen.
Where is Intel n50
Could have at least thrown in WIFI 7 to justify a new model 😂
how does the internal PSU heat the insides? If everything gets load, it will get quite toasty inside. And when will the chinese bios leave the year 1994?
An embarrassment of a machine and the fact that Beelink knew that it wasn't better without DDR5 RAM shows that it's essentially a quick cash grab, at least until people see the actual performance comparisons.
Oh :(
Yuk.. single channel of ddr4... in 2024...
N150...*sigh*
Thank you papa.
Yeaaaahh......
not what i think... and what am i thinking, exactly? 🤔 according to your wisdom?
Nothing intelligent, that's for sure.
Intel really needs to get their sh!t together. I can't do AMD so I'm stuck.
As long as people buying their shit, they won't improve anything.
#BoycottThePCMarket
can't? why?
Unabhängiger Oculink belegt keinen NVMe-Steckplatz,
Ultraleiser AMD Ryzen 7 5825U (8C/16T, bis zu 4,5 GHz), 16 GB DDR4 512 G SSD, Minicomputer, NVME*3
1. Ryzen 7 5825U/16 G RAM DDR5+512 G SSD M.2 2280 PEIC4.0
2.Unabhängige Oculink/HDMI2.1-Schnittstelle, unterstützt Dreifach-Bildschirmanzeige
3.Nur 0,6 l Volumen, platzsparend/„Forest 2.0“-Geräuschloses Kühlsystem
4.Lokale Servicecenter in Deutschland und Amazon FBA-Lager, WiFi 6 2,5 G LAN 8K Dreifach-Bildschirm.
How can it be this bad?
Unabhängiger Oculink belegt keinen NVMe-Steckplatz,
Ultra leiser AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX (8C/16T, bis zu 4,9 GHz), 32 GB LPDDR5 (4800 MHz) 1T SSD, Mini-Computer, NVME*3
1. Ryzen 9 6900HX / 32G RAM DDR5 + 1T SSD M.2 2280 PEIC4.0
2. Unabhängige Oculink/HDMI2.1-Schnittstelle, unterstützt Dreifach-Bildschirmanzeige
3. Nur 0,6 l Volumen, platzsparend/„Forest 2.0“-Geräuschloses Kühlsystem
4. Lokale Servicezentren in Deutschland und Amazon FBA-Lager, WiFi 6 2,5G LAN 8K Dreifach-Display
let's CPU is a joke and I will never understand the appeal of these mini PCS I mean we're talking about a laptop with no keyboard or display
Home server's or homelabs. I have a N100 mini running home assistant.
Please turn off this stupid auto translation function by RUclips, its HORRIBLE.
Failing company about to be sold off and divided off. Anyone remember Wang Laboratories!
2:57 Spyware 11 with approved keylogging included.
2:45 NVME empty slots scam in plain sight. Can't change CPU, GPU? Planned obsolescence scam in plain sight.
can't change cpu and gpu in a smartphone, tablet, laptop, gaming console - "sCaM aNd PlAnNeD oBsOleScENcE" 🤡 - right?
So intel literally just slapped a new name on their N100? s/n100/n150/g and jobs done?