2020 (
M1) There are several platforms that are primarily intended for nettops and netbooks: • Intel's Atom platform • Nvidia's Ion platform • Intel's Core platform • AMD's APU platform • VIA's Trinity Platform There are several mini PC platforms: • Apple
Mac mini • Intel / ASUS
NUC Some nettops have also adopted
system-on-a-chip designs. Although many major parts such as chipsets, video cards and storage devices can also be found on desktops, the CPUs that are put inside nettops are the fundamental component that differentiate them from normal desktops. The list below contains a range of hardware components that a typical nettop may be assembled from. • CPU •
Intel Atom,
Intel Core (
x86) •
VIA Nano and
VIA C7 processors (x86) •
AMD APU (x86) •
AMD Geode (x86) •
ARM Cortex-based CPU (
ARM) •
Loongson (
MIPS) • GPU • Intel
GMA 950 •
Intel UHD Graphics • S3 Graphics Chrome •
GeForce 9400M G (integrated into MCP79MX;
Nvidia Ion platform) •
AMD Radeon HD 6310 •
ATI Radeon HD 4530 •
PowerVR • Chipset •
945GSE and 945GC Express chipsets •
MCP79MX (integrated GeForce 9400M G GPU;
Nvidia Ion platform) • VIA VX800 IGP Chipset • Storage devices • 2.5"
hard disk drive •
Solid-state drive (SSD) •
Embedded multimedia card (eMMC) • Network •
Ethernet and/or
Wi-Fi • I/O ports •
LAN,
USB, video out, audio out
Intel's Atom processor has been adopted by several hardware manufacturers, such as ASUS, MSI, and Sony, for nettops. Nvidia has also released its first generation ION platform, which puts GeForce 9400M Motherboard
GPU alongside the Atom processor to provide better
high definition video playback ability and lower power consumption. In addition, Nvidia has announced that it will support VIA's CPUs this year. To further reduce the manufacturing cost and improve power efficiency, many manufacturers and start-up companies have chosen to use CPUs that were originally targeted at embedded computing devices such as AMD's Geode and ARM Cortex-based CPUs. Apple's
2024 Mac mini with the
M4 system-on-a-chip (SoC) features a significantly smaller design than earlier models, with a 5x5-inch form factor often described as slightly larger than an
Apple TV 4K. Apple claims up to 50% more CPU performance and 4× more GPU performance on the M4 compared to the M2. The M4 competes for the highest-scoring consumer SoC for single-core benchmarks according to various sources such as the
Geekbench benchmarking suite and Passmark Software's CPU benchmarks. In doing so, M4's single-core performance competes with
AMD's
Ryzen 7 9700X and
Intel's
Core i9-14900K. ==Operating systems==