Beelink Gemini X55 Review: Mini PC for Home / Office

atb_team November 4, 2019

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Product Details
First impressions, settings, overview of features
Gemini X55 Ultimate Mini PC Overview
Operating system and components
Beelink Gemini X55 Video Tests
Beelink Gemini X55 Benchmarks
Beelink Gemini X55 Conclusions

We are after testing another Mini PC from Beelink, called Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate. Today we can show you the Beelink Gemini X55 Review. This is not a new Beelink’s Mini PC, but after a long break it appeared again on sale.

If you are looking for a Mini PC for your home or office, you should read our Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate review. How Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate Mini PC came out in the tests you will learn from this review.

Is Gemini X55 Mini PC is another great Mini PC from Beelink? Is it better than Beelink J45 Mini PC (review here)? or worse read our conclusions. Together we follow the standard stages of our review.

Now Beelink Gemini X55 mini desktop computer is available on Gearbest for $249.99 (8GB/256GB) , Geekbuying for $259.99 (8GB/256GB), and at official Beelink Amazon stores: Amazon US, Amazon CA, Amazon DE, Amazon ES, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, and Amazon FR.

Product Details

Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate Specification:

Processor (SoC) – Intel Pentium Silver J5005 4 core Up to 2.8 GHz (TDP 10W)
GPU – Intel HD Graphics 605
Cooling – Cooling fan
RAM – 8 GB DDR4-2133
Disk – MSATA slot Install 256/512 GB SSD in mSATA slot SATA port 6 Gb / s and 2.5″ drive bay (up to 9 mm)
USB – 4 x USB 3.0
Network – Wi-Fi Intel Wireless-AC 3165, 802.11a / b / g / n / ac, MIMO 1×1, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.2
Mini PCIe / M.2 – 1 mini PCIe (half size)
Video output – 2 x HDMI 2.0a
Sound – Intel HD Audio via HDMI Realtek ALC269, Combined headphone audio output and microphone audio input
Power supply – 12 V / 24 W (DC 5.5 x 2.1)
System – Licensed Windows 10 Home
Dimensions – 11.50 x 10.20 x 4.30 cm
Weight – 310 grams

The box included everything that you need to get started:

Beelink Gemini X55 Mini PC
Power Adapter with EU plug
2x HDMI Cable (short and long)
Bracket
Pack of Hard Disk Screws
User Manual

The following video from our YouTube channel where you can take a look at more Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate and bundled accessories.

Beelink Gemini X55 Review: First impressions, settings, overview of features

The Gemini X55 Ultimate looks identical to the Beelink J45 (arrangement of interfaces), it only differs in color. The housing is black. We have no objections to the quality of workmanship. This is another well-made Mini PC from Beelink. The top cover features the characteristic Beelink’s logo. Unfortunately, it has also gloss, and you can see fingerprints on her, so it’s best don’t touch her often. On the front are: Power button, Audio out/mic port, USB 3.0 fast charge, USB 3.0 port. At the back there are: DC jack, 2x USB 3.0, 1x Gigabit LAN (RJ45), 2x HDMI port. On one side is the Micro SD card slot. On the sides of the device, there are holes that good drain the air obtained from the active cooling. The Gemini X55 Ultimate Mini PC is equipped with a fan, it is not a fanless Mini PC. On the bottom, in four feet, there are screws to unscrew the cover and place 2.5 SATA HDD, M.2 SSD or RAM. We’ve installed Hitachi 2.5″ HDD SATA 250GB 5400RPM.

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Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate Mini PC Overview

The Mini PC comes with Windows 10 Home (activated). The device downloads Microsoft Updates easily and correctly. There’s a single 237GB C:/ drive that had 219GB free space after installing Firefox and Chrome. During the tests, Windows 10 Home runs without problems and stable. We also installed McAfee Total Protection antivirus.

Mini PC runs at a resolution of FHD 1920×1080. There were no problems with the Wifi and Ethernet connection to Internet. We launched a few games such as: Beach Buggy Racing, Asphalt 9: Legends and Minecraft. As with the J45 Mini PC, games also work without a problem.

