Mac mini (Late 2014) vs Mac Pro (Early 2009)
            Mac mini
            (Late 2014)
                $499
            
        
    
            Mac Pro
            (Early 2009)
                $2,499
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $499 | Base Price (MSRP) $2,499 | 
| CPU Core i5-4260U  | CPU Xeon W3520  | 
| GPU HD 5000 1000MHz  | GPU GeForce GT 120 Mac  | 
| Memory 4GB  | Memory 3GB  | 
| Storage 128GB  | Storage 640GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% 640 GFLOPS FP32 1% | N/A 0% 90 GFLOPS FP32 0% | 
| 4GB LPDDR3-1600 | 3GB DDR3-1066 | 
| 8 Tabs 2% | 4 Tabs 1% | 
| 128GB Proprietary Apple 12+16 Pin PCIe 2.0 x2 Up to 600MB/s | 640GB 3.5" SATA 2 - | 
| 186 min 4K Video 5% | 1,210 min 4K Video 30% | 
| No Optical Drive | 18x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading | 
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| Not Included | Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad | 
| Not Included | Mighty Mouse | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
| 1 | 1 | 
| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 2 Stream Up to 867Mbps | No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 4.0 | Bluetooth 2.1 | 
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| 8 Series LP+ | X58 | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x Thunderbolt 2 (20Gbps) - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - 5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - - | 
| Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | 
| Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - | Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio | 
| Card 1x SDXC Card - | - - - | 
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| - | GPU Ports 1x DVI-I Dual-Link 1x mini-DisplayPort 1.0 | 
| 85W | 980W | 
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| No Battery - - - - | No Battery - - - - | 
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| OS X 10.10 Yosemite Windows | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard Windows | 
| macOS 12 Monterey (Latest) Windows 10 (Latest) | OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest) Windows 10 (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 18.098 kg (39.9 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Not Upgradable | CPU Upgradable | 
| GPU Not Upgradable | GPU Upgradable | 
| Memory Not 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 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x 5.25" Bay 4x 3.5" Bay - - | 
| - - - | Memory Slots 8x DIMM - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | Expansion Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x PCIe 2.0 x4 - 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| A1347 EMC 2840 Macmini7,1 | A1289 EMC 314 MacPro4,1 | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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