smart home circle
Smart Home Circle

Single Board Computer

ZimaBoard 2

Build the ultimate compact DIY NAS with ZimaBoard 2. Leveraging ZimaOS and dual 2.5GbE, this energy-efficient kit simplifies backups, media streaming, and running virtual machines for your personal home lab

Key Specs:

SoC:Intel Processor N150 (Alder Lake-N)
CPU:
No. Of Cores:4
Cores:4 × Intel N150 Cores Frequency up to 3.60GHz 6M Cache
GPU:
Model:Intel UHD Graphics
Support:4K@60Hz output DirectX 12.1 OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3.0
AI Capabilities:CPU Only. Expandable via PCIe (e.g., external GPU support)
Radxa Orion O6N

Powerful Radxa Orion O6N Nano-ITX review: benchmarks, Linux support, thermals, AI tests, and I/O performance with UEFI support.

Key Specs:

SoC:Cix P1 (CD8160 variant)
CPU:
No. Of Cores:12
Cores:4 × Cortex-A720 up to 2.6GHz 4 × Cortex-A720 up to 2.4GHz 4 × Cortex-A520 up to 1.8GHz
GPU:
Model:Arm Immortalis-G720 MC10
Support:Vulkan 1.4 OpenGL ES 4.3 OpenCL 3.0 Hardware ray tracing
AI Capabilities:NPU: Up to 30 TOPS
Radxa Cubie A7Z

Radxa Cubie A7Z review with benchmarks, NVMe over PCIe Gen3 x1, USB 3.1 Gen2 speeds, thermals, power draw, and real-world 1080p/4K playback tests.

Key Specs:

SoC:Allwinner A733
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:2 × Cortex-A76 up to 2.0GHz 6 × Cortex-A55 up to 1.8GHz
GPU:
Model:Imagination BXM-4-64 MC1
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.3 OpenCL 3.0
AI Capabilities:NPU: 3 TOPS
Radxa Dragon Q6A

My Radxa Dragon Q6A review with benchmark results, thermals, NVMe/UFS speeds, Home Assistant voice tests, and a walkthrough of Windows 11 on ARM (UEFI).

Key Specs:

SoC:Qualcomm QCS6490
CPU:
No. Of Cores:8
Cores:1 × Kryo Prime @ 2.7GHz 3 × Kryo Gold @ 2.4GHz 4 × Kryo Silver @ 1.9GHz
GPU:
Model:Qualcomm Adreno 643
Support:OpenGL ES 3.2 Vulkan 1.3 OpenCL 2.2 DirectX Feature Level 12
AI Capabilities:Qualcomm AI Engine (Hexagon DSP + Hexagon Tensor Accelerator): Up to 12 TOPS