> I'd expect this to run circles around an N150 for single-threaded perf too

It has basically the same single-core performance as an N150 box

Random N150 result: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/10992465

> BTW what's up with people pushing N150 and N300 in every single ARM SBC thread?

At this point I expect a lot of people have been enticed by niche SBCs and then discovered that driver support is a nightmare, as this article shows. So in time, everyone discovers that cheap x86-64 boxes accomplish their generic computing goals easier than these niche SBCs, even if the multi-core performance isn't the same.

Being able to install a mainline OS and common drivers and just get to work is valuable.