Post #1802721

Funny enough I recently bought an N100 Mini-PC with 8GB (as a Christmas present to replace somebody's aged Windows 8 PC) for just a bit over $140 (more precisely €123, so $143 at today's exchange rate). According to [this](https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-intel_processor_n100-vs-raspberry_pi_5_b_broadcom_bcm2712) the performance of the microprocessor on the Pi**5** is at the same level as that of the N100. So basically if you buy a Mini PC with an N100 and 8GB memory you can roughly get the performance of the Pi5 at the price of a Pi4 with only 4GB. I think the point of the previous poster that "this is wild" is exactly right. Unless you actually need the actual pins with I/O ports, I2C, SPI or such for controlling some electronics, you're better of with the Mini PC and even if you do, you're probably better of with a Banana Pi or an Orange Pi.