Industrial Computer Hardware


Industrial PC for high demand on 3D graphics or deeply integrated vision

October 2025 Industrial Computer Hardware

Beckhoff Automation’s C6043 industrial PC with NVIDIA GPU handles applications with high demands on 3D graphics or deeply integrated vision and AI program blocks with minimal cycle times. It extends the series of ultra-compact industrial PCs to include a high-performance device with a built-in slot for powerful graphics cards. With the latest Intel Core processors and highly parallelising NVIDIA graphics processors, the PC becomes the perfect central control unit for ultra-sophisticated applications. The Beckhoff TwinCAT 3 control software is capable of mapping this as a fully integrated solution, without any additional software or interfaces. With the additional freely assignable PCIe compact module slot, the C6043 can be flexibly expanded with supplementary functions.

The use of Intel Core processors in the 12th and 13th generations gives the C6043 enormous computing power, with the Intel Core i5, i7 and i9 processors built in a hybrid architecture for the very first time. As with previous generations, Intel Celeron, Pentium and Core i3 are equipped exclusively with classic performance cores.

Four additional efficiency cores are added to the Core i5, eight to the Core i7, and sixteen to the Core i9 processors. This combination of performance and efficiency cores allows applications to be implemented on a total of up to 24 real cores. While performance cores are primarily suitable for high-performance, single-thread applications, many additional threads can be executed in real time or in user mode on the additional efficiency cores.

Each individual core can be individually configured in clock frequency, just as it can with the 11th generation of Intel Core processors. The power supply and the cooling have sufficient reserves to utilise the available computing power of the processors and the external graphics card. Depending on the graphics performance, the system is balanced in terms of available CPU power to always get the maximum out of the application. Measuring 132 x 202 x 127 mm, the device remains incredibly compact despite its computing power and represents yet another milestone in terms of power density.

Flexible mounting

In particular, the wide variety of mounting options for the rear panel of the control cabinet or the DIN rail should be highlighted with this industrial PC series. The connection level can be freely oriented and adapted to specified cable layouts. Due to their maximum flexibility, the PCs fit into any niche in the control cabinet, however small.

Price optimised

Due to the optimised housing and manufacturing concept, all industrial PCs from the C60xx series are cost optimised and are often less expensive in direct comparison with other series in the industrial PC product area, without restrictions in industrial compatibility, quality or durability.

All-in-one motherboard

The basic concept of the series always provides for an all-in-one motherboard, developed and self-manufactured by Beckhoff. The single-board PCs are characterised by further improved robustness and durability. Modular, functional extensions in the form of a second board level can be integrated into every motherboard via an internal plug connector.


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