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Raspberry Pi 5 vs Intel N100 mini PC comparison - Features, Benchmarks, and Price
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Hosting your own services. Preferably at home and on low-power or shared hardware.
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If power consumption isn't the be all end all concern for you, there is a lot to be said for the ability of x86 to boot into just about anything. You still don't get that with ARM.
No one would want to buy this to use with high-demanding applications, but for hobbies and trivial stuff. With that said, even a Orange pi zero 3 is "better" than both Rpi 5 and the n100.
tl;dr: The magic word is convenience.