Summary and conclusion
On paper, the Intel N95 installed here and the Intel N100 already tested in the past are quite similar. According to the manufacturer’s direct comparison, the primary differences are the N95’s higher TDP of 15 watts and the graphics unit’s fewer execution units. However, these have a higher clock rate.
Kampf der Zwerge: Mini-PC Benchmark im Vergleich und Übersicht aller bisher getesteten Modelle
It is interesting to note that the N95 is sometimes well above the N100, depending on the test. In others, however, it lags behind again. I initially had doubts about the somewhat unconventionally connected expansion module via USB-C, but the full throughput of around 550 MB/s was easily achieved in a test with an SSD. However, hotplug does not work, the system simply free zes.
By chance, I also noticed that the production date, 19.06.2023, is noted on the PCB. There’s nothing else I can do with it, but I at least wanted to mention it. Less nice is the fact that an NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD is promised in the specifications on the Amazon page, but a SATA SSD was installed here. When I asked about this, I received the following reply:
We have upgraded our products to use SATA SSD, after we upgraded our products, the description above has not been changed in time, so there is such an error, I hope you can understand.
Somewhat unsatisfactory, because the change from NVMe to SATA was certainly not an upgrade and even a few days after I pointed it out, the error has not been corrected. Making false statements could quickly have consequences. I have now also reported it to Amazon.
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The final price at the time of publication is around €200, which is a little too much for my taste. However, if you look at the Raspberry Pi 5 with 8GB RAM and everything around it, it’s currently around 150€ and doesn’t have the flexibility of an x86 processor. However, thanks to the GPIO pins, there are of course many other possible applications, but I’m only looking at the operation of Home Assistant, for example. I wouldn’t see the AK1 Plus as a replacement for a “real” computer, but rather as an economical home server.
The test sample was provided by ctonetech without obligation. There was and is no influence on the tests and results. There was also no compensation for expenses and no obligation to publish.
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