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When comparing up board vs Intel NUC, the Slant community recommends Intel NUC for most people. In the question“What are the best single-board computers?” Intel NUC is ranked 13th while up board is ranked 16th. The most important reason people chose Intel NUC is:
The Atom based Celeron and Pentium NUCs have a very low TDP of 10 or 15W.
Specs
CPUIntel Atom x5-Z8350 (4x 1,44 GHz, Intel Burst up to 1.92 GHz)
CPU Instruction setAMD64/x86-64
GPUIntel HD
Power source5V DC
RAM1, 2 or 4 GB
Size85,5 x 56,5 mm
Storage16, 32 or 64GB eMMC
USB6x USB 2.0( 2x as pin header), 1x USB 3.0
CPUIntel Celeron, Pentium, Core
CPU Instruction setAMD64/x86-64
GPUIntel i9xx (Intel HD / UHD)
Power source12-19 VDC
RAMSO-DIMM
Size101.6 × 101.6 mm
StorageSATA, M2
USBDepending on configuration
AudioDepending on configuration
GPIONA
Network ConnectivityDepending on configuration
VideoDepending on configuration
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Pros
Pro Pricier boards will have sata port
Pro Low TDPs
The Atom based Celeron and Pentium NUCs have a very low TDP of 10 or 15W.
Pro Intel based GPU
Almost any OS has support for the intel i9xx based GPUs.
Pro x86/amd64-based
Plenty of Operating Systems to choose.
Pro HDMI-CEC
6th gen+ models have CEC support.
Cons
Con No sata on cheaper boards
Con Intel is a bitch
For an M2-port, HDR, better GPU power or more RAM support Intel wants you to buy the much higher priced iX-based models even if HDR would be possible on Atom GPU's.