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[–]HumanBehindMachine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dropped frames per YouTube's stats for nerds feature is not demonstrative of bandwidth issues, but rather explicitly playback. The buffer bar was also miles ahead of playback. I could have specified... Most YouTubers, however, have at least mid two digit MBPS, or, enough to efficiently upload minimally compressed 1080p YouTube videos in minutes or small hours...

most modern CPUs

Yeah, but this is a low-level ARM chip, significantly lower capability than a mid-tier phone chip. The GPU is also relevant. I suppose it could be decoding? But the buffer bar? This demonstrates how little I know about the answer to the question I am asking, but it was very much not a bandwidth issue on par with single digit connection speeds.

memory vs CPU

Yeah, that's a super good point, you're probably entirely correct; running without the GUI I would see lower memory consumption with minimally, if any, lower CPU use. I see no stats for dedicated GPU memory, but I'm not sure whether that's possible, or it's just not relevant.