The cool thing about higher end Synology NASes is they have the ability to run docker containers and virtual machines directly on the NAS, thanks to their x86 CPUs. Don’t expect anything great in terms of performance, but definitely adequate for basic software development and small office needs.

I found the specs on benchmarks a bit tough to find so here they are, in a simple table:

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| Model   |  CPU Model & Clock    |  CPU Mark  |  Geekbench  | TDP |
+------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DS218+  | Celeron J3355 2.0 GHz |    1197    |   269/427   | 10W |
| DS224+  | Celeron J4125 2.0 GHz |    2962    |   347/963   | 10W |
| DS723+  | Ryzen R1600 2.6 GHz   |    3365    |     N/A     | 25W |
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