SOHO hardware MINISYS

[Tubs]

Hello,

currently my OPNsense is running under Hyper-V. But I am planning to move it to a dedicated hardware.

Qotom is the company some are recommending also for pfsense. Qotom Q355G4 has CPU from Broadwell generation. The MINISYS IBOX-501 N13 has Kaby Lake CPU generation.

I am not familiar nowadays anymore with this big variety of different CPU types for mobile, embedded, desktop and server. Is here anybody with experience of different CPUs in combination with OPNsense?

Is there any significant difference in power and power consumption between Core i5-5250U of Qotom Q355G4 and Celeron 3865u and Core i3 7100u of MINISYS IBOX-501 N13?

Thanks.

[bartjsmit]

Have a look at https://ark.intel.com/ which will let you compare different CPU's.

It will also give you confirmation that they have the AES-NI and Secure Key features which help in cryptographic operations.

Bart...

[marjohn56]

i5 5250 v i3 7100u = http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-5250U-vs-Intel-7100U

IMHO the I5 wins, not sure how CPUBoss got the 7100 to be the winner in comparison to the 5250, because the 5250 appears to win on every test apart from one.


i5 5250 v Celeron 3855 ( no 3865 listed ) = http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-5250U-vs-Intel-3855U


No match!

[Tubs]

Thank you.

Looks like there is no significant difference between i5 and i7, at lest by benchmarks.

But still I do not understand why the newer Kaby Lake is more expensive if there is no advantage to the older generations.

[marjohn56]

It's newer, hence more expensive. Whatever follows it is likely to be even more expensive.

[bartjsmit]

Newer silicon does not mean more features: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tick%E2%80%93tock_model

Bart...