**Testing the Acer m6 Mini PC**
I decided to test the Acer m6 mini PC to see how it performs with various tasks, including GPU benchmarks and PC gaming, as well as emulation. I started by running 3D Mark Wildcat, a Vulcan GPU Benchmark version 2,396, followed by 3D Mark Night Raid with a score of 3,252. Although the mini PC isn't powerful enough to win any GPU Benchmark Awards, I wanted to see how it performs with lighter tasks.
For GPU benchmarks, I ran 3D Mark Wildcat again and noticed that the Acer m6's integrated GPU has improved significantly compared to previous Jasper Lake chips. The mini PC was able to run these benchmarks smoothly, showcasing its capabilities. To further test the performance of the Acer m6, I ran three popular games: Cuphead at 900p, After Burner up in the top-left corner, and Skyrim at low settings with 720p resolution. Surprisingly, the mini PC was able to run these games at a stable 60 frames per second.
**Emulation Performance**
In addition to running games, I also tested the Acer m6's emulation capabilities using various emulators such as PPSSPP for PSP and Dolphin Emulator for GameCube. With PSP, I ran Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 at 720p without any issues, but Gran Turismo was only able to run at 48 frames per second with numerous hacks and a modified setting. However, the development version of the emulator with Vulcan backend worked much better.
For PS2 emulation, I tried the Dolphin Emulator, which is my go-to test for this type of emulation. The Acer m6 performed well with GameCube emulation, reaching a stable 60 frames per second at native resolution using the Direct X11 backend.
**Power Consumption**
To assess the power consumption of the Acer m6, I plugged it into a kilowatt meter while testing its performance. During idle, the mini PC consumed around 5 watts, while gaming it pulled approximately 12.4 watts. The maximum power consumption was recorded at 14.6 watts when maxing out all four cores and the integrated GPU.
**Conclusion**
Based on my tests, I believe the Acer m6 mini PC is a great option for those who need a compact and power-efficient desktop replacement for light gaming, emulation, web browsing, document editing, or other tasks that don't require intense processing. While it may not be suitable for demanding applications like AAA games, its performance and power consumption make it an attractive choice for its form factor.
In the future, I plan to test the Acer m6 with Linux operating systems and explore using it as a dedicated emulation system by installing specialized software like Bottin. With the availability of Raspberry Pi 4s at competitive prices, this mini PC could be a great option for enthusiasts looking to create an all-in-one PC for light use.
**Recommendation**
If you're in the market for a compact and power-efficient desktop replacement with decent performance, I recommend considering the Acer m6 mini PC. Its unique form factor and low power consumption make it an attractive choice for those who need a reliable machine for everyday tasks.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's going on everybody it's ETA Prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at an allnew Mini PC that comes in with a super small form factor known as the m6 now I've actually seen this rebranded by a few different companies out there and I've seen Prices range from $120 up to $230 depending on the storage and RAM configuration but on paper this looks like a really interesting Mini PC it's capable of 4K it's got full HDMI it also has USB type-c which does support 4K 60 out of there so we've got two displays it also has a 2.5 GB ethernet port and believe it or not it does come pre-installed with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 like I mentioned the price on the m6 can vary quite a bit depending on what manufacturer you pick it up from but I've got one of the cheaper ones here this is a non-branded unit with 8 GB of RAM you can get up to 16 inside of the Box you're going to get a 24 W wall charger this is powered over USB type-c we've got some mounting hardware and they also include a 6t HDMI cable another option that I've seen online with these is Windows 10 or Windows 11 I opted for the windows 11 version so it is pre-installed and since it's just an x86 Mini PC you could always install Linux on it if you wanted to overall very small form factor really liking this it is actively cooled so there's a small fan in here but I wanted to give you a look at this compared to an Xbox controller just to show you how small this thing really is got that single vent up top which is going to pull that fresh air in it's going to come out of one of the side ports and just taking a look inside it does have a copper heat SN not much going on with the sides in the front obviously we've