{"id":1009,"date":"2021-02-26T23:08:50","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T20:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/handheld.computer\/?page_id=1009"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:49:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T00:49:05","slug":"benchmarking-umpcs-of-the-second-epoch","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/handheld.computer\/?page_id=1009","title":{"rendered":"Benchmarking UMPCs of the second epoch"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Introduction<\/h1>\n<p>&quot;An ultra-mobile PC (ultra-mobile personal computer or UMPC) is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006.&quot; (c) <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ultra-mobile_PC\">Wikipedia<\/a>. That was the dawn of the first UMPC epoch. This epoch did not last too long, because in the early 2010s major UMPC manufacturers ended its product lines. Few years later new manufacturers emerged and recreated UMPC market. The major one was the Chinese company GPD. GPD started the second UMPC epoch by releasing gaming handheld GPD Win in 2016 and the general purpose device GPD Pocket in 2017. Since then a whole bunch of UMPC devices were released. In this article, we compare the performance of various UMPC devices from the second epoch, ranging from the very first GPD Win to the most powerful clamshell to date\u2014the GPD Win Mini 2025. In total, 12 different devices will be examined in this comparison.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GPD-Pocket-2-scaled.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-rKIFUy91\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GPD-Pocket-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Disclaimer<\/strong>. This article is not a comprehensive performance analysis of the 2-nd era UMPCs. All the test items are taken from my collection. Therefore the number of test items is quite limited. In case I add any new corresponding items to my collection, this benchmark survey might be extended as well.<\/p>\n<h1>Performance testing tools<\/h1>\n<p>The following programs were used to test <em>CPU<\/em>, <em>Memory<\/em>, <em>Disk<\/em> performance:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Geekbench<\/strong> version 5.3.1;<\/li>\n<li><strong>PassMark Performance Test<\/strong> 10.0 build 1010;<\/li>\n<li><strong>CrystalDiskMark<\/strong> version 8.0.1;<\/li>\n<li><strong>CPU-Z<\/strong> version 1.95;<\/li>\n<li><strong>AIDA64<\/strong> version 7.50.7200;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following programs were used to test <em>3D<\/em> performance:<\/p>\n<p><strong>3DMark<\/strong> with default settings. Version details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Time Spy version 1.2<\/li>\n<li>Fire Strike version 1.1<\/li>\n<li>Wild Life version 1.0<\/li>\n<li>Port Royal version 1.4<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Unigine Heaven Benchmark<\/strong> at the resolution of 1280&#215;720; version 4.0.<\/p>\n<h1>Test setup descriptions<\/h1>\n<h2>GPD Pocket<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/93362\/intel-atom-x7-z8750-processor-2m-cache-up-to-2-56-ghz.html\">Intel Atom x7-Z8750<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 8Gb LPDDR3 1069Mhz<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.11 8\/7\/2017<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363<br \/>\nIntel HD Graphics 405 driver version: 20.19.15.4444  <\/p>\n<h2>GPD Pocket 3<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/208656\/intel-core-i31125g4-processor-8m-cache-up-to-3-70-ghz\/specifications.html\">Intel Core\u2122 i3-1125G4<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 16Gb LPDDR4 3733Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: WD_BLACK SN850X 2000GB 2Tb<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 2.22.1282 02\/25\/2025<br \/>\nOS: Windows 11 Professional Version 24H2 build 26100.2033<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics driver version: 31.0.101.4672  <\/p>\n<h2>GPD Win<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/93362\/intel-atom-x7-z8750-processor-2m-cache-up-to-2-56-ghz.html\">Intel Atom x7-Z8750<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 4Gb LPDDR3 1069Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: EMMC Samsung CGND3G 64Gb<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.11, 25.05.2017<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.18363 Build 18363<br \/>\nIntel HD Graphics 405 driver version: 20.19.15.4549  <\/p>\n<h2>GPD MicroPC<\/h2>\n<p>CPU: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/128983\/intel-celeron-processor-n4100-4m-cache-up-to-2-40-ghz.html\">Intel Celeron N4100<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 8Gb LPDDR3 2133Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: TS256GMTS400S 256Gb<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 02.07.2019<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.17763 Build 17763<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics 600 driver version: 26.20.100.7584<br \/>\nTDP: 10W<\/p>\n<h2>One-Netbook A1<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/185282\/intel-core-m3-8100y-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz.html\">Intel Core m3-8100Y<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 8Gb DDR4 1600Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: Sabrent Rocket nano 1Tb<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.12 12.09.2020<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics 615 driver version: 27.20.100.8681<\/p>\n<h2>One-Netbook OneMix 2s<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/185282\/intel-core-m3-8100y-processor-4m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz.html\">Intel Core m3-8100Y<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 8Gb LPDDR3 1600Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: FORESEE 256GB 256Gb<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.12 04.03.2019<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics 600 driver version: 26.20.100.7584<\/p>\n<h2>Noname P8 N100<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/231803\/intel-processor-n100-6m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz\/specifications.html\">Intel N100<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 12Gb LPDDR5 4800Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: The default model is SK800-128GB, which exhibits very limited performance (read speed of 467 MB\/s and write speed of 460 MB\/s). Therefore, the SSD was replaced with a significantly more capable model &#8211; Netac 1TB N930ES NT01N930ES-001T-E2X. The benchmark results shown in the diagrams below are for this upgraded model.