Technical Matrix

Hardware Specification Comparison

Evaluate architectural trade-offs across compute performance, memory ceilings, PCIe lane expansion, and thermal profiles.

Specification	SBCs & IoT Lab Raspberry Pi 5 8GB ARM64 Board ₹8,499	Mini PCs & Nodes MicroEdge N100 Fanless Micro-Server ₹15,499	Mini PCs & Nodes CoreCluster i5-13500T vPro MicroServer ₹38,999
Processor / SoC	Broadcom BCM2712 (4C ARM Cortex-A76 @ 2.4GHz)	Intel N100 (4C/4T, up to 3.4 GHz)	Intel Core i5-13500T (14C/20T, 35W Base)
Cores & Threads	N/A	4 Cores / 4 Threads	14 Cores / 20 Threads
Max RAM Capacity	DDR4 Non-ECC	32 GB (DDR5 Non-ECC)	64 GB (DDR5 Non-ECC)
ECC Support	Non-ECC	Non-ECC	Non-ECC
Storage Interfaces	0x M.2 NVMe, 0x SATA	1x M.2 NVMe, 1x SATA	2x M.2 NVMe, 1x SATA
Network Ports	1x 1GbE RJ45	2x 2.5GbE Intel i226-V	1x 2.5GbE Intel i226-LM (vPro AMT), 1x 1GbE Realtek
Max TDP / Idle Draw	12W Max (~3W Idle)	15W Max (~6W Idle)	35W Max (~11W Idle)
Form Factor	SBC Blade	Mini PC	Mini PC
Virtualization Score	5/10	6/10	9/10