Recently, many PC manufacturers have begun to focus on the mini computer market, no, mechanics have also brought their first mini console creator Mini. This product can choose 12th generation Core i7-12650H or Ryzen 7 7735H two hardware platforms, the first price of the barebones version is 2599 yuan and 2399 yuan respectively, and it also provides a full version of 16+512 and 32+1TB and installed Windows 11 system, the price is around 3000 yuan. So, who is more worthy of choosing between them?
Creator Mini is a delicate appearance of the mini host, silver body metal texture is strong, rounded corners also make it look more flexible, the whole machine size of 131mm× 131mm×43mm, about 0.8L volume in similar products is relatively small, the use of wall design can also be hidden behind the monitor, not wasting a cent of desktop space.
The Creator Mini's interface is located in the recess of the front and rear panels of the fuselage, and the front provides a reset hole, power switch, audio interface, USB-C, and two USB-A3.2 Gen2. The Core version of USB-C is Thunderbolt 4, and the Ryzen™ version is USB4, both support 40Gbps transmission rate, video output and 100W PD power supply.
The back interface of the host is 2 USB-A, DP and HDMI, 2 2.5G network ports and power jacks. It should be noted that the Core version has 2 A ports at 3.2Gen2 speed, while the Ryzen version has 1 downgrade to USB 2.0.
The full-featured Thunderbolt/USB4 combination of DP and HDMI means that the Creator Mini can realize a triple screen display environment, and the 2 network ports can also build soft routes or home servers, which is highly playable.
The Core version of the Creator Mini is equipped with the 12th generation i7-12650H, 6 large, 4 small, 10 cores and 16 threads, the highest turbo frequency is 4.7GHz, and the integrated UHD64 core graphics are compared to the standard i7-12700H in terms of the number of small cores, core graphics and codec engines. The product has two DDR4 memory slots, one M.2 hard disk bit supporting PCIe 4.0 and one 2.5-inch mechanical hard disk (can also fit 2.5-inch SSD) expansion bit.
The Ryzen version is equipped with the Ryzen 7 7735H, which we can think of as a micro overclocked version of the 6800H, both with 8 cores and 16 threads, integrated Radeon 680M core graphics, and the memory slot is replaced with DDR5 compared to the Core version.
i7-12650H has the upper hand in terms of single-core performance of CPU, multi-core performance is similar to Ryzen 7 7735H, but in terms of core display performance, the latter has obvious advantages, in terms of comprehensive experience, Jiansheng still recommends the Ryzen version.
The barebones version of the Creator Mini (no memory and hard disk), the Ryzen version is 200 yuan cheaper than the Core version, which is relatively the most worthy choice. However, the cost of DDR5 memory is higher than that of DDR4, so whether it is a 16GB+512GB or 32GB+1TB model, it is 200 and 400 yuan more expensive than the Core version, and the cost performance has been greatly affected.
If you let Jiansheng choose, it is still more recommended that the barebones or 16GB memory model of the Creator Mini Ryzen version be more recommended, and then upgrade yourself when the DDR5 memory and 2TB hard disk are cheaper in the future.