In the ‘blue’ corner we have the SEi8 which physically consists of a 124 x 113 x 41 mm (4.88 x 4.45 x 1.61 inches) square metal case with a plastic top.

Beelink have kindly sent both the SEi and SER mini PCs for review and I’ll start by looking at performance when running Windows. Both mini PCs effectively compete in price and performance against the already released Beelink U59 and the soon-to-be-released Beelink MINI S which both feature the newer Intel N5095. In terms of low-end Intel mini PC processor chronology which started with Bay Trail and then Cherry Trail followed by the Lakes of Apollo and Gemini, the current benchmark is Jasper Lake.Ī good example of this adaptation to market circumstances is Beelink’s release of their latest additions to their SEi and SER product lines which feature the older Intel Core i3-8109U (Coffee Lake) and AMD 3200U processors respectively. It could be argued that for this approach to be successful these alternative older processors should at least be comparable in performance terms to the latest processors that are currently, or theoretically potentially, now available. However, with the pandemic and its consequences on the supply chain, some Chinese manufacturers’ survival response has been to source old processors in order to continue presenting new devices. In the past, new mini PCs were released as a result of new processors coming to market.

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