4 cores instead of 10 cores, 69W TDP instead of 22W, UHD Graphics 730 versus Apple's 10 core GPU (0.5 TFLOPs vs about 4.3), 23% worse single core performance, 45% worse multicore, and much louder cooling.
It's not a fair comparison.
I have 13th gen i7, with 64 GB RAM and 2 TB ssd (and 2.5 GbE). It was 800 EUR + VAT, last year. How much would similar Mac Mini cost?
Not a fair comparison either.
Edit: 69W for the NUC is not TDP. It is 69W power brick that ships with the machine.
| Firefox | Chrome | Safari | Edge =====================|=========|========|========|======= Intel 1360P (Ubuntu) | 16.6 | 19.8 | n/a | n/a Apple M1 (MacOS) | 24.6. | 26.3 | 28.5 | 28 AMD 2920X (Fedora) | 12.3 | 11.9 | n/a | n/a AMD 2920X (Windows) | 12.2 | n/a | n/a | 14.9
I made a fanless NUC 7 (!) years ago with a special case, and it's perhaps due for replacement.
Comparing nuc7i7dnke to nuc13anki7.
4 cores instead of 10 cores, 69W TDP instead of 22W, UHD Graphics 730 versus Apple's 10 core GPU (0.5 TFLOPs vs about 4.3), 23% worse single core performance, 45% worse multicore, and much louder cooling.
It's not a fair comparison.