got that power button and an LED indicator but when we move around back you'll see we get three USB 3.1 ports we've got fulls sizee HDMI a 2.5 GB ethernet port USB type-c this will supply data and video out a 3.5 mm headphone jack and another USB type-c port which is only used for powering the unit up before we move over to the specs and test this thing out I did want to do a quick disassembly and pulling the bottom off with a single screw reveals two m.2 slots this one here came pre-installed with a 128 GB m.2 SSD but we also have another 80 mm slot and this is nvme so you can upgrade the storage on this very easily unfortunately that's about all we're going to be able to upgrade with this Mini PC because the ram is soldered to the board I opted for the 8 GB version but they do sell one with 16 GB pre-installed I was kind of hoping to see a couple slots in here but uh it's definitely soldered it's using LP ddr4 and as you can see we've got a copper heat sink here with a blower style fan and when it comes to the CPU this is using it only pulls up to around 16 Watts at full boat when you're using the igpu and the CPU side of things the CPU itself is rated at 10 watts and speaking of the CPU this is powered by an Intel n5105 we've got four cord four threads base clock of 2 GHz with a turbo up to 2.9 you can get this with 8 to 16 GB of RAM it's using lpddr4 at 2,933 MHz we've got built-in Intel UHD Graphics but this is definitely upgraded from the older Gemini Lake CPUs that you'd see in these many PCs because we have 24 execution units and this will run up to 800 MHz storage is handled by an m.2 SSD or an nvme SSD you can pick this up as a bare of Bones no storage option or you can go all the way up to 1 tbte we've got Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 2.5 GB ethernet you can run Windows 10 Windows 11 or Linux this one has Windows 11 pre-installed all right so here it is got everything set up I've updated all of the drivers everything went really smooth uh it's pretty Snappy for what we're working with here I mean this is a 10 watt CPU we've only got four cores and four threads those built-in UHD graphics and one thing that I noticed which was a little disappointing is the ram in this is running in single Channel mode with igpus dual channel is definitely the way to go it is running at 2,933 MHz and I suspect that the 16 GB model may be running in dual channel so we will lose a little bit of GPU performance but what I've tested so far is actually working out pretty well when it comes to a Mini PC like this it's far from a gaming machine but we're definitely going to test out some games on this checking out some web browsing everything loads up really quick we've got that Wi-Fi 6 and I made sure it was Wi-Fi 6 from the device manager and Hardware info because in the past I've picked up these many PCs that state they have Wi-Fi 6 or even Wi-Fi 5 and it's far from it but with this one here we do have an Intel Wi-Fi 6 chip soldered to the board it's non-user replaceable and using something like this for web browsing email checking you want to do some document editing it's going to be fine I mean this little mini PC can definitely handle those tasks and it's actually really awesome to see these low 4 in Intel chips getting a nice little upgrade so with the n5105 in my experience it's a huge upgrade from the older Gemini lake 412s or even the 415s especially in the GPU Department because we've got 24 execution units instead of 12 to 16 with those other ones and even though the ram in this is running in single Channel it'll outperform those older Gemini Lake chips and as for 4K video playback these little Jasper Lake chips do a really great job I'm streaming a 4K 60fps video from YouTube right now stats for nerds is up in the top left hand corner let's go ahead and take a look at how many frames of dropped if any at all and it does look like we're getting a few drop frames here and there I would never notice this just playing a 4K video from YouTube without stats for nerds on about five of these are from the initial load in but we are still getting a few here and there overall it's really not that bad next thing I want to take a look at are a couple benchmarks I ran then we'll move over to some gaming and and emulation here we have geek bench 5 we got a single core score of 614 multi1 1944 obviously these are lower scores when you compare them to higher end chips but for something pulling around 10 watts it's not that bad I also ran 3D Mark Wildlife this is a Vulcan GPU Benchmark 2,396 and finally we have 3D Mark night raid with a 3,252 this little PC isn't going to win any GPU Benchmark Awards but I still want to see how it performs with PC gaming and emulation given that we're working with such a low powerered PC I figured we'd throw some lighter games at it this