<br \/>\nBIOS version: 5.25 MH-ADL81 1.08 x64<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Pro Version 22H2 Build 19045.5131<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics driver version: 32.0.101.6129<\/p>\n<h2>Noname P8 N150<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/241636\/intel-processor-n150-6m-cache-up-to-3-60-ghz\/specifications.html\">Intel N150<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 12Gb LPDDR5 4800Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: This unit was purchased without an included SSD. A Viper VP4000M 1TB drive was installed.<br \/>\nBIOS version: 5.27 EC FW Version V304<br \/>\nOS: Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 Build 26100.2033<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics driver version: 32.0.101.5813<\/p>\n<h2>One-Netbook OneGx1 Pro i7<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/ark.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/ark\/products\/208661\/intel-core-i7-1160g7-processor-12m-cache-up-to-4-40-ghz-with-ipu.html\">Intel Core i7-1160G7<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 16Gb LPDDR4 4267Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: One-Netbook PCI-E 512G SSD<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.19 17.12.2020<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042<br \/>\nIntel Iris Xe Graphics driver version: 27.20.100.8680<\/p>\n<h2>One-Netbook OneGx1 Pro i3<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/208651\/intel-core-i31110g4-processor-6m-cache-up-to-3-90-ghz-with-ipu\/specifications.html\">Intel Core i3-1110G4<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 16Gb LPDDR4 4267Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: One-Netbook PCI-E 512G SSD<br \/>\nBIOS version: AMI 5.19 2.21.1278<br \/>\nOS: Windows 10 Professional Version 22H2 Build 19045.4529<br \/>\nIntel UHD Graphics driver version: 32.0.101.6325<\/p>\n<h2>GPD Win Mini 2024<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/processors\/laptop\/ryzen\/8000-series\/amd-ryzen-7-8840u.html\">AMD Ryzen\u2122 7 8840U @28W<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 32Gb LPDDR5 7500Mhz<br \/>\nBIOS version: MiniEDP 1.66 x64<br \/>\nOS: Windows 11 Home 23H2 Build 22631.4602<br \/>\nAMD GPU driver version: 24.12.1  <\/p>\n<h2>GPD Win Mini 2025<\/h2>\n<p>Processor: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/products\/processors\/laptop\/ryzen\/ai-300-series\/amd-ryzen-ai-9-hx-370.html\">AMD Ryzen\u2122 AI 9 HX 370 @35W<\/a><br \/>\nRAM: 64Gb LPDDR5 8000Mhz<br \/>\nSSD: WD PC SN740 SDDPNQE-2T00 2Tb<br \/>\nBIOS version: MiniPro 2.10 x64<br \/>\nOS: Windows 11 Home 25H2 Build 26200.7462<br \/>\nAMD GPU driver version: 25.12.1  <\/p>\n<h1>CPU &amp; Memory performance<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Geekbench-5126.png\" alt=\"Geekbench test results\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AIDA64-5126.png\" alt=\"AIDA64 test results\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/CPUZ-5126.png\" alt=\"CPU-Z test results\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PassmarkPerformanceTest-5126.png\" alt=\"PassMark Performance Test results\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Single-core processor performance continues to grow, but the rate of growth is quite modest. However, total multi-threaded performance has increased 20-fold over the last 9 years!<\/p>\n<h1>SSD performance<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CrystalDiskMark-12.png\" alt=\"CrystalDiskMark test results\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Storage read and write speeds of have increased tens of times over the last 9 years. However, the highest performance is demonstrated not by the GPD Win Mini 2025, but by the GPD Pocket 3. The latter features an incredible read speed of 6 GB\/s. It is possible that the storage performance of the GPD Win Mini 2025 could be improved by replacing the drive.<\/p>\n<h1>3D performance<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3DMark-5126.png\" alt=\"3DMark test results\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/UnigineHeaven-5126.png\" alt=\"Unigine Heaven test results\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Few notes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Performance of Iris Xe (One-Netbook OneGx1 Pro i7) was just outstanding as of 2021.<\/li>\n<li>The performance of the Radeon 890M (GPD Win Mini 2025) has doubled compared to the Iris Xe.<\/li>\n<li>Tiger Lake supports Thunderbolt 4, which allows to connect eGPU to the UMPC. eGPU can improve 3D performance of OneGx1 Pro by at least 4 times. See details here: <a href=\"https:\/\/handheld.computer\/?p=1005\">Benchmarking OneGx1 Pro with eGPU<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Performance of A1 is significantly lower than performance of OneMix 2s, which is based on the same Intel Core m3-8100Y.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the similar brand name &quot;UHD Graphics&quot;, the GPU performance in the i3-1110G4 is 2+ times higher than the performance of the m3-8100Y and N100.<\/li>\n<li>Despite the Intel N150&#8217;s relatively modest performance compared to flagship devices, it is worth noting that the N150 is noticeably more performant in 3D than the Intel N100.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>Conclusion<\/h1>\n<p>Since the GPD Win (released in 2016) performance of UMPCs for 2025 has changed as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>CPU performance in single-threaded mode has increased by about 9 times and has not grown significantly in the last 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>CPU performance in multithreaded mode has increased by about 20 times and has roughly doubled over the past 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>RAM also demonstrates impressive performance growth\u2014a 10-fold increase over 9 years.<\/li>\n<li>SSD read speed has increased 40-fold, while write speed has increased nearly 60-fold.<\/li>\n<li>GPU performance increased by about 35-40 times, depending on the task.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction &quot;An ultra-mobile PC (ultra-mobile personal computer or UMPC) is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006.&quot; (c) Wikipedia. That was the dawn of the first UMPC epoch. 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