Is the Xiaomi mini computer still worth buying after the sharp drop of 1400 yuan?

Xiaomi minicomputer earned a lot of attention when it was launched at the beginning of the year. After all, in the current minicomputer industry, there are many niche brands and few low-cost products launched by major manufacturers. Especially for mini computers, many people are not willing to spend a lot of money to buy them, so the performance of low-cost mini computers is better than that of high priced products.

The reason why the Xiaomi mini computer has attracted attention is that it is cheap. When the 5 models of the Core i5 first launched, it was already very popular at 3999 yuan. In the middle of the year, the price dropped to 2999 yuan in a wave, and the overall cost performance ratio was further strengthened. Recently, the price of this mini computer dropped another 400 yuan to 2599 yuan. I personally think that if you have been paying attention to this machine, you can start now.

The Xiaomi mini computer is small in design, and its chassis is only about 0.5L. It is made of all metal shell, and the overall workmanship quality is excellent. The color matching is mainly black, which is suitable for business office and home use. Because of its small size, this machine is only about the size of an adult's palm, and it is also very convenient to carry.

The front end of the fuselage is equipped with two USB 3.2 Gen2 interfaces, and the interface on the right supports power-off charging. In addition, it is equipped with a 3.5mm headset jack and power key.

The back interface is equipped with two Lightning 4, two HDMI2.1, one USB 3.2 Gen 2, one USB 2.0 and one standard Internet port. The entire interface configuration scheme can be said to be quite luxurious, and dual lightning 4 and dual HDMI2.1 are extremely rare on mini computers in the price range of 2000 yuan.

The Xiaomi minicomputer is equipped with Intel's 12th generation Core i5-1240P processor, 12 core 16 thread design. Although it is a low-power processor, the default TDP is 28W, but the performance of the Xiaomi minicomputer is very excellent, reaching a stable 40W release, and supporting three levels of TDP adjustment, which brings users a wealth of options.

Through the CPU-Z test, we can see that the single core processor scored 696.9 points and the multi-core processor scored 5670 points. The overall performance is quite excellent.

The 12th generation Core i5-1240P is a 28W quasi standard voltage processor, which has better performance than the 15W low-power U series processor. With reference to the performance score of Core i5-1235U processor, we can see the performance difference of processors with different power consumption?

First, let's look at the performance comparison of the CINEBENCH R15/R20/R23 single core. According to the test results, the Core i5-1240P is basically the same as the Core i5-1235U, just because the power consumption of the test machine is slightly lower. In fact, because they have the same RF acceleration capability, the single core performance can be regarded as no difference.

In terms of multi-core performance, there are obvious differences between the two. The Core i5-1240P has two more P-cores, that is, performance cores, than the Core i5-1235U, which means that it has two more threads than the latter, so the multi-core performance is significantly higher than the latter.

The same is true for the CPU-Z single core and multi-core performance tests. There is no difference between the single core and multi-core performance. The multi-core performance of the Core i5-1240P is 38.6% higher than that of the Core i5-1235U. With two P-Cores and a higher TDP, performance gains are enormous.

The single core performance of GeekBench 5 is also flat, and the multi-core performance is also significantly ahead of the Core i5-1240P.

Needless to say, the Core i5-1240P has two cores and four threads, 7-Zip The score reached 54.164, while the Core i5-1235U was only 38.169.

In terms of physical rendering capability, the Core i5-1240P is about 60.4% higher than the Core i5-1235U, which also means that if there is a demand for rendering applications, the Core i5-1240P model will gain more in efficiency.

In terms of video coding, the Core i5-1240P takes only 52 seconds to complete the coding task, while the Core i5-1235U takes 68 seconds.

In addition to the number of cores, the biggest difference between the Core i5-1240P and the Core i5-1235U is the TDP. The former is 28W by default, and the latter is 15W by default, so the core temperature of the two is also different during operation. The following is the temperature comparison between CPU single copy machine and CPU+GPU double copy machine on two processor platforms. It can be seen that the 28W Core i5-1240P is obviously higher than the Core i5-1235U platform.

In addition, this mini computer is not unique, but thanks to the Ruixuan Xe core display integrated by Intel's 12th generation Core, it can run some online games or video games with low requirements.

Then we experienced《 League of Heroes 》、《 DOTA2 》And《 CS : GO Three games, with 2560 × 1440 resolution, the average frame number of League of Heroes is near 100fps; Under 1080P resolution, the average frame number of DOTA2 can reach about 60fps; CS: GO Benchmark The average number of frames is 90 fps. It's OK to play normally.

In terms of memory and hard disk performance, the Xiaomi mini computer also performs quite well.

According to the actual measurement of AIDA 64 storage performance, its memory read speed reaches 64948MB/s, write speed 58094MB/s, copy speed 65269MB/s, and delay 112.8ns. Although the memory latency is higher than that of DDR4, its read/write and copy speeds have doubled Software The smooth operation of is more important.

In terms of hard disk storage, I configured a 512GB PCIe 3.0 solid state disk for it. The measured reading speed is 3532.78MB/s, the writing speed is 2411.07MB/s, the 4K random reading speed is 71.48MB/s, and the writing speed is 139.43MB/s.

The main use scenario of the Xiaomi mini computer is productivity application. Here we refer to the test results of the professional productivity performance evaluation software CrossMark: under the CrossMark test standard, the overall score is 1520, the productivity score is 1468, the creativity score is 1641, and the responsiveness score is 1342. These scores show that the Xiaomi mini computer has an efficient productivity application efficiency, Can easily be competent for daily office applications, and can better undertake Video clips , picture rendering, 3D rendering and other heavy load application tasks.

In addition, we can also refer to the PCMark 10 office test. This product scored up to 9708 in common basic functions, including Web browsing, video conferencing, application startup, etc., indicating that it had no problems in completing these basic office tasks; In the productivity project test, it scored 6908 points, indicating that it has good working performance of spreadsheets and documents; In terms of digital content creation, its score reached 6082 points, indicating that it can efficiently complete the work of picture, video, graphic rendering, etc; Its comprehensive score is 5317. Thanks to the support of the 12th generation Core i5-1240P quasi standard pressure processor, its production efficiency is significantly higher than that of low-power processor platform products.

·Evaluation summary

The Xiaomi mini computer had a good price performance at the beginning of its launch. After two price reductions, the price of 2599 yuan can be said to be more valuable. Although this machine is equipped with the 12th generation Core i5-1240P processor, the test shows that its performance is not outdated for office use and light games. Friends with low budget can consider this product.

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