When you enter the BIOS, you can see that the device has BIOS Version Gemini X55 V0.16 x64, Compliancy: 2.19.1268, UEFI 2.7; PI 1.6. Gemini X55 Mini PC has 2x 2.0 HDMI port ([email protected]), and supports dual display. Intel HD Graphics 605 GPU handles this without a problem. To perform video tests we installed version Kodi 18.4 “Leia”. Below you will find many screenshots, we encourage you to browse.

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Operating system and components: Beelink Gemini X55 Review

As we wrote earlier, Beelink Gemini X55 Mini PC runs on Windows 10 Home, the system is activated. Mini PC is equipped with a Intel Pentium Silver J5005 (14 nm, 4 core, @ 1.50 GHz – 2.80 GHz, 4 MB cache) and Intel® HD Graphics 605 GPU (up to 800 MHz, 2x HDMI 2.0 3840×[email protected]). On the following screens you can see components used (Information taken from the PerformanceTest 9.0). HWiNFO64 detects Intel Pentium Silver J5005 processor and its HD Graphics 605 GPU correctly. Below screenchots.

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Video Tests

Video playback by Kodi 18.4 runs often not smooth. A liquidity problem for large files with 10-bit HEVC. The following table of video samples tested.

Typical 1080p	Kodi 18.4
MPEG2 / MP2 2.0 – 6.6Mbps	OK
MPEG4 / MP3 2.0 – 7.6Mbps	OK
H264 / AAC 2.0 – 7.2Mbps	OK
VC1 / WMA3 2.0 – 25Mbps	OK
VP8 / VORBIS 2.0 – 7.8Mbs	OK
Jellyfish 1080p HEVC 10bit – 90Mbps	OK
4K Video
Sintel – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 24fps	OK
BBB Sunflower -H264 – 30fps	OK
BBB Sunflower -H264 – 60fps	OK
Honey Bees – 96fps	OK
Skyfall – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 10Mbps	OK
Puppies Bath – h264/AAC 2.0	OK
Cinemartin H265/HEVC	OK
Tears of steel – 60fps	OK
HD Club Chimei – H264 / AAC 2.0 – 60Mbps	OK
Jellyfish 4k uhd HEVC 10bit – 140Mbps	OK
Jellyfish 4k uhd HEVC 10bit – 200/250/300/400Mbps	Not smooth
LG Demo – Istanbul 3840×2160 MP4/H264 8bit – 116Mbps	OK
Sony 4K – Camp HDR MP4/HEVC 10bit – 75.8Mbps	OK
Demo Samsung 2014 – USA Road Trip TS/HEVC 10bit – 51.4Mbps	OK
Samsung UHD DUBAI TS/HEVC 10bit – 51Mbps	OK
H.265/VP9 Video
Tears of steel – H265-HVEC / AAC 2.0 – 15Mbps	OK
Youtube – VP9 / 1080p	OK
VP9 / 4k – Eye of the Storm 4K Ultra HD.webmv	OK
VP9 / 4k – 10 Incredible 4K (Ultra HD) Videos.webmv	OK
VP9 / 4k – Australia – Land Down Under in 4K.webmv	OK

Netflix only up to 720p, but if you use the Netflix app available from the Microsoft Store, Netflix plays video in Full HD

We also tested playback via Youtube 4K on three browsers: Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explore. On all browsers, Youtube video playback in 4K (2160p) resolution was smooth and did not burden the processor. It was similar in the case of Netflix, also played through the browser and app.

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Beelink Gemini X55 Benchmarks

Below you will find screenshots of the tests carried out.

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Beelink Gemini X55 Review: Conclusions

The Beelink Gemini X55 Ultimate is another great Mini PC from Beelink that will be great for home and office use. It is more efficient than the Beelink J45 Mini PC, but it is just as good at video playback as the J45. Gemini X55 Utimate can also be used as HTPC.

If you are looking for a Mini PC for everyday use (Internet browsing, video / streaming, working with documents), Beelink Gemini X55 should meet your expectations. However, if you are looking for an even more efficient Mini PC, an example for gaming, then you should look at Beelink’s portfolio. They have also Gaming Mini PCs.