upgrading to N355 or R7 5825U?

Hi all,

I've been running Unraid for a few years now, on a R7 3700x. The server runs 24/7 and has a few things going on, dockers (including deepstack), 3 VMs (1 for cctv, 1 for torrenting, and 1 for daily use), 6 HDD in the array and RAID 1 ssd cache. So my old philosophy was to get the Unraid server to handle as much as possible. Nowadays I find myself splitting the tasks out to other units, like I'm shutting down the daily use VM and now I use a normal win11 PC instead. I also plan to buy a NVR for dedicated cctv recordings and AI detection; So the Unraid server sits idle most of the time, but the idle power draw from the wall currently is around 80-100W.

I've been eyeing NAS boards for a while, and I see some new boards (mini-ITX) have just came out. The new boards use N355 or R7 5825U processors; standard ATX-24PIN PSU connector; have 8 SATA connectors; and 2x M.2 NVMe slots. With TDP ~15W, these can potentially decrease my power consumption significantly.

I haven't been following the Intel vs AMD closely, is one better than the other for running Unraid? A quick Google says that the R7 5825U would outperform the N355. I don't think I'd care about 15W vs 20W. Any Unraid/GPU compatibility or passthrough issues with either? Any input would be appreciated.

Some links/images

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256808910047961.html

Edited May 26, 20251 yr by DrJake
added screenshot