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GENERAL NAS FEATURE COMPARISON

NAS Plex (local 4K) Plex HD (remote) Plex 4K (remote) BACKUP (MS/GOOGLE OFFICE) BACKUP (BAREBONE) PHOTOS (OBJECT AI) VIDEO EDITING (4K) VIDEO EDITING (8K) DOCKER VIRTUAL MACHINES PC MODE (QVM) 2.5GbE 10GbE 25GbE Thunderbolt NVMe Pcie Expansion HDMI Drive Mixing
TS-473A ✓ - -✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓ⓘ✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓ⓘ
TVS-h1688X ✓ ✓ ✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓✓ⓘⓘ✓✓✓✓

LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-473A759.99 GBP829 USD
TVS-h1688X4002.99 GBP3189 USD

BEST FOR Virtualisation

NAS CPU Cores Threads Speed (GHz) Docker/VM Score ECC
TS-473A AMD Ryzen™ Embedded V1500B quad-core 2.2 GHz proce... 4 8 2.2 Docker/VM 4584 NO /8 GB DDR4 SO-DIMM DDR4 (1 x 8 GB)
TVS-h1688X Intel® Xeon® W-1250 6-core 3.3 GHz processor (boos... 6 12 3.3 (MAX:4.7) Docker/VM 13646 ECC /32GB DDR4 ECC UDIMM DDR4 (2 x 16 GB)

BEST FOR MULTIMEDIA

NAS GPU Base_GHz/Max Codec FPS Transcoding Plex
TS-473A / 0 1080p
TVS-h1688X Intel® UHD Graphics P630 350/1.2GHZ H.264 60 2160 2160p

BEST FOR FILE STORAGE

NAS BAYS Bandwidth HDD storage expansion Drive mixing File System
TS-473A 4 HDD 5Gbit (2 ports combined) 88TB ✓ EXT4
TVS-h1688X 12 HDD 30Gbit (6 ports combined) 264TB ✓ ZFS/EXT4

*All NAS support multiple RAID/ volume groups, if you want to mix different size drive on non supported model.

BEST FOR BACKUP

NAS Level HA AI Google Microsoft encryption
TS-473A folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder
TVS-h1688X folder face ✓ ✓ HDD/volume /folder

BEST FOR VIDEO EDITING

NAS MAX LAN speed Ports transcoding PCIe NVMe
TS-473A 2.5Gbit PCIe-Slot =2 Slot 1: PCIe Gen 3 x4 Slot 2: PCIe Gen 3 x4 2 x M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 x1 slots
TVS-h1688X 10Gbit 2X RJ45pcie ✓ PCIe-Slot =3 Slot 1: PCIe Gen3 x8 Slot 2: PCIe Gen3 x4 Slot 3: PCIe Gen3 x4 2 x M.2 22110/2280 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 slots

BEST FOR SURVEILLANCE (CCTV)

NAS HDMI QVM transcoding AI
TS-473A pcie ✓ ✓
TVS-h1688X 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz) ✓ ✓ ✓

BEST FOR SMART HOME/ AI

NAS Virtual switch Docker/VM HDMI S/PDIF / AUX
TS-473A ✓ Docker/VM pcie
TVS-h1688X ✓ Docker/VM 1, HDMI™ 1.4b (up to 4096 x 2160 @ 30Hz)

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AVAILABILITY / RELEASE DATE

Brand Model TW USA UK Released
Qnap TS-473A • • • 2021-02
Qnap TVS-h1688X • • • 2020-09

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SOFTWARE - 8/10
HARDWARE - 9/10
PERFORMANCE - 9/10
PRICE - 8/10
VALUE - 8/10


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PROS
👍🏻10Gb/TB3 Support
👍🏻2.5Gbe LAN Ports
👍🏻6 Core GPU enabled Xeon with over 15,000 CPUBenchmark Score
👍🏻3 Tier Storage System
👍🏻ZFS File System
👍🏻PCIe Gen3 x8 and 3×4
👍🏻Virtualization
👍🏻Thunderbolt is Optional – many will appreciate the choice (upto 4 ports)
👍🏻Larger 22110 NVMe Gen3 x4 Support
👍🏻Upto 128GB ECC DDR4 Memory
👍🏻5x USB 3.2 Gen 2 10Gb/s
👍🏻10 min Windows and/or Ubuntu VM install (included)
👍🏻Expandable (TR-106T and TR-1082T soon)
CONS
👎🏻Quite expensive
👎🏻HDMI is 1.4b (30FPS 4K)
👎🏻Shame we haven’t got 4/6 Bay options as found in TVS-682/882
👎🏻Surveillance Software versions and licenses are a bit confusing
👎🏻Noise/power levels are comparable to a small rackmount


LATEST PRICE LIST

TS-473A759.99 GBP829 USD
TVS-h1688X4002.99 GBP3189 USD
DEAL WATCH - Is It On Offer Right Now?

QNAP TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G 16 Bay NAS – Intel Xeon W-1250 CPU, 32GB DDR4 ECC RA Amazon UK UK 493.64 OFF (WAS 4497) [LINK]
QNAP TS-473A-8G 4-Bay Storage - Ryzen V1500B 2.2GHz (Quad-Core), 8GB DDR4, 2 x 2 Amazon usa USA 369.51 OFF (WAS 1299) [LINK]
QNAP TVS-h1688X-W1250-32G High-speed media NAS with Intel® Xeon® W-1250 CPU an Amazon usa USA 55.3 OFF (WAS 3244) [LINK]

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