Comparison
Geekom Mini IT13 vs Beelink SER8
Intel Quick Sync on IT13 is the safer Plex/Jellyfin transcoder path; SER8 leans AMD iGPU plus strong multi-core for VM density. If your library needs frequent 4K transcodes, prioritize Quick Sync; if you run many LXC/VMs, prefer the Ryzen core count.
Geekom Mini IT13
13th-gen Intel mini-PC often shortlisted for Quick Sync Plex/Jellyfin and multi-VM Proxmox labs.
plex igpu
proxmox
dev vm
Beelink SER8
Newer Ryzen 7 mini-PC aimed at heavier VM stacks and iGPU media duties in a dense chassis.
proxmox
plex igpu
dev vm
Spec side-by-side
Field
Geekom Mini IT13
Beelink SER8
cpu
Intel Core i7-1360P / i9-13900H (SKU-dependent)
AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS (typical config)
ram gb max
64
64
nic
2.5GbE
2.5GbE
wifi
True
True
storage
dual M.2 NVMe
dual M.2 NVMe
use cases
plex_igpu, proxmox, dev_vm
proxmox, plex_igpu, dev_vm