Over the years, we have had the opportunity to review many different NUC systems, with the latest being the NUC 11 Compute Element (CE). That NUC has a quad-core i7 processor with 1.35 GHz, 96 EUs, Intel Iris Xe Graphics integrated GPU (IGPU), and a built-in video capture card. We found the NUC 11 CE to be a capable machine for casual gamers, high-end home theaters, and content creators. The photo below shows how much larger it is than the Pro. As a midrange choice in Intel's newest line of NUCs, equipped with Iris Xe integrated graphics, the NUC11TNKi5 is difficult to compare against many of the other mini PCs we've tested on a 1:1 basis. But here are the closest systems we could find in the stable... License.Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Intel grants to You, for the Term, a personal, limited, non-transferable, nonexclusive, worldwide, revocable, fully paid-up license under Intel’s intellectual property rights in the Material, without the right to sublicense, to: a) develop Your Product; b) modify Material delivered as source code (or its equivalent); and c) distribute Material, as delivered by Intel or as modified by You, as object code (or its equivalent), in Your Product, provided Your distribution is subject to terms and conditions consistent with Your rights and obligations under this Agreement We booted up the system and were presented with the Windows 10 Pro (20H2 build 19042.867) installation wizard. It took less than five minutes to install Windows and have the system running. We then updated Windows Pro and the Intel BIOS and drivers to the latest versions.

Two HDMI 2.0b ports | Two Thunderbolt™ ports (incl. DP 1.4a and USB 4.0) on select SKUs | Intel® i225-LM Ethernet port Three USB 3.2 Gen 2 type A ports | One USB 2.0 type A port | Qualified for 24x7 operation | Display emulation via HDMI Quad display support | Delayed AC start; Auto CMOS reset; DC input voltage protection | 3-Year Limited Warranty The motherboard has an Intel AX201NGW Wi-Fi module, an unpopulated full-sized M.2 slot labeled “NVMe ONLY,” a 2242 B-Key slot populated with a Transcend 512GB TS512GB device, and two 1.2V DDR4 slots populated with a single Kingston KVR32S22DR8/16 SO-DIMM. Dual LAN tall SKU: 2nd Intel® i225-LM Ethernet and two additional USB 2.0 ports on expansion moduleAgain, we should stress that it's difficult to avoid apples-to-oranges comparisons in any of these tests, but the NUC 11 Pro Kit easily cleared the 4,000-point mark that shows excellent general productivity pep. It can certainly handle most daily Microsoft Office, video-calling, or web browsing tasks you throw its way. Note: If BIOS version is earlier than TN0070, please update to TN0071 first to support ME capsule update. Effect of Termination. Upon termination of the Agreement, the licenses to you will immediately terminate and you must cease using any Material and destroy all copies in your possession and direct your subcontractors to do the same. Termination of this Agreement will not terminate the CNDA. That said, this is a stronger effort than earlier NUCs based on Intel's traditionally poky IGPs. Look at the NUC 11 Pro's graphics results in the 3DMark tests versus those of the Lenovo and MSI minis, which are based on Intel UHD 630 and 620 Graphics, the predecessors to the Iris Xe IGP generation. Intel IGPs are getting better, though you won't mistake them for dedicated GeForce GTX or RTX chips anytime soon. Generation Intel® Core™ i5-1135G7 processor 2.4 GHz@28W, up to 4.2 GHz Turbo, 4 Cores, 8 Threads, 8 MB L3 Cache

Intel® Core™ i3-1115G4 processor (~1.9 GHz@15W, up to 4.1 GHz Turbo, 2 Cores, 4 Threads, 6 MB L3 Cache) Note in the images: Our supplied Transcend M.2 SSD is a 42mm (Type-2242) short M.2 module. (Bear that in mind if shopping for a drive for this slot with a bare-bones NUC 11 Pro.) The "NVMe Only" M.2 slot can take more ordinary 80mm-long (Type-2280) drives.This cookie, set by YouTube, registers a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. While there's nothing exactly revolutionary happening with the Intel NUC 11 Pro Kit, it's more about refinement this time around, and we're perfectly okay with that. Indicates whether MUID is transferred to ANID, a cookie used for advertising. Clarity doesn't use ANID and so this is always set to 0.