ASUS Chromebox 5a Black 2023

ASUS Chromebox 5a Black 2023

ASUS
50 Overall Score
vs
MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US Black 2023

MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US Black 2023

MSI
83 Overall Score

Scores

Home Office
ASUS
50
MSI
85
Gaming
ASUS
8
MSI
81
Workstation
ASUS
37
MSI
80
Developer
ASUS
46
MSI
80
Creator
ASUS
17
MSI
77
Business
ASUS
51
MSI
77
Compact
ASUS
57
MSI
28

Specifications

ASUS Chromebox 5aMSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US
Processor
CPU*Intel Core i7 1355UIntel Core i5 13400F
CPU Multi-Core Score
14,094
25,006
Cores1010
Frequency1.7 GHz1.8 GHz
L3 Cache12 MB20 MB
Graphics
GPUIntel Iris XeNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
GPU Benchmark ScoreNo data
19,537
Typeintegrateddiscrete
VRAM8 GB
VRAM TypeSharedGDDR6
Memory & Storage
RAM16 GB32 GB
RAM GenerationDDR5DDR5
Storage 1256 GB2 TB
Storage 1 TypeNVMe SSDNVMe SSD
Build
Form Factorminimid-tower
PSU650W
Weight0.82 kg11.97 kg
Connectivity
USB-C Ports10
USB Ports612
ThunderboltThunderbolt 4
HDMI2x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort1x DisplayPort 1.4
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6EWi-Fi 6E
BluetoothBluetooth 5.3Bluetooth
EthernetGigabit Ethernet
System
OSChrome OSWindows 11 Pro

Pros & Cons

ASUS Chromebox 5a Black 2023

  • Strong port (86th percentile)86th %ile
  • Below average gpu (11th percentile)11th %ile
  • Below average storage (17th percentile)17th %ile
  • Below average cpu (32th percentile)

MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US Black 2023

  • Strong ram (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong social proof (95th percentile)95th %ile
  • Strong storage (91th percentile)91th %ile
  • Strong port (83th percentile)83th %ile

Pricing

ASUS Chromebox 5a Black 2023

MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US Black 2023

No current pricing available

Verdict

Winner: MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US

Scores 83 overall, wins 6 of 7 usage categories and 12 of 26 specs.

ASUS Chromebox 5a Better at:

Compact

MSI Codex R 13NUC5-068US Better at:

GamingCreatorBusinessDeveloperHome OfficeWorkstation

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