![]() ![]() The 2.5 gigabit Ethernet ports performed as expected with download averaging 2.37 Gb/s and upload averaging 2.34 Gb/s: Network connectivity throughput was measured using ‘iperf3’. ![]() Storage performance from the M.2 NVMe was:įor real-world testing of the iGPU, I played various videos in Edge and there were no issues encountered playing videos up to 4K 60 FPS: I first set the power mode to ‘High performance’ and ran some well-known benchmarking tools to look at performance under Windows. 10 Gbit/s:Īnd supports video output through ‘Alternate Mode’ (or DP Alt Mode): There is also a Type-C USB port on the back panel which when tested also ran as USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 i.e. The 2.5 gigabit Ethernet ports use Intel I225-V network interface controllers:Īnd the WiFi 6 uses an Intel HarrisonPeak AX101 M.2 2230 card which supports 1×1 WiFi 6 technology which theoretically could delivery a throughput of up to 600 Mbps as well as providing support for Bluetooth 5.2:īeelink’s product page lists all of the Type-A USB ports as 3.2 Gen 2 so I tested them using a Samsung 980 PRO PCle 4.0 NVMe M.2 SSD housed in a ‘USB to M.2 NVMe adapter’ (ORICO M2PAC3-G20 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure) which showed that the front two ‘blue’ USB ports were indeed USB 3.2 Gen 2×1 i.e. ![]() The memory is DDR5 and configured to run at its maximum speed of 4800 MHz: The processor’s ‘Power Limits’ (PL) are configured with ‘PL1’ set to 20 watts and ‘PL2’ set to 25 watts both of which are well above the Thermal Design Power (TDP) of 6 watts: Unfortunately, GPU-Z doesn’t ‘know’ about the iGPU so provides little useful information: The Beelink EQ12 came installed with a licensed copy of Windows 11 Pro version 21H2 build 22000.918 which I upgraded to the latest 22H2 build 22621.1555 for testing purposes:Ī quick look at the hardware information shows it is aligned with the specification: ![]() In the box, you get a 36 W (12V/3A) power adapter and cord, both a short and a longer HDMI cable, a VESA mounting bracket together with a small packet of miscellaneous screws, a replaceable but different colored fabric top and a multilingual user manual. As mentioned, there is just a single SODIMM memory slot and the review model was ‘maxed-out’ by including a stick of Crucial 16 GB DDR5 4800 MHz memory:Īlso included in the bottom of the device is a plastic bay that supports adding a 2.5-inch SATA drive for increased storage and the bay also incorporates a small fan to cool both the drive and the motherboard/memory above it. Internally included is an M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe Gen 3.0 SSD drive (the review model included a unmarked 512 GB drive which uses a Maxio MAP1202 controller complete with Windows 11 Pro installed) and this in turn covers an M.2 2230 WiFi 6 (or 802.11ax) Intel AX101 card which also provides Bluetooth 5.2. The rear panel includes a Type-C USB port, a Type-A 3.2 Gen 2 port, two 2.5 gigabit Ethernet ports, two HDMI 2.0 ports, and a power jack. The front panel has an illuminated power button, a 3.5mm headphone jack, two Type-A USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports, and a reset pin-hole ‘CLR CMOS’. As an actively cooled mini PC, it uses an Alder Lake-N Processor N100 which is a four-core 4-thread (no HyperThreading) 3.40 GHz mobile processor with Intel’s UHD Graphics which has a maximum frequency of 750 MHz. The Beelink EQ12 physically consists of a 124 x 113 x 39 mm (4.88 x 4.44 x 1.53 inches) square plastic case and is available with a choice of four colored breathable/waterproof fabric-covered tops: Senior Grey, Pearl White, Millennial Grey, and Navy Blue (the review model). Intel’s specification for the number of graphical execution units (EUs) also states 24 however software such as HWiNFO64 shows there are 32: It is worth noting that the Processor N100 processor only supports a single memory channel and that according to Intel’s specification for the processor, the maximum memory supported is only 16 GB. Whilst I’ll cover the basic Windows operation and performance, I’ll also explore how this new mini PC performs when used as an integrated router and NAS. Having recently announced the EQ12 mini PC featuring an Intel Processor N100 ‘Alder Lake-N’ CPU with up to 16GB RAM, Beelink have now sent one for review. Perhaps more importantly, they are also the cheapest mini PCs they offer. Beelink’s new EQ series of mini PCs form their base product range and feature low-powered Jasper Lake and Alder Lake-N processors with relatively basic port and memory/storage configurations. ![]()
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