Blackview MP80 mini PC review: A super-small office PC featuring Intel N95 within an 0.285-litre case
We recently tested another Blackview mini PC, namely the MP200 - but the release of the MP80 marks the manufacturer's newest tiny device. Its compactness is a clear advantage of the Blackview MP80. In turn, you do have to make a few compromises when it comes to performance. Even so, the device is fitted with a relatively modern SoC, the Intel N95. The SoC, which was presented in January this year, features four native cores and is based on Intel's Alder Lake architecture.
The PC is also fitted with 16 GB RAM and a 512-GB SSD. This configuration costs around US$270, which is acceptable. For US$20 less, you can get the Blackview MP80 with 12 GB RAM and a 256-GB SSD. Still, we would recommend going for our test configuration. We welcome the decision to use DDR5 RAM, as the SoC should much better access its full potential than if it were to use the slower DDR4 RAM. We will see later whether this was a success for the manufacturer.
In this review, we will be comparing the Blackview MP80 with well-known competitors which we have also taken a closer look at. You can find a list of the comparison devices in the following overview.
Possible competitors compared
Rating | Date | Model | Weight | price |
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73.5 % | 09/2023 | Blackview MP80 N95, UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) | 214 g | 250 EUR |
71.1 % | 07/2023 | BOSGAME N95 N95, UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) | 392 g | 179 EUR |
68.2 % | 03/2023 | Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 N95, UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N) | 381 g | 399 EUR |
65.9 % | 01/2023 | Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro Celeron N5095, UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) | 209 g | 280 EUR |
02/2022 | Newsmay AC8 N6005 Pentium N6005, UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU) | 534 g | 140 EUR | |
66.5 % | Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition Celeron N5095, UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU) | 496 g | 289 EUR | |
08/2022 | Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM i5-11400T, UHD Graphics 730 | 1.3 kg | 569 US-Dollar | |
06/2022 | Nofflink M500-5405U Pentium 5405U, UHD Graphics 610 | 657 g | 400 Euro |
The Blackview MP80 in detail
Case - Extremely compact and very lightweight
The Blackview MP80 only takes up an 87.7 × 87.7 millimetre space and the compact office PC's height is 37 millimetres. The manufacturer has mostly relied on plastic for the device's build. This is okay and justified considering the price. Its build quality is good - we didn't see any notable gaps on our test sample. The lighting strip on the bottom is a real highlight of the Blackview MP80. This makes the PC a real eye-catcher and illuminates the device subtly from the bottom. We don't find the lighting to be too brash.
If you don't want to place the mini PC on your desk, then you also have the option to attach the MP80 to the back of a monitor via a VESA mount. Everything you need to do so is included.
Connectivity
The Blackview MP80's selection of external ports reminds us a lot of the Ace Magician T8Pro. Their number and arrangements are practically identical. This means the MP80 has three USB-A ports and three HDMI ports, each on both sides of the device. On the back, there are two LAN sockets and this is also where the power connection is housed.
Communication
Blackview has installed a wireless module from Realtek into the MP80. In our test, the WLAN module achieved solid transfer rates. In direct comparison to the Ace Magician T8Pro, we noted considerably better send rates on our test sample. The installed module cannot make use of the more modern 6-GHz frequency area. This means our measurements were limited to 5 GHz. We used the Asus ROG Rapture GT-AXE11000 as a test router for our measurements. The PC features two RJ45 sockets on the back which each offer Gbit speeds - two of these sockets being present is not always standard on mini PCs.
Networking | |
iperf3 receive AXE11000 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Average of class Mini PC (192.9 - 1796, n=107, last 2 years) | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Average Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC (354 - 365, n=5) | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
iperf3 transmit AXE11000 | |
Average of class Mini PC (184.1 - 1776, n=107, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Average Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC (184.1 - 274, n=5) | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro |
Scope of delivery
The mini PC comes with a 30-watt power supply, an HDMI cable as well as a montage kit for the VESA montage.
