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If you want a basic idea of an N100, it's essentially a single Alder Lake E-core cluster (4 E-cores) with one of the low tier iGPUs and a trimmed down memory co
by Dalewyn 2y ago
If you want a basic idea of an N100, it's essentially a single Alder Lake E-core cluster (4 E-cores) with one of the low tier iGPUs and a trimmed down memory controller.
The presence of the iGPU means it /should/ handle video encoding surprisingly well for what it is.
- magicalhippo 2y agoCan do several transcodes easily[1] if you get the iGPU involved[2]. Only tried it on a single stream myself but worked well after a bit of fidling. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/11vf91z/comment/jtrlidz/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/11vf91z/comment/jtrli... [2]: https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/163ibyr/intel_n100_how_i_got_hardware_transcoding_to_work/ https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/163ibyr/intel_n100_ho...
- inhumantsar 2y agoQuick Sync on Alder Lake has hardware encoder support for HEVC 8, 10, and 12bit and decoder support for AV1. Anecdotally, my busy Plex server (Alder Lake but not an N100) routinely ends up doing 3-4 concurrent transcodes, often involving high bitrate 4K HDR content. The Quick Sync encoders take almost all of the load off the CPU and never have trouble keeping up. That said, I haven't had great experiences driving a display with 4K+ HDR content on an Alder Lake iGPU. At 60hz it's not too bad, but it can get stuttery past 100hz particularly in high contrast scenes with lots of movement.
- rcarmo 2y agoQuickSync and its variants are the secret weapon of the N-series. They make excellent Plex servers.