is far from a AAA gaming PC but when it comes to the low-end stuff you're going to have a really good experience here's cuphead at 900p there's no settings that we can really change for graphics but it's running at 60 if you take a look at After Burner up in the top leftand Corner not bad at all a game I always love to test on these mini PCS is Skyrim this is the original version we at low settings 720p and it runs at 60 this is actually really surprising because Gemini Lake really struggled with this but when it comes to these new Jasper Lake chips especially the n6000 and the n5105 which we have in here work really well with these older titles you want to do some halflife halflife 2 left for dead even original Skyrim dual channel will help out with this integrated GPU so there's a chance if the 16 GB version is running in dual Channel you you'll get a little better performance out of it before we move over to emulation there was one last thing I wanted to test here we have for to Horizon 5 but it's not running natively on this Mini PC I'm using Xbox game streaming and by the way way I'm connected over Wi-Fi with that Wi-Fi 6 built in it does a good job but I would recommend using ethernet when it comes to game streaming whether you want to do stadia GeForce now or even this but it does work on the mini PC quite well taking a look at some emulation on the m6 first up we have PSP using PPSSPP we're at 3x resolution and I'm using the Vulcan back in it's kind of odd because I did try direct X11 at first with this chip and usually on these x86 mini PCS I us have much better luck with direct X11 but I did have a few dips at 3x so I swapped over to Vulcan and we're good to go with PSP emulation when it comes to PS2 I wouldn't run out and buy one of these specifically for PS2 emulation but there are a few games that will work really well here we have Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 at 720p not bad at all but I tried Gran Turismo it was only running at about 48 fps even with a ton of hacks on and I did try the development version with Vulcan but directx11 worked much better with PS2 on the system and finally we have the Dolphin Emulator for some GameCube here's my go-to test this is automot eista especially up here in these Corners these mini PCS or low-end arm chips do dip down a lot but we're at a steady 60 now I'm at the native resolution I'm using the direct X11 backend but it really does perform well with GameCube emulation when I test out these mini PCS I always like to take a look at total system power consumption so while I'm doing my testing I have this plugged into a kilowatt meter at the wall this idle around 5 Watts while gaming it pulls around 12.4 watts and the maximum that I could get this to pull from the wall while maxing out all four cores and the GPU was 14.6 Watts and given the power consumption and the performance we got out of this little machine I think it's doing a really good job it's far from a AAA gaming machine but for the form factor and power consumption I think this is a great little desktop replacement if you need something for light gaming light emulation web browsing document editing then the m6 might be a good choice for you now there's a couple more operating systems that I'd like to test on this we're definitely going to be doing a video on Linux running on this little machine and I'd also like to do just a dedicated emulation oper opting system like bota to see if it would be worth picking something like this up and turning it into a dedicated emulation system and the way it's going right now with the availability and the pricing of the Raspberry Pi 4 this could be a really great option but that's going to wrap it up for this one really appreciate you watching if you're interested in learning more about the m6 I will leave a couple links in the description and definitely stay tuned to the channel cuz I'll have a couple more videos coming up with this Mini PC and like always thanks for watchinghey what's going on everybody it's ETA Prime back here again today we're going to be taking a look at an allnew Mini PC that comes in with a super small form factor known as the m6 now I've actually seen this rebranded by a few different companies out there and I've seen Prices range from $120 up to $230 depending on the storage and RAM configuration but on paper this looks like a really interesting Mini PC it's capable of 4K it's got full HDMI it also has USB type-c which does support 4K 60 out of there so we've got two displays it also has a 2.5 GB ethernet port and believe it or not it does come pre-installed with Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth 5.2 like I mentioned the price on the m6 can vary quite a bit depending on what manufacturer you pick it up from but I've got one of the cheaper ones here this is