Brad LinderAsus NUC 14 Essential is a mini PC is with next-gen Intel N-series processor options
The Asus NUC 14 Essential is a small desktop computer that measures 135 x 115 x 36mm (5.3″ x 4.5″ x 1.4″) and features a 2.5 GbE Ethernet port, support for WiFi 6E and Bluetooth, and support for up to three displays.
It’s also one of the first PCs to support next-gen Intel N-series processors. Asus has posted a product page for the upcoming NUC 14 Essential (NUC14MNK) which shows that it will be available with four processor options: including three that haven’t officially been announced yet.
While the system can be configured with a 12-watt Intel N97 quad-core processor featuring Intel UHD graphics, the product description also mentions three new chips with “Intel Graphics,” including. Asus posted chip names and TDP details, but we can also provide a little extra information about things like cache and CPU frequencies, thanks to a recent leak from @momomo_US:
- Intel N150 (6W TDP, 6MB cache, up to 3.6 GHz)
- Intel N250 (6W TDP, 6MB cache, up to 3.8 GHz)
- Intel Core 3 N355 (15W TDP, 6MB cache, up to 3.9 GHz)
According to @momomo_US, there’s also a new Intel Core 3 N350 on the way with 6MB of cache and speeds up to 3.9 GHz. But it doesn’t look like Asus plans to offer that model.
Intel hasn’t officially confirmed any of these upcoming chips yet, but rumor has it that they’re the follow-up the Intel Alder Lake-N chips that have proven popular in mini PCs and entry-level Chromebooks and other laptops over the past two years.
Alder Lake-N chips are basically 12th-gen Intel Core processors featuring “Gracemont” Efficiency cores without any “Golden Cove” Performance cores. The new N-series chips are also expected to feature Efficiency cores without any Performance cores, but it’s unclear at this point whether they’ll feature the same Gracemont cores as Alder Lake-N, or if they might feature newer “Skymont” architecture (which is what the Efficiency cores in Intel Lunar Lake processors use).
We’ll probably have to wait for Intel to actually introduce these new chips before we get full details about how they compare to the previous-gen Alder Lake-N processors. But the fact that the Asus NUC 14 Essential can support these three new processors or an Intel N97 Alder Lake-N chip suggests that while we can probably expect CPU and graphics performance boosts, the new processors probably aren’t so different that they require a more dramatic overhaul of the computer chassis or mainboard.
And that means we can expect some of the same limitations we’ve grown accustomed to seeing on systems with Alder Lake-N chips. For example, the Asus NUC 14 Essential only supports up to 16GB of single-channel DDR5-4800 memory, only has a single M.2 2280/2242 PCIe Gen 3 x4 slot for NVMe or SATA storage, and lacks any Thunderbolt ports.
But it does have a fair number of ports overall, including:
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps w/DisplayPort 1.4)
- 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C (10 Gbps data-only)
- 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A (10 Gbps)
- 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A (480 Mbps)
- 1 x HDMI 2.1
- 1 x DisplayPort 1.4
- 1 x 2.5 GbE Ethernet (RTL8125BG-CG)
- 1 x 3.5mm audio
- 1 x DC power input (19V/3.42A, 65W)
The little computer will be available as a fully configured PC, or as a barebones model (with no memory, storage, or operating system). And Asus will also offer a NUC 14 Essential Board (NUC14MNB) without a chassis.
via FanlessTech
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