Minisforum MS-R1 Arm Mini PC Review: Hardware Overview and Performance Analysis
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Summary
The Minisforum MS-R1 is an Arm-based mini PC that uses the Cix CD8180 SoC, featuring a 12-core Arm CPU with Mali G720 iGPU and a full-size PCIe slot. The article reviews this hardware as a potential Linux-running competitor to Apple M1 Mac mini or mid-range Mini PCs, but suggests it falls short of expectations. The content includes hardware overview, performance analysis, and comparisons with other systems.
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What this thing should be, is a box that runs Linux and can compete with at least an Apple M1 Mac mini, or a mid-range Mini PC.
But what we got... is something different.
You have a 12 core Arm CPU with a Mali G720 iGPU. There's a full-size PCIe slot.
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