a non-branded unit with 8 GB of RAM you can get up to 16 inside of the Box you're going to get a 24 W wall charger this is powered over USB type-c we've got some mounting hardware and they also include a 6t HDMI cable another option that I've seen online with these is Windows 10 or Windows 11 I opted for the windows 11 version so it is pre-installed and since it's just an x86 Mini PC you could always install Linux on it if you wanted to overall very small form factor really liking this it is actively cooled so there's a small fan in here but I wanted to give you a look at this compared to an Xbox controller just to show you how small this thing really is got that single vent up top which is going to pull that fresh air in it's going to come out of one of the side ports and just taking a look inside it does have a copper heat SN not much going on with the sides in the front obviously we've got that power button and an LED indicator but when we move around back you'll see we get three USB 3.1 ports we've got fulls sizee HDMI a 2.5 GB ethernet port USB type-c this will supply data and video out a 3.5 mm headphone jack and another USB type-c port which is only used for powering the unit up before we move over to the specs and test this thing out I did want to do a quick disassembly and pulling the bottom off with a single screw reveals two m.2 slots this one here came pre-installed with a 128 GB m.2 SSD but we also have another 80 mm slot and this is nvme so you can upgrade the storage on this very easily unfortunately that's about all we're going to be able to upgrade with this Mini PC because the ram is soldered to the board I opted for the 8 GB version but they do sell one with 16 GB pre-installed I was kind of hoping to see a couple slots in here but uh it's definitely soldered it's using LP ddr4 and as you can see we've got a copper heat sink here with a blower style fan and when it comes to the CPU this is using it only pulls up to around 16 Watts at full boat when you're using the igpu and the CPU side of things the CPU itself is rated at 10 watts and speaking of the CPU this is powered by an Intel n5105 we've got four cord four threads base clock of 2 GHz with a turbo up to 2.9 you can get this with 8 to 16 GB of RAM it's using lpddr4 at 2,933 MHz we've got built-in Intel UHD Graphics but this is definitely upgraded from the older Gemini Lake CPUs that you'd see in these many PCs because we have 24 execution units and this will run up to 800 MHz storage is handled by an m.2 SSD or an nvme SSD you can pick this up as a bare of Bones no storage option or you can go all the way up to 1 tbte we've got Wi-Fi 6 Bluetooth 5.2 2.5 GB ethernet you can run Windows 10 Windows 11 or Linux this one has Windows 11 pre-installed all right so here it is got everything set up I've updated all of the drivers everything went really smooth uh it's pretty Snappy for what we're working with here I mean this is a 10 watt CPU we've only got four cores and four threads those built-in UHD graphics and one thing that I noticed which was a little disappointing is the ram in this is running in single Channel mode with igpus dual channel is definitely the way to go it is running at 2,933 MHz and I suspect that the 16 GB model may be running in dual channel so we will lose a little bit of GPU performance but what I've tested so far is actually working out pretty well when it comes to a Mini PC like this it's far from a gaming machine but we're definitely going to test out some games on this checking out some web browsing everything loads up really quick we've got that Wi-Fi 6 and I made sure it was Wi-Fi 6 from the device manager and Hardware info because in the past I've picked up these many PCs that state they have Wi-Fi 6 or even Wi-Fi 5 and it's far from it but with this one here we do have an Intel Wi-Fi 6 chip soldered to the board it's non-user replaceable and using something like this for web browsing email checking you want to do some document editing it's going to be fine I mean this little mini PC can definitely handle those tasks and it's actually really awesome to see these low 4 in Intel chips getting a nice little upgrade so with the n5105 in my experience it's a huge upgrade from the older Gemini lake 412s or even the 415s especially in the GPU Department because we've got 24 execution units instead of 12 to 16 with those other ones and even though the ram in this is running in single Channel it'll outperform those older Gemini Lake chips and as for 4K video playback these little Jasper Lake chips do a really great job I'm streaming a 4K 60fps video from YouTube right now stats for nerds is up in the top left hand corner let's go ahead and take a look at how many frames of dropped if any at all and it does look like we're getting a few drop frames here and there I would never notice