Raspberry-Pi 5

[LoudLemur]

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/introducing-raspberry-pi-5/

Key features include:

2.4GHz quad-core 64-bit Arm Cortex-A76 CPU
VideoCore VII GPU, supporting OpenGL ES 3.1, Vulkan 1.2
Dual 4Kp60 HDMI display output
4Kp60 HEVC decoder
Dual-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 5.0 / Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
High-speed microSD card interface with SDR104 mode support
2 × USB 3.0 ports, supporting simultaneous 5Gbps operation
2 × USB 2.0 ports
Gigabit Ethernet, with PoE+ support (requires separate PoE+ HAT, coming soon)
2 × 4-lane MIPI camera/display transceivers
PCIe 2.0 x1 interface for fast peripherals
Raspberry Pi standard 40-pin GPIO header
Real-time clock
Power button
In a break from recent tradition, we are announcing Raspberry Pi 5 before the product arrives on shelves. Units are available to pre-order today from many of our Approved Reseller partners, and we expect the first units to ship by the end of October.

[LoudLemur]

There is also the Orange Pi 5 plus, in case you are interested and need the extra RAM: http://www.orangepi.org/html/hardWare/computerAndMicrocontrollers/details/Orange-Pi-5-plus.html

[necrevistonnezr]

Sounds nice - but you're in price regions (after adding casing, SSD, etc.) where it could make sense to look at Intel N100 mini PCs (or used thin clients), which offer a lot more possibilities...

[jdaviescoates]

@necrevistonnezr and of course wrt to Cloudron, Arm isn't supported (as not all apps support it) and so it can't be installed on a Raspberry Pi

[kymj8]

Thanks @necrevistonnezr for sharing the Intel N100 suggestion here and pointing out the following:

Sounds nice - but you're in price regions (after adding casing, SSD, etc.) where it could make sense to look at Intel N100 mini PCs (or used thin clients), which offer a lot more possibilities...

... and in your AVX: List of CPUs incomplete post.

And for completeness, you also said in Woohoo, I finally cancelled my Dropbox subscription!:

Nextcloud runs! on my new homeserver (Intel N100 / 16 GB)

NextCloud is what I am planning on bringing into my home (from the cloud). I just got a 12 GB DDR5 RAM, 512 GB m.2 SATA SSD N100 mini PC for this purpose. Dual NIC, one being 2.5 Gbps. Powered by USB-C PowerDelivery is a bonus.

I came here to start a topic on the N100, and the Alder Lake N-series in general, being a better alternative than Raspberry PIs and other ARM options for many here.
No new is topic needed. This Raspberry Pi one seems just right.

This Intel Ark table does not include a column for TDP, but that can be seen by clicking.
The best table I have found overall is on Wikipedia.

Several of these processors are very highly ranked in Power Performance (CPU Mark / Max TDP) category on the PassMark site.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/power_performance.html

The N300 beats the N100 by having higher performance score, 8 cores and better 'cost performance per Watt', BUT... not worth considering now because:

• Few PCs, boards out yet
• Being branded with the Core-i3, meaning they expect a premium
• Price I have seen for it is $309 (versus $128 for N100)

If you live in a place where electricity prices are not a big deal or it is not for 24/7 usage, then the N97 or N95 cost less, but also seem to offer great value.

For even less money, as the OP said, used thin clients are worth looking at and are getting mentioned by Linux podcasts recently, for example:
https://linuxafterdark.net/linux-after-dark-episode-58/

When the Raspberry Pi 5 was announced, we all said that most people would probably be better off repurposing an x86 thin client so we bought some dirt cheap new in box Dell Wyse 5070 machines to see if we were right. Spoiler: we were.

And searching for N100 versus Raspberry Pi 4 (or 5) you find a lot more talk.