Note in the images: Our supplied Transcend M.2 SSD is a 42mm (Type-2242) short M.2 module. (Bear that in mind if shopping for a drive for this slot with a bare-bones NUC 11 Pro.) The "NVMe Only" M.2 slot can take more ordinary 80mm-long (Type-2280) drives. That said, this is a stronger effort than earlier NUCs based on Intel's traditionally poky IGPs. Look at the NUC 11 Pro's graphics results in the 3DMark tests versus those of the Lenovo and MSI minis, which are based on Intel UHD 630 and 620 Graphics, the predecessors to the Iris Xe IGP generation. Intel IGPs are getting better, though you won't mistake them for dedicated GeForce GTX or RTX chips anytime soon. Two HDMI 2.0b ports | Two Thunderbolt™ ports (incl. DP 1.4a and USB 4.0) on select SKUs | Intel® i225-LM Ethernet port Three USB 3.2 Gen 2 type A ports | One USB 2.0 type A port | Discrete TPM 2.0 | Qualified for 24x7 operation | Display emulation via HDMI Quad display support | Delayed AC start; Auto CMOS reset; DC input voltage protection | 3-Year Limited Warranty Since 1982, PCMag has tested and rated thousands of products to help you make better buying decisions. See how we test. Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 processor with Intel vPro® Technology (2.6 GHz@28W, up to 4.4 GHz Turbo, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 8 MB L3 Cache)

The Intel NUC 11 Pro does have very good connectivity with its USB and Thunderbolt connectors. For storage, it supports an M.2 2240 SATA/PCIe slot which would be good for a boot device, and a PCIe 4 X4 M.2 2280 slot for high-performance storage. While there's nothing exactly revolutionary happening with the Intel NUC 11 Pro Kit, it's more about refinement this time around, and we're perfectly okay with that. Data Collection. Some Material may generate, collect, and transmit to Intel information to help improve Intel’s products and services, to verify your license rights to Material, or for other stated purposes. Information collected may include Intel Component or Material name and version, time of event collection, license or support type, installation status, performance, and use. Intel’s use of information may include combination of the information collected from you with other information. Generation Intel® Core™ i5-1145G7 processor with Intel vPro® Technology 2.6 GHz@28W, up to 4.4 GHz Turbo, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 8 MB L3 CacheIn my early career, I worked as an editor of scholarly science books, and as an editor of "Dummies"-style computer guidebooks for Brady Books (now, BradyGames). I'm a lifetime New Yorker, a graduate of New York University's journalism program, and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. The Intel NUC 11 Pro that we will be reviewing in this article is the TNKi5 which comes with 16 GB of RAM, a 512GB M.2-based SATA SSD, a Core i5-1135G7 processor with an integrated Iris Xe Graphics GPU, and Windows 10 Pro. The device’s connectivity is very good as it has six USB ports, two HDMI ports, WiFi, and a 2.5Gb wired ethernet. Intel NUC 11 Pro Specifications Intel® Core™ i7-1185G7 processor with Intel vPro® Technology (3.0 GHz@28W, up to 4.8 GHz Turbo, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 12 MB L3 Cache)

The results from our tests indicate that the NUC 11 Pro had a slower speed than the NUC 9 Pro and NUC 10 Pro system and was on par with NUC 8 system. The NUC 9 Pro system with its 8 core Xeon processor E-2286M and discreet GPU performed approximately twice as fast as the NUC 11 Pro. Restrictions. . Except as authorized above, you will not: (a) use or modify Material in any other way; (b) reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble Material provided as object code (except as required by applicable law or under an applicable open source license), or (c) use Material to violate or aid in the violation of any international human right. There are various configurations available for the NUC 11 Pros – the least powerful of which is powered by a dual-core Intel Core i3-1115G4 processor, and the most powerful is powered by a quad-core Intel Core i7-1185G7 processor. They come in a 112 x 117 x 37mm, or 54mm tall, case. The particular model we are reviewing in this article is the NUC 11 TNKi5 with the 37mm case and an i5-1135G7 processor. It is the second system we have reviewed that has the Iris Xe iGPU, and it solidifies our position that it is a solid graphic processor for casual gamers, and for everyday use with home and office applications. It provides performance that could have previously only been achieved with a discrete GPU. Finance helps to remove cash flow concerns and allows our customers to acquire the right system for their business rather than what available cash reserves dictate. Information technology is an operating cost to your business, pay for the equipment as you use it and get an immediate return on your investment.Overall, we would say the Intel NUC 11 Pro is a worthy successor to the NUC 10 Pro. It was slightly slower in applications that were multi-threaded because it only has four cores; however, graphic applications performed extremely well thanks to its Iris Xe iGPU. As more and more applications are becoming graphic-intensive, it was wise of Intel to trade a more powerful iGPU for CPU cores.

We booted up the system and were presented with the Windows 10 Pro (20H2 build 19042.867) installation wizard. It took less than five minutes to install Windows and have the system running. We then updated Windows Pro and the Intel BIOS and drivers to the latest versions.As this was the first NUC that we received with a 2.5GbE NIC in it we were curious as to how well it would perform. As we didn’t have another system with an onboard 2.5GbE NIC we attached a CableCreation USB 3.0 to 2.5 Gigabit LAN Ethernet Cable Adapter to the NUC 11 CE that we previously reviewed. We connected the two NUCs together using a MikroTik CRS305-1G-4S+IN 10GbE 5-Port Desktop Switch using Cat 6 cables. Next to the front USB ports you have your power button, and beneath the case lid, you'll find chips that enable compatibility with the Wi-Fi 6 AX201 standard, as well as Bluetooth 5.0. This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen.