Mac mini (M2, Early 2023) vs Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)

Mac mini (M2, Early 2023) $599

Apple Power Mac G5

Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)

Base Price (MSRP) $599	Base Price (MSRP) -
CPU M2 (8C10G)	CPU PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz
GPU 10-Core M2	GPU GeForce 6600 LE Mac
Memory 8GB	Memory 512MB
Storage 256GB	Storage 160GB
Display - - -	Display - - -

Highlights

Tech Specs

CPU


M2 (8C10G) 8 Cores 8 Threads 3.49GHz Clock	PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz 2 Cores 2 Threads 2GHz Clock
GB6S 2,640 65% GB6M 9,750 37%	GB6S N/A 0% GB6M N/A 0%

M2 (8C10G) vs PowerPC 970MP 2.0GHz Full Specs Comparison

GPU


10-Core M2 1280 Shaders 1398MHz Shared Memory	GeForce 6600 LE Mac 4 Shaders 300MHz 128MB DDR 6.4GB/s Bandwidth
30 FPS 1080p 25% 3.58 TFLOPS FP32 7%	N/A 0% N/A 0%

10-Core M2 vs GeForce 6600 LE Mac Full Specs Comparison

Memory


8GB LPDDR5-6400	512MB DDR2-533
24 Tabs 5%	Unknown # Tabs 0%

Storage


256GB Soldered PCIe 3.0 x4 Up to 1.4GB/s	160GB 3.5" SATA 1 -
442 min 4K Video 11%	250 min 4K Video 6%

Optical Drive


No Optical Drive	16x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading
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Keyboard

Not Included

Apple Keyboard

Mouse

Not Included

Mighty Mouse

Controller

Not Included

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Stylus

Not Included

Not Included

Biometrics

No Biometrics

No Biometrics

Speakers

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Microphones

No Microphones

No Microphones

Cellular


No Cellular	No Cellular

Connectivity


Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) 2 Stream Up to 2400Mbps	No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3	Bluetooth 2.0

Sensors

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Chipset

Integrated Chipset

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Ports


Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 4 (40Gbps) - - - - - - - - - -	Data - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 2x FireWire 400 1x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - -
Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps)	Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - -
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Power Supply


150W	450W 550W

Charger


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Battery

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Operating System

macOS 13 Ventura	Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
	Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest)

Enclosure


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 1.179 kg (2.6 lb) - - - -	Weight 22.135 kg (48.8 lb) - - - -

Upgradability

CPU Not Upgradable	CPU Not Upgradable
GPU Not Upgradable	GPU Not Upgradable
Memory Not Upgradable	Memory Upgradable
Storage Not Upgradable	Storage Upgradable
Wi-Fi Not Upgradable	Wi-Fi Upgradable
Motherboard Not Upgradable	Motherboard Not Upgradable
Power Supply Not Upgradable	Power Supply Not Upgradable
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Info

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