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Those are multiplied by the number of cores. This one only has 2 I think. The top one has 6 cores. The CPUs in the first link that are faster are laptop CPUs with 4 cores. So per core this one is much faster than the other ones. Also has a good amount of L3 cache per core.

The main problem here (imo) is the RAM, because you can't go past 16gb.

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Not just RAM but also TDP - 28W for that form factor is a bit too much. Current i5 NUC IMO hits the sweet spot - it's pretty powerful and can be made silent with the stock fan. I hope in the future Intel can squeeze i7-U into a Baytrail power envelope ;-)

What do you mean by 'can be made silent'?

If you set fan RPMs to ~25% in the BIOS it becomes silent (at least NUC5i5RYH). I use it for distraction-free Linux-based development that way.

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