Raspberry pi5 + GPU

[TheDreadPirate]

Based on the benchmarks I am looking at, the 3350P is marginally faster than the RPi 5. But there is more to consider for a media server than raw compute. And equal benchmark scores don't tell the full story in terms of real world performance. There is still the issue of the single PCIe 2.0 lane available for the GPU. There are limited options for storage connectivity. Upgradeability is nonexistent.

For your user count, you need to ensure you have the headroom to handle both transcoding while still keeping the UI responsiveness high for others. And the RPi5 just doesn't have it.

12th gen and newer CPUs can be very efficient if you turn off turbo.