Intel launches entry-level NUC 11 Essential with 10nm Pentium and Celeron processors

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Rumors about Intel NUC 11 Essential actually existed as early as May last year, but I know that this product has only been launched recently. This new product uses Jasper Lake SoC, and the performance has been improved a lot compared to the previous generation, which makes this entry-level NUC have a lot of interest.

The NUC 11 Essential is a Jasper Lake series manufactured with a 10nm process, based on the Tremont architecture, which is the E-Core in Alder Lake, the previous generation of Gracemont. At present, the pure Gracemont processor has not yet come out. It is 33% higher than the IPC of the previous generation Gemini Lake. After all, Gemini Lake was launched in 2017 and is an old product based on the 14nm process.


The NUC 11 Essential has three processors to choose from, including the Pentium Silver J6005 with four cores and four threads, with a boost clock of 3.3 GHz, support for dual-channel DDR4 memory, and a Gen 11 core display with 32EU; Celeron J5105 is still a quad-core and four-thread specification, the highest clock will be lower, only 2.9 GHz and the core display has 24 sets of EU;  Celeron J4505 is dual-core and dual-threaded, with a boost clock of 2.7 GHz, and only 16 sets of EU cores. The TDP of these processors is only 10W.

The machine can support up to dual-channel 32GB DDR4, and the highest clock is 2400MHz to 2933MHz depending on the CPU. It integrates 64GB eMMC, can expand to install an M.2 SSD and is equipped with a gigabit network card, while the WiFi Bluetooth module is an older Intel Wireless-AC 9462, which only supports WiFi 5 and Bluetooth 5.0. In terms of interfaces, there are two USB 3.2 Gen 2, two USB 20, one HDMI 2.0b, and one DP 1.4. There is also a headphone and microphone interface on the front panel, and the matching power adapter is 65W.

The launch date and price have not been announced yet, but the price of the previous generation is less than $200. This product is originally an entry-level product, so the price is generally not very high.

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