When comparing Samsung ARTIK vs Intel NUC, the Slant community recommends Intel NUC for most people. In the question“What are the best Raspberry Pi alternatives?” Intel NUC is ranked 3rd while Samsung ARTIK 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
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Pros
Pro First class SDK and IDE integration
Samsung Artik has a dedicated IDE built from Eclipse Che, which can build and push binaries into the system and supplies a SDK with it
Pro Not just a Chip family
An ARTIK module as they call it, is a pure IoT platform and can integrate with Artik Cloud.
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 It has been discontinued
Con It's expensive
Although it has high specs, the computer comes with a pretty high price of 199 USD. It is intended for enterprises that want to integrate these modules into their products.
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.
