Here's a 6W, $99 intel system: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CKXL2MPM?ref=product_details&th=...

An $80 Pi 5 is 25W.

An N4000 provides about half the CPU performance (single threaded), and half the cores that a Pi 5 has.

However, the N100s are very competitive. Maybe even faster and cheaper, and less power hungry.

I have a hard time believing that system only has 6W total power draw.

A friend did that with a ThinkPad x200 over a decade ago, so I can believe it easily.

You should have a much harder time believing a Pi 5 draws 25w in this comparison. 6w from a small form factor N4000 Intel system is perfectly achievable.

Pi is not particularly “power sipping” either. Not every usb brick is capable of powering today’s Pi’s, which indicates peak power draw of over 5W.

Then why buy a Pi5 if you don’t have the juice?

I can get a 1GB Pi3 model B shipped to my door for £27 which will run off of any mobile phone charger from the last five years (heck, I just plug mine directly into the USB socket built into the wall outlet) and connect it to any TV from the last ten years with a £2 HDMI cable.

Cut your cloth.

Compared to Intel it still is - a 5V/3A brick is sufficient for all Pis, with Intel if you have USB power it's usually higher-voltage USB-C.

No, they aren't. You need 5.1 or 5.2v, otherwise you get stability issues. Learnt that the hard way.