Maintenance
It isn't the easiest to perform maintenance work on the Blackview MP80. If you want to clean the fans, then you will need to almost entirely disassemble the device. This requires you to remove the screws on the bottom which are located beneath the rubber feet. Then, you have to unscrew some more screws and take apart the small plate which is used for the lighting. All this is also required if you simply want to replace the SSD or WLAN module. An additional SSD cannot be installed. The RAM is soldered on and, as a result, can't be expanded.
Performance - Intel N95 paired with DDR5
The Intel Pentium N95 is a frugal SoC which offers decent performance for simple office tasks. With the help of its fast DDR5 RAM, the SoC can offer optimum performance. Its 16 GB RAM is quite generous. Alternatively, you can find the Blackview MP80 with 12 GB RAM.
Testing conditions
We performed all performance tests using the energy profile Maximum Performance. Deviating energy-saving plans were only used for the power consumption measurements as well as the noise emission measurements. More details about our test criteria can be found here.
Processor
The Intel N95 is based on Intel Alder Lake and features four native cores. You unfortunately have to forgo hyper-threading, meaning only four threads can be processed at once. The same SoC can also be found in the Bosgame N95 or the NiPoGi GK3Plus. In contrast to the Blackview MP80, their versions of the SoC only rely on DDR4 RAM. The DDR5 option which is installed into the Blackview MP80 is the better option. Although, we still had to adjust the RAM speed in the BIOS. Ex works, the RAM only ran at 3,200 MT/s. According to the technical data, the Intel 95 can be run with DDR5 and at 4,800 MT/s.
In our test, we noted slightly better performance over the competitors with the same SoC. The advantage of the faster RAM isn't terribly big. Even so, Blackview didn't limit its power consumption noticeably. Both PL1 and PL2 are set at 15 watts. The Bosgame N95's PL2 value is even set at 35 watts but this wasn't fully taken advantage of in the test. During the RAM tests, our test sample benefitted slightly from its faster DDR5 RAM. In comparison, the Blackview MP80 wasn't able to noticeably set itself apart from the competition. We would have expected a slightly bigger boost due to the DDR5 RAM.
You can find further processor benchmarks here.
Performance Rating - Percent | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Cinebench R15 | |
CPU Single 64Bit | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Cinebench R20 | |
CPU (Single Core) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
CPU (Multi Core) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Cinebench R11.5 | |
CPU Single 64Bit | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
CPU Multi 64Bit | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Cinebench R10 | |
Rendering Single CPUs 64Bit | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Rendering Multiple CPUs 64Bit | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Blender - v2.79 BMW27 CPU | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM |
wPrime 2.10 | |
32m | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
1024m | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM |
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 | |
Pass 1 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Pass 2 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
WinRAR - Result | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
TrueCrypt | |
AES Mean 100MB | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Twofish Mean 100MB | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Serpent Mean 100MB | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Geekbench 5.5 | |
Multi-Core | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Single-Core | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Geekbench 5.0 | |
5.0 Multi-Core | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
5.0 Single-Core | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Geekbench 4.4 | |
64 Bit Single-Core Score | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
64 Bit Multi-Core Score | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
3DMark 11 - 1280x720 Performance Physics | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
7-Zip 18.03 | |
7z b 4 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
7z b 4 -mmt1 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - 4k Preset | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
R Benchmark 2.5 - Overall mean | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM |
LibreOffice - 20 Documents To PDF | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM |
WebXPRT 3 - Overall | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM |
3DMark - 1920x1080 Fire Strike Physics | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
* ... 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 | |
Average of class Mini PC | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / FP32 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Mini PC (561 - 51004, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / FPU Julia | |
Average of class Mini PC (3604 - 214250, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / CPU SHA3 | |
Average of class Mini PC (225 - 9399, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / CPU Queen | |
Average of class Mini PC (8172 - 184747, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / FPU SinJulia | |
Average of class Mini PC (408 - 29064, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / FPU Mandel | |
Average of class Mini PC (1958 - 113499, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / CPU AES | |
Average of class Mini PC (3691 - 325960, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U |
AIDA64 / CPU ZLib | |
Average of class Mini PC (74.8 - 2039, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / FP64 Ray-Trace | |
Average of class Mini PC (308 - 26952, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / CPU PhotoWorxx | |
Average of class Mini PC (4408 - 49256, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
Blackview MP80 vs. Cinebench R15 Multi Loop
The Cinebench R15 multi loop can give us our first look at how well the installed cooling unit performs. You can see in the telemetry data that the Intel 95 didn't fully take advantage of its 15-watt power limit. The SoC ran within an acceptable temperature window with a maximum of 77 °C. In comparison, our test sample came just behind the Bosgame N95. The Newsmay S2-B560 delivered overall better multi-core performance thanks to its installed 6-core processor.
