Beelink SEi11 mini PC Review: Cheaper than an Intel NUC 11 but just as fast
Unlike the Beelink GTI 11, the SEi11 is powered by an Intel Core H-series CPU instead of the Core U series. There is only one configuration available at the moment with the 11th gen Tiger Lake-H Core i5-11320H, 16 GB of RAM, and 500 GB NVMe SSD for approximately $450 USD.
The SEi11 competes directly with the Intel NUC series such as the NUC11PAQ or NUC11TNK.
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Potential Competitors in Comparison
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | Height | Size | Resolution | Price |
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v (old) | 09 / 2022 | Beelink SEi11 Pro i5-11320H, Iris Xe G7 96EUs | 440 g | 40 mm | x | ||
v (old) | 01 / 2022 | Beelink GTR5 R9 5900HX, Vega 8 | 686 g | 39 mm | x | ||
v (old) | 12 / 2021 | Beelink GTI 11 i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 638 g | 39 mm | x | ||
v (old) | 04 / 2022 | Beelink SER4 R7 4800U, Vega 8 | 494 g | 40 mm | x | ||
v (old) | 04 / 2021 | Intel NUC11TNKi5 i5-1135G7, Iris Xe G7 80EUs | 504 g | 37 mm | x |
Case
The chassis is essentially the Intel version of the AMD-powered Beelink SER4. Dimensions and build are almost exactly alike, but the SEi11 is approximately 50 grams lighter likely due to some minor internal changes. Visually, the unit lacks the red-colored mesh on the sides and the chrome-cut edges and corners present on the SER4.
Connectivity
Port options and positioning are identical to the SER4. Keep in mind that the USB-C port does not support DisplayPort or Power Delivery and so it is useful only for data or charging of external devices. We attempted to connect USB-C external monitors and USB-C power adapters, but none would work with the SEi11.
Communication
The unit ships with the relatively new MediaTek RZ608 for Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. Unfortunately, the module is not as reliable or as fast as the usual Intel AX solutions. When paired to our 6 GHz network, transfer rates top out at only ~750 Mbps compared to almost twice that of an Intel AX201 or AX210. Furthermore, the system would have issues detecting our 6 GHz network in the first place.
Networking | |
iperf3 transmit AX12 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
iperf3 receive AX12 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 6GHz | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 6GHz | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro |
Maintenance
The bottom panel is secured by 4 Philips screws. To actually remove it, however, we recommend attaching the VESA mounting bracket so it can be used as a handle to pull out the flat plate.
Users have direct access to the M.2 2280 SSD slot, 2.5-inch SATA III bay, WLAN module, and 2x DDR4 SODIMM slots.
Accessories and Warranty
The retail box includes 2x HDMI cables, AC adapter, paperwork, VESA mounting bracket, and extra screws. A one-year limited manufacturer warranty applies if purchased in the US. In comparison, Intel NUC models typically come with a three-year warranty as standard.
Performance
Testing Conditions
We set our unit to Performance mode via Windows prior to running any benchmarks below. There is no pre-installed control center-style application for adjusting processor performance.
Processor
The Core i5-11320H is an uncommon CPU as most other PCs powered by Tiger Lake-H CPUs typically utilize the Core i5-11300H instead. The i5-11320H performs essentially the same for all intents and purposes. It has slight clock rate differences on paper that have no impact in most applications based on our observations with the Beelink.
Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
Cinebench R23: Multi Core | Single Core
Cinebench R15: CPU Multi 64Bit | CPU Single 64Bit
Blender: v2.79 BMW27 CPU
7-Zip 18.03: 7z b 4 | 7z b 4 -mmt1
Geekbench 5.5: Multi-Core | Single-Core
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2: 4k Preset
LibreOffice : 20 Documents To PDF
R Benchmark 2.5: Overall mean
* ... smaller is better
AIDA64: FP32 Ray-Trace | FPU Julia | CPU SHA3 | CPU Queen | FPU SinJulia | FPU Mandel | CPU AES | CPU ZLib | FP64 Ray-Trace | CPU PhotoWorxx
Performance Rating | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (6369 - 7489, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (27391 - 31637, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (1847 - 2099, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink SER4 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (43565 - 52477, n=4) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (4381 - 5011, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (16659 - 18770, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (59851 - 76500, n=4) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink SER4 |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (330 - 410, n=4) |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (3536 - 4021, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (25964 - 36644, n=4) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
System Performance
CrossMark: Overall | Productivity | Creativity | Responsiveness
PCMark 10 / Score | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (5095 - 5302, n=3) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
PCMark 10 / Essentials | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (9556 - 10558, n=3) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (6832 - 6963, n=3) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
PCMark 10 / Digital Content Creation | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (5048 - 5615, n=3) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1300 - 1371, n=3) |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1376 - 1456, n=3) |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1241 - 1256, n=3) |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H, Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (1260 - 1494, n=3) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTR5 |
PCMark 10 Score | 5095 points | |
Help |
AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (41106 - 55961, n=4) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (46516 - 52799, n=4) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (46760 - 63323, n=4) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Core i5-11320H (77.6 - 114.1, n=4) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 |
* ... smaller is better
DPC Latency
LatencyMon shows no DPC issues when opening multiple browser tabs on our homepage or when running Prime95 stress. Unfortunately, 4K playback at 60 FPS is imperfect with 31 dropped frames during our minute-long video test.
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTR5 |
* ... smaller is better
Storage Devices
The SEi11 Pro ships with the same Kingston NV1 SBVS500GCN M.2 SSD as found on the GTR5. This is a midrange PCIe3 x4 drive with sequential read rates of around 2300 MB/s compared to >3000 MB/s on a Samsung PM981a.
Drive Performance Rating - Percent | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
* ... smaller is better
Disk Throttling: DiskSpd Read Loop, Queue Depth 8
GPU Performance
Integrated graphics performance is where we expect it to be relative to other PCs with the same Iris Xe 96 EUs GPU. Be sure to configure the SEi11 with dual-channel RAM or else graphics performance can drop by as much as 30 to 40 percent.
3DMark 11 Performance | 6640 points | |
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score | 18218 points | |
3DMark Fire Strike Score | 4147 points | |
3DMark Time Spy Score | 1612 points | |
Help |
The Witcher 3 | |
1024x768 Low Graphics & Postprocessing | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (28.9 - 117.2, n=186) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1366x768 Medium Graphics & Postprocessing | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (21.4 - 77.8, n=184) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
1920x1080 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off) | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (10.6 - 45.9, n=189) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
1920x1080 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (8.79 - 20.1, n=179) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 |
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | |
1920x1080 Low Preset | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (13 - 25.9, n=42) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
1920x1080 Medium Preset | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (10.8 - 21.7, n=37) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
1920x1080 High Preset | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (9.8 - 16.9, n=34) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
1920x1080 Ultra Preset | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (7.4 - 16.8, n=32) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro |
GTA V | |
1024x768 Lowest Settings possible | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (52 - 166.4, n=162) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
1920x1080 Lowest Settings possible | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (34.7 - 132.1, n=136) | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
1366x768 Normal/Off AF:4x | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (24.1 - 149.3, n=165) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
1920x1080 Normal/Off AF:4x | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (20 - 119.3, n=137) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
1920x1080 High/On (Advanced Graphics Off) AA:2xMSAA + FX AF:8x | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (9.39 - 51.6, n=157) | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
1920x1080 Highest Settings possible AA:4xMSAA + FX AF:16x | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (4.13 - 22.9, n=151) | |
Beelink GTI 11 |
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | |
1280x720 Lite Quality | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (14.9 - 56.5, n=183) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1920x1080 Standard Quality | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (10.5 - 31.2, n=179) | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1920x1080 High Quality | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (8.15 - 27.8, n=172) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 |
X-Plane 11.11 | |
1280x720 low (fps_test=1) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (13.4 - 88.4, n=212) | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
1920x1080 med (fps_test=2) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (11.6 - 69.5, n=213) | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
1920x1080 high (fps_test=3) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (11.1 - 59.8, n=212) | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 |
Dota 2 Reborn | |
1280x720 min (0/3) fastest | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (36 - 148, n=215) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1366x768 med (1/3) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (31.6 - 108.5, n=215) | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1920x1080 high (2/3) | |
Beelink GTR5 | |
Average Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs (23.2 - 88.1, n=215) | |
Beelink SER4 | |
Beelink SEi11 Pro | |
Beelink GTI 11 | |
Intel NUC11TNKi5 | |
1920x1080 ultra (3/3) best looking | |
Beelink GTR5 |