Mac mini (Late 2012) vs Mac Pro (Mid 2012)

Mac mini (Late 2012) $599
Mac Pro (Mid 2012) $2,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$599
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,999
CPU
Core i5-3210M
CPU
Xeon W3565
GPU
HD 4000 1100MHz
GPU
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory
4GB
Memory
6GB
Storage
128GB
Storage
512GB
Display
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CPU Image
Core i5-3210M
2 Cores
4 Threads
2.5GHz Clock
CPU Image
Xeon W3565
4 Cores
8 Threads
3.2GHz Clock
Core i5-3210M vs Xeon W3565 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
HD 4000 1100MHz
128 Shaders
1100MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
800 Shaders
850MHz
1GB GDDR5
76.8GB/s Bandwidth
N/A
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282 GFLOPS FP32
1%
N/A
0%
1.36 TFLOPS FP32
3%
HD 4000 1100MHz vs Radeon HD 5770 Mac Full Specs Comparison
4GB
DDR3-1600
6GB
DDR3-1333
8 Tabs
2%
16 Tabs
3%
128GB
2.5"
SATA 3
Up to 530MB/s
512GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s
186 min 4K Video
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954 min 4K Video
24%
No Optical Drive
18x SuperDrive DL
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Not Included
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
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Magic Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 4.0
Bluetooth 2.1
Infrared
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Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
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GPU Ports
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85W
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OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
Windows
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Aluminum
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Height
36 mm (1.4 in)
Width
196 mm (7.7 in)
Depth
196 mm (7.7 in)
Volume
1.36 L
Height
511 mm (20.1 in)
Width
206 mm (8.1 in)
Depth
475 mm (18.7 in)
Volume
49.89 L
Weight
1.225 kg (2.7 lb)
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18.098 kg (39.9 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
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2x SO-DIMM
Memory Slots
8x DIMM
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2x PCIe 2.0 x16
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A1347
EMC 2570
Macmini6,1
A1289
EMC 2629
MacPro5,1
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