Mac mini (Late 2012) vs Power Mac G5 (Early 2005)
            Mac mini
            (Late 2012)
                $599
            
        
    
            Power Mac G5
            (Early 2005)
                
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $599 | Base Price (MSRP) - | 
| CPU Core i5-3210M  | CPU 2x PowerPC 970FX+ 2GHz  | 
| GPU HD 4000 1100MHz  | GPU GeForce 6800 Ultra  | 
| Memory 4GB  | Memory 512MB  | 
| Storage 128GB  | Storage 160GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% 282 GFLOPS FP32 1% | N/A 0% N/A 0% | 
| 4GB DDR3-1600 | 512MB DDR-400 | 
| 8 Tabs 2% | Unknown # Tabs 0% | 
| 128GB 2.5" SATA 3 Up to 530MB/s | 160GB 3.5" SATA 1 - | 
| 186 min 4K Video 5% | 250 min 4K Video 6% | 
| No Optical Drive | 16x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading | 
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| Not Included | Apple Keyboard | 
| Not Included | Apple Mouse | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
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| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps | No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g) 1 Stream Up to 54Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 1.1 | 
| Infrared | 56K Modem | 
| No Sensors - - - - | No Sensors - - - - | 
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| HM77 | Integrated Chipset | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps) - - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - 3x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 2x FireWire 400 1x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - - | 
| Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | 
| Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - | Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio | 
| Card 1x SDXC Card - | - - - | 
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| - | GPU Ports 2x DVI-I Dual-Link | 
| 85W | 450W 600W | 
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| No Battery - - - - | No Battery - - - - | 
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| OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Windows | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger | 
| macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest) Windows 10 (Latest) | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest) | 
| Build Material Aluminum - - | Build Material 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) - - - - | Weight 20.14 kg (44.4 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Not Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
| GPU Not Upgradable | GPU Not 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 | 
| Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 2.5" Bay - | Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 5.25" Bay 2x 3.5" Bay - - | 
| Memory Slots - 2x SO-DIMM | Memory Slots 4x DIMM - | 
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| A1347 EMC 2570 Macmini6,1 | A1047 EMC 2061 PowerMac7,3 | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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