Part 2 - Power Consumption
This is a multi-part blog looking at a FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC running Linux. This machine has an Intel N100 processor, 16GB of RAM, 512GB M.2 SSD and is available for under £100. It sounds like an ideal low cost machine to run Linux. This series will examine every aspect of this Mini PC in detail from a Linux perspective. We’ll compare the machine with other ultra small form factor PCs along the way.
The machine comes with a Windows 11 Pro digital license. But apart from briefly testing it under Windows and benchmarking the disk, we swiftly replaced Windows with Ubuntu 23.10. Also bear in mind it appears to be a custom install of Windows 11, so we’d suggest a clean install if say you want to dual boot with Linux.
Part 2 - Benchmarks:
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FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Benchmarks
This is the second article in a series looking at a FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC running Linux. This machine has an Intel N100 processor, 16GB of RAM, and 512GB NVMe SSD and is now currently available for under £90. It sounds like an ideal low cost machine to run Linux. This series will examine every aspect of this Mini PC in detail from a Linux perspective. We’ll compare the machine with other ultra small form factor PCs along the way.
This article benchmarks the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC. The tests are run using the Phoronix Test Suite unless otherwise stated. We compare the FIREBAT’s benchmarks with a couple of other tiny computers. This helps put the results into context. The machines in question are the Intel NUC 13 Pro Mini PC and the HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini Desktop PC. We chose the NUC because it’s one of the best Mini PCs available, although it’s much more expensive than the FIREBAT. The HP EliteDesk is widely available secondhand at around the same price point as the FIREBAT.
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FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
For this instalment in the series, we’re going to examine the power consumption of the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC and compare it to three other machines.
The FIREBAT’s N100 CPU has a TDP of a mere 6W but a TDP is not necessarily a good indicator of the power draw from a system.
The chart below shows the power consumption with the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC compared to the Intel NUC (i7-1360P) Mini PC and two desktop machines. These desktop machine have a 12th generation Intel processor (i5-12400F) and a 10th generation processor (i5-10400). The specifications of each machine are detailed in the last page on this article.
Part 2 - Power Consumption:
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FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Power Consumption
For this instalment in the series, we’re going to examine the power consumption of the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC and compare it to three other machines.
The FIREBAT’s N100 CPU has a TDP of a mere 6W but a TDP is not necessarily a good indicator of the power draw from a system.
The chart below shows the power consumption with the FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC compared to the Intel NUC (i7-1360P) Mini PC and two desktop machines. These desktop machine have a 12th generation Intel processor (i5-12400F) and a 10th generation processor (i5-10400). The specifications of each machine are detailed in the last page on this article.