Radxa X4: Perfect Raspberry Pi-Sized Mini PC?

Published at : 18 Dec 2025

The Radxa X4 is a pretty cool single board computer with an Intel N100 chip.
I compare the X4 to traditional a Mini PCs and a Raspberry Pi 5 to find out if it is the SBC everyone has been asking for.

Blog post with details about the Radxa X4 and how to get serial communication between the RP2040 and Intel N100: https://dphacks.com/2024/08/18/radxa-x4-the-sbc-everyone-has-been-asking-for/

Radxa X2L review: https://youtu.be/TgsMCZ5Qe_c

Raspberry Pi 5 with 2.5 GbE: https://youtu.be/0gcT_bOR6-M

Bret.dk post on the X4: https://bret.dk/intel-n100-radxa-x4-first-thoughts/

Radxa X4 Arace Tech (non-affiliate): https://arace.tech/products/radxa-x4?variant=43415199187124

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00:00 X4 Intro and Price
01:21 Mini PC SBC
02:23 RP2040 Onboard
03:35 Pi vs X4
05:20 Heatsink/Cooling
06:07 Mini PC w/ GPIO
07:46 X4 PoE+ HAT
08:50 HAT Compatibility
09:14 Heatsink Design Flaws
11:24 Performance
12:46 Power Usage
14:15 Final Thoughts