System performance
Its good CPU performance also resulted in good system performance results. During PCMark 10, this was enough for the PC to secure itself second place - although, during Crossmark, the Bosgame N95 was slightly faster and pushed the Blackview MP80 into third place. Considering its DDR5 RAM, we were a little underwhelmed by the mini PC's RAM test results. At the same time, compared to the Bosgame N95 and the NiPoGi GK3Plus, our test sample did much better. Even so, we expected better results. In order to make sure there weren't any mistakes in our test, we ran it a few times more. The results were always the same.
PCMark 10 / Productivity | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
BOSGAME N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005, Intel Pentium Silver N6005 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 |
CrossMark / Overall | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
BOSGAME N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 |
CrossMark / Responsiveness | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
BOSGAME N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 |
CrossMark / Creativity | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
BOSGAME N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 |
CrossMark / Productivity | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
BOSGAME N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U |
AIDA64 / Memory Copy | |
Average of class Mini PC (6481 - 76248, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / Memory Read | |
Average of class Mini PC (6914 - 83287, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 |
AIDA64 / Memory Write | |
Average of class Mini PC (6862 - 89318, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 |
AIDA64 / Memory Latency | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Average of class Mini PC (44.9 - 184.8, n=120, last 2 years) | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition |
* ... smaller is better
DPC latency
The Blackview MP80 showed excellent results in the documented latencies. We didn't measure any increased latencies while opening multiple tabs in Edge, playing our 4K test video or running Prime95. This means the Blackview MP80 is perfectly suited for video streaming.
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon - interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro, Intel Celeron N5095 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95, Intel Processor N95 | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005, Intel Pentium Silver N6005 | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM, Intel Core i5-11400T | |
Blackview MP80, Intel Processor N95 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U, Intel Pentium Gold 5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition, Intel Celeron N5095 |
* ... smaller is better
Storage devices
The Blackview MP80 is fitted with a 512-GB SSD from Netac. Although, the installed model only offers SATA speeds - but this is sufficient. Of course, compared to the NVMe model within the Newsmay S2-B560, the installed model couldn't keep up during the benchmarks. Working on the Blackview PC generally feels effortless. Even starting up the system doesn't take long and you can quickly begin your work. We have nothing to complain about its storage size: 512 GB is more than enough for an office device. You can't install an additional storage device - if you require more storage, then you will have to swap out the existing one. You just have to take into account its build height, as only M.2 SSDs with a length of 42 millimetres can fit into the case.
For further comparisons and benchmarks, take a look at our comparison table.
Drive Performance Rating - Percent | |
Average of class Mini PC | |
Newsmay Neosmay S2-B560TPM | |
BOSGAME N95 | |
Blackview MP80 | |
Minipc Union NiPoGi GK3PLUS - N95 | |
Minipc Union Ace Magician T8Pro | |
Newsmay AC8 N6005 | |
Nofflink M500-5405U | |
Geekom MiniAir 11 Special Edition |