“With a complete Pi 5 at around €160 including taxes and shipping, the AMD-based 1L PC is clearly the cheaper and still more capable option.”
Enterprises dump old Dell, Lenovo and HP mini PCs by the thousands. A used HP Elitedesk 800 G3 idles at 3.5 watts, the same as a Pi 5, and runs 42 to 62 percent faster single-core. It takes up to 32GB of RAM and a real SSD instead of an SD card. The Pi’s price advantage disappears once you buy the case, power supply and NVMe hat.