— by CNX SOFTWARE

Cincoze GM-1000 is an industrial embedded GPU computer. It is highly expandable including supporting an embedded MXM GPU. As a rugged computer, it can either be passively cooled or actively cooled with add-on fans. It can support an operating temperature ranging from -40°C – 70°C and is also able to survive being dropped or hit with a vibration/shock tolerance of 5G/50G. It is marketed as having all the features required for a compact, reliable, and high-performance computing system for field applications in machine vision, image processing, and artificial intelligence.

In this review, I’ll cover some performance metrics from both Windows and Ubuntu and also discuss the thermals.

Hardware Overview

The model loaned by Cincoze for review came with an Intel Core i7-9700TE which is an eight-core 8-thread 1.80 GHz Coffee Lake-R processor boosting to 3.80 GHz with Intel’s UHD Graphics 630. It also came with an NVIDIA Quadro Embedded P2000 MXM module installed, 32GB of RAM, and a 512GB NVMe drive together with an expansion of 2x 10G Intel X550 RJ45 LAN ports and an ‘External Fan Kit’ which allows four 80mm fans to be installed on top of the device:
 

The unit cosmetically looks like a giant heat sink and measures 260 mm x 200 mm x 85 mm (10.24 x 7.87 x 3.35 inches) with a weight of 4.6 kg (10 pounds 2.26 ounces). It also requires a large power brick (GST220A24-CIN) rated at 221W.