Siemens Embedded PC vs Thinvent Industrial PC IPC5

The Siemens Embedded PC search points to Siemens' SIMATIC industrial computers for automation and control. The facts available for this comparison describe Siemens' SIMATIC IPC477E and general Siemens engineering hardware requirements, but do not provide a full specification set for a single Siemens embedded PC model. The Thinvent alternative most suited to automation and control work is the Thinvent Industrial PC IPC5 with Intel Core i5-1240P or Core i7-1255U, offering up to 64 GB RAM and up to 2 TB SSD.

Siemens Embedded PC vs Thinvent Industrial PC IPC5

Key differences

• Thinvent IPC5 offers RAM up to 64 GB and SSD up to 2 TB, giving room for data-heavy automation and logging tasks.

• The Core i5-1240P variant provides 12 cores, while the Core i7-1255U variant runs at up to 4.7 GHz with dual LAN and dual band Wi-Fi.

• Siemens' SIMATIC IPC477E is designed for use with Siemens automation products and components, as its documentation states that products from other manufacturers must be recommended or approved by Siemens.

• Full specifications for the Siemens model are not covered here, so a direct line-by-line comparison of memory, storage and interfaces should be checked against Siemens' datasheet.

Which one should you choose?

Choose a Siemens SIMATIC unit when your system is built around Siemens automation software and hardware and approval for third-party components matters. Choose the Thinvent IPC5 when you need a general-purpose industrial PC with high memory and storage capacity, and choose the Core i7 variant if you need Wi-Fi and dual LAN.

Buy the Thinvent alternative

• Thinvent Industrial PC IPC5, Intel Core i5-1240P

• Thinvent Industrial PC IPC5, Intel Core i7-1255U