A little bigger than the Raspberry Pi, but a lot more powerful (and expensive!) | ZDNet

The Raspberry Pi has created a whole ecosystem of SBCs (Single Board Computers), and while the Pi — especially the new Pi 4 B — is more than enough for most applications, sometimes you want something that’s more powerful.

Sometimes a lot more powerful.

The Aaeon PICO-TGU4 offers just that.

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At 3.94″ x 2.84″ (100mm x 72mm), this board is a bit bigger than a Raspberry Pi 4 (3.37″ x 2.22″/86mm x 56mm), but it does come equipped with an 11th-gen Intel Core — and you can choose between an i3 or i5 to suit your power needs (and budget).

PICO-TGU4 tech specs:

• Processor: 11th Gen Intel Core i5/i3/Celeron Processor SoC
• RAM: LPDDR4x on board memory, max 32 GB
• Networking: 2.5GbE Intel i225 + 1GbE Intel i219
• HDMI: 2.0b x 1, 4Kx2K + eDP, up to HBR3 8K
• M.2: 2280 M key (PCIE by4 GEN4/SATA) x 1
• SATA: 6.0 Gb/s x 1
• PCI: Full size mPCIe/mSATA x 1
• USB: 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 2, 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1, 4 x USB 2.0
• Ports: RS-232/422/485 x 2
• Audio: Line-in/Line-out/MIC
• DIO: 8-bit

Coming back to budget, these boards are not cheap. The i3 version will set you back $615, while the i5 has a $949 price tag.

That’s a lot of money, but you are getting a really powerful computer in a small package.

The manufacturer recommends fitting a separate cooler and heat spreader to get the best performance out of this system.