CPU generation

Intel 6th Gen (Skylake) mini PCs

Skylake added hardware HEVC 8-bit encode and decode to Quick Sync, but 10-bit HEVC decode is only hybrid (partly on the GPU shaders) and VP9 decode is partial, so 4K HDR files still lean on the CPU. It is the first generation Frigate's OpenVINO detector supports, and Frigate lists the HD 530 iGPU at roughly 15 to 35 ms per MobileNetV2 inference. The catch is Windows 11: mainstream 6th-gen chips are not on Microsoft's supported list. As a Linux or Proxmox box with DDR4, a 6th-gen tiny PC still does useful work. As a Windows desktop it is a dead end.

Released: 2015
In mini PCs: 2 to 4 cores (Hyper-Threading on Core i7); 35 W T-series desktop chips in 1-liter business PCs; supports DDR4 and DDR3L.
Windows 11: Not on Microsoft's supported list. Mainstream 6th-gen Core chips are not on Microsoft's Windows 11 lists; only the Core X 7000X high-end desktop series from this era is listed. Unsupported installs aren't guaranteed updates.
Media engine: Quick Sync: H.264, HEVC 8-bit
Frigate OpenVINO: Supported on the Intel iGPU
Memory: DDR4, DDR3L

6 models with Intel 6th Gen (Skylake)

Deciding between generations? See Windows 11 eligibility by CPU generation and Quick Sync transcoding by generation.

6 models with Intel 6th Gen (Skylake)

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