Is an Intel N100 or N150 a better value than a Raspberry Pi?

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Venn1 ◴[04 Jul 25 15:53 UTC] No.44465588[source]▶

Low cost x86_64 solutions beat the pants off ARM in the PPPITA (performance per pain in the arse) department. The Raspberry Pi software ecosystem advantage nopes the moment x86 shows up to the party. Granted, it does suck the fun out of spending a weekend trying to get an application to compile.

Whether it's Raspberry Pi, Orange Pi, Banana Pi, or anything similar, by the time you buy the SBC and accessories, you're looking at around $100. The N100 or N150 are obvious choices if you're looking for a small, low power block of silicon to get something done.

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kristopolous ◴[04 Jul 25 21:24 UTC] No.44467992[source]▶

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I'm not understanding this. so https://www.amazon.com/s?k=n150 versus https://www.amazon.com/s?k=raspberry+pi+5 ... what's the claim here?

Is it that the pi is slow?

I'm not trying to disagree, I just don't see the savings everyone in this thread is claiming.

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1. anon-3988 ◴[04 Jul 25 22:03 UTC] No.44468225[source]▶

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> Is it that the pi is slow?

Yes, its slow and its ARM-based. So if you want things to just work (tm), N100 is a much, much better choice. You don't have to fiddle around with the configs to reduce writes to the SD card, figure out how to fix issues with ARM ecosystem, yadda yadda yadda.

It also limits what you want to do. For example, it is simply not powerful enough to run a smooth personal computer (video watching + light browsing).

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