ACEMAGICIAN T8PLUS is an ultra-compact mini PC based on the latest Intel Processor N95 “Alder Lake N-Series” processor with three HDMI video outputs and dual gigabit Ethernet ports.
The 8.9 x 8.9 x 4.3cm computer ships with 8GB LPDDR5 memory, a 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD, and is also equipped with three USB 3.0 ports, a WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless module, and a 3.5mm audio jack, plus a Kensington lock slot.
ACEMAGICIAN T8PLUS specifications:
- SoC – Intel Processor N95 quad-core Alder Lake-N processor @ up to 3.4 GHz (Turbo) with 6MB cache, 16EU Intel HD graphics @ 1.2 GHz; TDP: 15W
- System Memory – 8GB LPDDR5 @ 4800MHz
- Storage – 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD
- Video Output – 3x HDMI 2.0b ports up to 4Kp60; triple independent display support
- Audio – 3.5mm audio jack, digital audio output via HDMI ports
- Networking
- 2x Gigabit Ethernet RJ45 ports
- Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 4.2 wireless module up to 450Mbps on the 2.4GHz band & 1300Mbps on the 5GHz band
- USB – 3x USB 3.2 ports
- Misc
- Power button
- Kensington lock slot
- Heatsink and fan for active cooling
- BIOS features: Wake-on-LAN (WoL), RTC wake-up, and automatic startup
- Power Supply – 12V/4A via DC jack
- Dimensions – 89 x 89 x 43mm
- Weight – 203 grams
ACE MAGICIAN shares the PassMark CPU Mark rating table above showing the 6W Processor N95 outperforms the 15W Processor N100 (albeit not by much), but there’s a non-negligible performance uplift against previous generation Jasper Lake processors such as the Celeron N5095A, N5105, or 5100.
The T8PLUS mini PC ships with Windows 11 Pro, but the company says Ubuntu is also supported. The package also includes a power supply,an HDMI cable, a user manual, and a VESA mounting bracket to attach the mini PC to the back of a compatible monitor or to a wall.
ACEMAGICIAN T8PLUS mini PC can be purchased on Amazon US for $199 after ticking the $40 discount box. It’s also available in Europe through Amazon France as part of a Flash sale for 229.99 Euros including VAT.
Via Liliputing and Minimachines
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‘System Memory – 8GB DDR4 @ 4800MHz’ and ‘ships with 8GB LPDDR5 memory’ is in conflict, the Amazon US link talks about LPDDR4 and Amazon France about DDR4.
LPDDR5 vs. DDR4 especially on a platform with ‘only single channel memory’ should make quite a difference?
It should be LPDDR5.
Typo: ‘the 6W Processor N95’.
But the whole TDP thing with Intel is marketing BS anyway since N95’s and N100’s TDPs are for totally different Base frequencies: 6W @ 800 MHz (N100) vs. 15W @ 1700 MHz (N95). Nobody is interested in these CPUs running at their ‘Base frequency’ (maybe except the enclosure designer) since only the Turbo frequency matters: the 3.4 GHz both SKUs share.
8.9 x 8.9 x 4.3mm
LOL
That IS a mini PC 😀
I got one on Amazon (dot) de. It’s 399€, but I got a 199€ action voucher.
The case is cheap plastic
The NICs:
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 15)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller
Storage is a SATA SSD:
[ 1.415132] ata2.00: ATA-11: FPT310M4SSD256G, HAFEB2.1, max UDMA/133
I was unable to figure out, wether it has DDR4 or DDR5
BIOS lists it as: Total Memory: 8192 MB, Memory Frequency: 3200 MHzMemTest86 claims it has: 11628MB/s with a latency of 23.061nslshw lists 4 banks/channels of Samsung “Row of chips Synchronous 6400 MHz (0,2 ns)”, 2GiB, 16bit wide, 2105MHz Clock (0.5ns)Updated Memtest86 to 10.3: now it claims it’s “PC5-51200 LPDDR5 6400MHz / Samsung”But also “Speed: 6400 MT/s” and Configured Memory Speed: 3200 MT/s”
It comes with a 12V 2.4A power-brick, a VESA mount and one HDMI-Cable.
> PC5-51200 LPDDR5 6400MHz / Samsung”But also “Speed: 6400 MT/s” and Configured Memory Speed: 3200 MT/s”
PC5-51200 -> DDR5-6400, the module supports 6400 MT/s, those Alder Lake N thingies can do 4800 MT/s max but in your setup only 3200 MT/s were negotiated. I would check UEFI for anything memory related and see whether negotiated speed can be improved.
BTW: within Linux dmidecode –type 17 should give this information (though sometimes lacking negotiated/real speed).
Thanks for the hint.
Found an option to change the memory speed to 4800MT/s.
Throughput in MemTest86 increased to 13.8GB/s (from 11.6GB/s).