Khadas Mind cross scene workstation: really portable and extensible

one prologue

When it comes to mini consoles, I don't know what your first impression is, whether it is NUC, which was "adopted" by Intel to ASUS, or AMD mini consoles, which are popular in the market, or soft routing artifact with two network ports at a low price.

However, the design idea of the mini host evaluated by the author today is somewhat different from those of the above products. On the whole, it is more like the Mac mini next door. Yes, it is the Khadas Mind cross scene workstation, a successful crowdfunding project of Khadas Company on kickstarter. What are its characteristics? Why can we successfully crowdfunding on kickstarter? Today, the author will talk with you about this very interesting Khadas Mind.

two Small and exquisite design

Khadas Mind has made great efforts in the appearance design compress Khadas Mind has to do a lot of subtraction for the host volume. In fact, these subtraction methods are successful. While ensuring the heat dissipation capacity of the processor, the host volume is very well controlled at 0.3L, and the weight is controlled at more than 400g. It is not obvious to put it on the desktop, in the backpack, or even in the pocket.

It seems that simple numbers are not intuitive. Just now, the author has a Mac mini, which is considered by many users to be thin and portable. Unexpectedly, it looks like a strong man beside KhadasMind, which is too bulky.

Khadas Mind's body is cut by CNC, with neat appearance and comfortable hand feeling. The top of the machine is a brand logo, and the top of the front of the machine is made with grooves, which are more suitable for fingers when pressing the power on button. A small design highlights the profound design experience of the product design team.

In terms of interface, Khadas Mind interface is 2 * Type-C, HDMI, and 2 * USB-A from left to right, which can meet the basic needs of most users. If you have additional expansion needs, you can purchase Mind Dock. On the basis of expanding the above interfaces, it can also help users obtain 3 * USB-A, 2 * HDMI, rj45 network ports Type-C, SD card slot, two in one audio output port, fingerprint identification module, volume adjustment button, and even a mini speaker can be expanded.

three Safe, reliable and easy to upgrade

The design of Khadas Mind is remarkable in appearance, and its internal nature is not only famous. Khadas Mind is equipped with Intel's 13th generation core processor i7-1360P, which has 12 cores and 16 threads, including 4 personality cores, 8 energy efficiency cores, the maximum frequency of Remax 5.0 GHz, and 18MB three-level cache. In terms of core display, it is equipped with Intel Iris Xe core display and has 96EU units, which can meet the needs of lightweight games. Of course, friends who do not need such powerful performance can also consider buying the i5-1340P version, which is more cost-effective.

In terms of memory, we have provided 32GB LPDDR5 5200MHz for the top configuration. The memory is onboard and cannot be upgraded. However, the minimum configuration of Khadas Mind is 16GB, which can meet the basic needs of different types of users. Here, Khadas Mind has given two M.2 hard disk bits, but one of them needs to be disassembled to be visible. The original hard disk is inserted here. The hard disk attached to the machine is SN740, and the actual reading and writing are shown in the figure below.

The other hard disk is at the bottom of the machine body. Open a magnetic suction quick release board to see it. It is convenient for users to add hard disks. Just as the author has an additional SN740 in his hand, he installed it by the way.

The most interesting thing is that it also comes with a 5.55Wh battery. After power failure, the official default is to enter the sleep mode. Users can also adjust according to their own needs. Of course, considering the size of the battery, the author thinks that it is more used as an emergency UPS to solve the problem of data loss caused by sudden power failure. Other manufacturers can also learn from this, which can effectively improve users' daily use experience.

In addition, the previously mentioned Mind Graphics and Mind xPlay will be launched later this year. The additional unique docking station and portable display can enrich the ecology of Mind, which is a huge improvement in both productivity and experience. Interested friends can continue to follow the official website of Khadas. If they have the opportunity to launch new products, The author will also bring you the experience report of Complete Mind.

four Extremely quiet performance

The performance test part will be divided into three parts, namely theoretical score test, practical experience test and toaster test. Test its actual level under different use conditions through different test standards.

The first is the theoretical test. Here, CineBench R23 and 2024 are used to test the host. It can be seen that in the R23 test, single core 1694pts and multi-core 9228pts; In Cinebench 2024, the single core 102pts and multi-core 551pts are slightly better than the R7 5800X, and the multi-core performance is slightly better than the Apple M1. As a mini host for positioning business office, the performance can be said to be very powerful.

On the core display side, the specification has not improved much compared with the past generations of Intel processors 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme and Time Spy tested it, and it scored 2325 points in FSE and 1462 points in TS. Although its performance still lags behind the core display of the latest processor, play《 League of Heroes 》Such games are more than enough.

In the PCMark10 modern office test, the total score of this host is 5416, including 9451 for common basic functions, 7312 for productivity, and 6240 for digital content creation, which basically meets the needs of ordinary users.

Here is also a simple test of its performance in the actual game. The game selected for the test is League of Heroes, and the game is set to 1080P with the highest picture quality. In the polar chaos, the frame rate at the birth of the base is about 190 frames, while the frame rate in the game is about 85 frames, basically meeting the daily light game experience.

Even using it to run some simple AI pictures is no problem. It takes 3 minutes and 12 seconds to actually calculate a 512 * 512 resolution image through ComfyUI, and the average iteration is once every 9.64 seconds. Although it is not reliable to use it to produce pictures on a large scale, it can at least let ordinary users try the charm of current AI drawing.

Finally, we passed the toaster test Aida64 To conduct a ten minute single baking test on Khadas Mind, we can see that at the end of the baking machine, the P core frequency is 3.1GHz, the E core frequency is 2.4GHz, the power consumption is 27W, and the temperature is 74 degrees.

Khadas Mind, with such excellent temperature control performance, has excellent control over fan noise. The measured standby noise is 38.7dB, and the full load noise is 44.8dB. It is no exaggeration to say that daily use is almost free from noise interference.

five Cross scene experience

After briefly testing the performance of this host, I believe you should have a certain understanding of this host. Next, I want to talk about its cross scenario experience.

During this period of experience, this Khadas Mind has become my daily main machine. I will use it for copy editing when I go to work. The 2A2C plus an HDMI interface configuration can basically meet the requirements of not using a docking station, but also connecting an external display for office work and expanding mobile hard disk. Unplug all the equipment cables after work, and you can easily take them away. If you feel that you are not elegant enough, you can also connect the official Mind Dock and connect all the cables to the Dock, so that you can take the host directly after work without plugging the harness every day.

At home, because I don't have an additional monitor, I usually use AR glasses connected to Khadas Mind. The actual experience is good, whether playing some light online games or watching videos, it is competent.

And the next day, just put Khadas Mind back on MindDock and it can be used normally, bringing a more comfortable and comfortable office experience.

six High end has become the future

Khadas Mind is not a mini host as you think, but more like a workstation that can be infinitely expanded. Here, users can install any module they want, which is a bit like Pinlego, but it is not so troublesome. On the contrary, it is very simple and easy to use. The magnetic suction interface can effectively avoid the tragedy of "vigorously working miracles". In addition, the graphics card docking station matching Khadas Mind is also coming into the market, which undoubtedly makes Khadas Mind more scalable and a real suit thug.

Of course, its price is not low. The price of the i7 version we have is 7399 yuan in JD. Of course, you can also consider buying the i5-1340P, 16GB, 512GB versions of the entry-level version, which are only 5399 yuan. If you are very concerned about the design of the product and want to have strong scalability, then this Khadas Mind will undoubtedly be your perfect choice. In addition, if you are a technology enthusiast, creative designer or game player, please look forward to Khadas Mind's whole family bucket, which can improve both performance and experience.

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