ECS Liva X vs Thinvent Treo Mini PC Alternative

The ECS Liva X is a compact mini PC built on an Intel Bay Trail-M processor with up to 2 cores, up to 4 GB of RAM and up to 64 GB of storage. The Thinvent Treo Mini PC is a closer modern alternative: it is available with Intel Celeron N5095A, Intel Core i3 and i5 processors, up to 64 GB of RAM and up to 2 TB of SSD storage. The Treo N5095A is the closest match in processor class, and the Treo i3 models give a larger step up in performance.

ECS Liva X vs Thinvent Treo Mini PC

Key differences

• The Thinvent Treo supports up to 64 GB of RAM, against a 4 GB maximum on the ECS Liva X.

• The Thinvent Treo supports up to 2 TB of SSD storage, against a 64 GB maximum on the ECS Liva X.

• The Thinvent Treo i3-1315U has 6 cores, against up to 2 cores on the ECS Liva X.

• The Thinvent Treo ships with Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) dual band, a newer standard than the Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n of the ECS Liva X.

• The Thinvent Treo has a VESA mount, for use behind a monitor or TV, and four front USB 2.0 ports.

• The ECS Liva X has a smaller footprint (135 mm wide, 83 mm deep, 40 mm high) than the Thinvent Treo (199.5 mm × 181.5 mm × 29.5 mm).

• The Thinvent Treo is available with several operating systems: Windows 11 Pro, Windows 11 IoT, Ubuntu Linux, Thinux™ Embedded Linux, without OS or DOS.

Which one should you choose?

The ECS Liva X suits light everyday tasks and multimedia playback within its 4 GB memory limit. The Thinvent Treo N5095A is the closest processor match, with more cores, more memory and larger storage. The Thinvent Treo i3-1315U suits workloads that need more processing power and RAM.

Buy the Thinvent alternative

• Thinvent Treo Mini PC with Intel Celeron N5095A

• Thinvent Treo Mini PC with Intel Core i3-1315U