I own a Mini PC with Intel N100 and it can reach 40W even when I just watch YouTube. I'm pretty happy with it though.
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IIRC chrome still uses the CPU to decode VP9/AV1, you need to use firefox for full hardware decode.
Or use h264ify
On an old nuc I'm using, Firefox with YouTube is a sluggish experience and hardware decide refuses to work. A lot of folks are finding the same, likely Google pushing us away from using Firefox.
Freetube might be an option for you
Any NUC has H264 decode on Linux, give Linux Mint a try?
I think tho in about:config you need to set a vaapi flag to enabled.
That's really helpful, I'll try that thank you. Yes the decode works fine in Chromium. It's not that, it's Google shenanigans.
Wait, is it the same with Edge? My laptop iGPU (Iris Xe) has VP9 and AV1 hardware decoding, does that extension forces hardware decoding?
No, hardware decoding of VP9 and AV1 works great on Chrome; I see it working with two Nvidia GPUs and a Radeon 780M
Ugh the Z1 is terrible, but probably fine for a little office/youtube machine.
I will be much happier to see a Z1 extreme version.
I have two older 5600X machines, there are fine for the tasks. But price to perf isn't necessary there. Paid for compact size. A microitx am4 build cost significantly less that will be not throttled.
You can already get 7940HS mini PCs
This thing behind TV would be good
I'll be waiting for a Z1 Extreme version and steam OS for other things then the steam deck and something like this would be a solid drop in for a PC "Console" for my TV. My steam deck does great but for the games I play on the couch there are maybe a few that just having an extra bump would be perfect for.
Idk how it's your setup, but I find streaming from my desktop to my shield tv pretty enjoyable, you could try that instead.
You can just look for a mini PC with the Ryzen 7 7840U / Ryzen 7 7840HS / Ryzen 9 7940HS if that's your goal.
The Z1 Extreme is basically just the 7840U with it's AI hardware disabled and tuned a little differently for battery life, but on a mini PC that's not super necessary. And the 7840HS/7940HS both do slightly better in the CPU area. All of them also use the same 780M iGPU too.
The Z1 chips also don't get AMD software drivers, they get it from whoever makes the device(Asus for the Ally etc).
"Reaches 40W": how is this even a news headline worthy statement? That sort of thing isn't uncommon on this class of CPU's (or APU's rather) and mini PC's in general. Peak power/heat isn't that important, it's what the cooling system can handled at sustained power/heat loads.
Is the GPU more powerful than an RX470?