The next line of Intel-branded mini-PCs is the subject of a detailed leak.
Only a few weeks ago, we offered you the test of the NUC 12 Extreme Dragon Canyon from Intel. This is the most powerful of the mini-PC models imagined by Intel.
However, the founder does not intend to stop there and now seems to be aiming for another type of mini-PC with this leak around a kind of competitor to Apple’s Mac Studio.
A very compact NUC
Let’s be clear, this Wall Street Canyon as it is named by Tom’s Hardware is not yet official and the comparison with Apple’s Mac Studio is the sole fact of our colleague.
One thing is certain, however, the first images of this Wall Street Canyon indicate a clear change in design compared to the NUC 12 Extreme Dragon Canyon that we were testing at the beginning of March. The NUC is here more compact, more stocky.
The ports on the back are almost identical to what the previous generation of NUC offered, but the ports on the front mark an evolution towards USB 3.2 Gen 2. Another change, the external power brick is longer than the NUC, also more powerful.
DDR5 RAM is not on the menu
The idea is obviously to be able to accommodate a much beefier processor and Tom’s Hardware currently evokes five CPUs from the Core i3 1220P (10 cores / 12 threads) up to Core i7-1270P (12 cores / 16 threads). However, DDR5 is not on the menu of a NUC which accepts up to two DDR4-3200 modules.
On the storage side, there is talk of a single M.2 slot for a PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD while another M.2 port is provided for the integrated Intel AX211 Wi-Fi 6 solution. Finally, a space has been created to accept a 2.5-inch SATA storage unit.
The leak relayed by Tom’s Hardware does not yet mention any price or release date, but given the rather complete report of the NUC that it provides us, we can expect a fairly quick formalization from Intel.
Performance to be confirmed
Finally, the source of our colleagues is the opportunity to discover a first salvo of results on software well known to bench enthusiasts. It is thus possible to see very classic results on the side of the memory subsystem, DDR4 behaves as one might expect.
The measurements were taken from a barebone equipped with the Core i7-1260P (12 cores / 16 threads). The processor also seems to behave rather well and the results observed on the bench integrated into CPU-Z or on Cinebench are very respectable.
It is quite different when one seeks to rely on the graphics solution of the CPU, an Iris Xe with 96 execution units.
Things get complicated from the outset for PCMark 10 with a heavily handicapped score in Digital Content Creation.
3DMark’s TimeSpy demo and Shadow of the Tomb Raider put the iGPU in trouble © Chiphell
Things are even trickier when you go to benches more particularly focused on the graphic aspect like 3DMark or the video game Shadow of the Tomb Raider.
Source: Chiphell, Tom’s Hardware
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