this just playing a 4K video from YouTube without stats for nerds on about five of these are from the initial load in but we are still getting a few here and there overall it's really not that bad next thing I want to take a look at are a couple benchmarks I ran then we'll move over to some gaming and and emulation here we have geek bench 5 we got a single core score of 614 multi1 1944 obviously these are lower scores when you compare them to higher end chips but for something pulling around 10 watts it's not that bad I also ran 3D Mark Wildlife this is a Vulcan GPU Benchmark 2,396 and finally we have 3D Mark night raid with a 3,252 this little PC isn't going to win any GPU Benchmark Awards but I still want to see how it performs with PC gaming and emulation given that we're working with such a low powerered PC I figured we'd throw some lighter games at it this is far from a AAA gaming PC but when it comes to the low-end stuff you're going to have a really good experience here's cuphead at 900p there's no settings that we can really change for graphics but it's running at 60 if you take a look at After Burner up in the top leftand Corner not bad at all a game I always love to test on these mini PCS is Skyrim this is the original version we at low settings 720p and it runs at 60 this is actually really surprising because Gemini Lake really struggled with this but when it comes to these new Jasper Lake chips especially the n6000 and the n5105 which we have in here work really well with these older titles you want to do some halflife halflife 2 left for dead even original Skyrim dual channel will help out with this integrated GPU so there's a chance if the 16 GB version is running in dual Channel you you'll get a little better performance out of it before we move over to emulation there was one last thing I wanted to test here we have for to Horizon 5 but it's not running natively on this Mini PC I'm using Xbox game streaming and by the way way I'm connected over Wi-Fi with that Wi-Fi 6 built in it does a good job but I would recommend using ethernet when it comes to game streaming whether you want to do stadia GeForce now or even this but it does work on the mini PC quite well taking a look at some emulation on the m6 first up we have PSP using PPSSPP we're at 3x resolution and I'm using the Vulcan back in it's kind of odd because I did try direct X11 at first with this chip and usually on these x86 mini PCS I us have much better luck with direct X11 but I did have a few dips at 3x so I swapped over to Vulcan and we're good to go with PSP emulation when it comes to PS2 I wouldn't run out and buy one of these specifically for PS2 emulation but there are a few games that will work really well here we have Tony Hawk Pro Skater 3 at 720p not bad at all but I tried Gran Turismo it was only running at about 48 fps even with a ton of hacks on and I did try the development version with Vulcan but directx11 worked much better with PS2 on the system and finally we have the Dolphin Emulator for some GameCube here's my go-to test this is automot eista especially up here in these Corners these mini PCS or low-end arm chips do dip down a lot but we're at a steady 60 now I'm at the native resolution I'm using the direct X11 backend but it really does perform well with GameCube emulation when I test out these mini PCS I always like to take a look at total system power consumption so while I'm doing my testing I have this plugged into a kilowatt meter at the wall this idle around 5 Watts while gaming it pulls around 12.4 watts and the maximum that I could get this to pull from the wall while maxing out all four cores and the GPU was 14.6 Watts and given the power consumption and the performance we got out of this little machine I think it's doing a really good job it's far from a AAA gaming machine but for the form factor and power consumption I think this is a great little desktop replacement if you need something for light gaming light emulation web browsing document editing then the m6 might be a good choice for you now there's a couple more operating systems that I'd like to test on this we're definitely going to be doing a video on Linux running on this little machine and I'd also like to do just a dedicated emulation oper opting system like bota to see if it would be worth picking something like this up and turning it into a dedicated emulation system and the way it's going right now with the availability and the pricing of the Raspberry Pi 4 this could be a really great option but that's going to wrap it up for this one really appreciate you watching if you're interested in learning more about the m6 I will leave a couple links in the description and definitely stay tuned to the channel cuz I'll have a couple more videos coming up with this Mini PC and like always thanks for watching\n"