ASRock Launches NUC Box Mini PCs with Intel Core Ultra Processors
ASRock has just launched its brand newNUC Boxlineup. These areMini PCs, and the new models were unveiled recently. The CPU department of ASRock’s new NUC Ultra 100 Box& NUCS Ultra 100 Box now receives Intel’s latest Core Ultra processors, built on the Meteor Lake Architecture.
ASRock will offer its new Mini PCs with two processor options,Intel Core Ultra 7155HandIntel Core Ultra 5 125H. The newCore Ultraprocessors also bringIntel Arc graphicsas theintegrated GPU, next to the upgraded compute tile with Redwood Cove Performance Cores (P-Cores) and Crestmont Efficiency Cores (E-Cores). You can have a look at the core & thread counts and other specifications of these Intel Core Ultra 5/7 processors below:14th Gen CPU VariantTotal No. Of Cores (C) / Threads (T)Core Configuration (P/E/LP-E)Intel Smart Cache (LLC)Max P-Core Turbo FrequencyMax E-Core Turbo FrequencyIntegrated GPU, Xe Cores, GPU FrequencyIntel Core Ultra 7 155H16C/22T6+8+224M4.80 GHz3.80 GHzArc Graphics, 8 Xe Cores, 2.25 GHzIntel Core Ultra 5 125H14C/18T6+8+218M4.50 GHz3.60 GHzArc Graphics, 7 Xe Cores, 2.2 GHzIntel Core Ultra 5 155H & Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Specifications
Several improvements have been brought to the table withIntel’s Core Ultraprocessors. The most major change is theIntel 4 manufacturing process, bringing forward major efficiency gains in this new generation Intel process. An entirely new core type (Low Power E-Core/LP E-core) has also been introduced.
ASRock is offering up to96GB of DDR5 5600MHzsupport on its new Core Ultra-based Mini PCs. In total, four variants are launching, with the NUCS variants being smaller, as we said before.AI featuresare a major part of Intel’s new generation of Core Ultra processors.
These new ASRock Mini PCs also feature Intel’s brand-newneural processing unit(NPU), which isdedicated to AI accelerationon the PC. According to ASRock, Intel’s addition of a neural processor to Core Ultra chips brings forward “up to 20x performance per watt” improvement.
The ‘NUCS’ variant is slimmer than the ‘NUC’ one, although both are Mini PCs which are quite compact. ASRock is touting the NUCS Ultra 100 Box as a slim-type system. For connectivity, these Mini PCs featureWi-Fi 6E&Bluetooth 5.3.
These also support up tofour 4K Displays, with support for DisplayPort 2.1, HDMI 2.1, and additional ports. The ASRock NUC & NUCS Ultra 100 Box Mini PCs support Thunderbolt 4 as well. For now,pricing and availabilityhave not been revealed. When this changes, we will surely let you know!
Intel Core Ultra CPUs Compared to 13th Gen Raptor Lake
ASRock Industrial has also compared its new Mini PCs’ performance in the Cinebench R23 Multi-Core test. This basically represents the overall performance of the CPU, with all cores being active. Here, we can see that the previous-gen Raptor Lake architecture based oni5-1340P&i7-1370Pis marginally slower in the benchmark.
3DMark Time Spy was also tested, which utilizes the GPU. Thanks to the new Meteor Lake architecture, we get Intel Arc graphics on these Core Ultra processors. Thus, there is abig jumpin performance too.
TheIntel Core Ultra 7 155Hsees a+76% improvement over the i7-1370P processor in 3DMark Time Spy. The multi-core scores have improved over the 13th Gen P-Series i5 & i7.
What are your thoughts on ASRock’s brand new Mini PC lineup with Intel Core Ultra processors built on Meteor Lake architecture? Let us know in the comments below.
Satyam Kumar
Highly passionate about technology. Major expertise in PC hardware, the VR industry, esports-centric gear, and other gadgets. In my spare time, I’m usually researching exciting hardware breakthroughs or playing competitive games.
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