Best picks by job
Ranked and explained by use case - the spec that decides each job, and the boxes that win it.
Best mini PC for Plex
The iGPU is the whole game. Ranked by sustained 4K HDR transcodes.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for Frigate
Detection is the load, not recording. Ranked by cameras handled.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for Proxmox
A cores-and-RAM game. Ranked by PassMark, with the NIC gotcha flagged.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for a firewall
Fast Intel NICs and low idle power. Ranked by NIC count.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for local AI
It is all VRAM - and only boxes that fit a GPU qualify.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for Jellyfin
Same story as Plex - the iGPU does the work. Ranked by 4K HDR transcodes.
Read the guide →Best mini PC for Docker
Containers want threads and RAM headroom. Ranked by PassMark.
Read the guide →Prefer to answer a few questions instead? Use the interactive recommender.