Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) vs Dell Aurora (R14, Late 2021)

Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) $1,299
Dell Aurora (R14, Late 2021) $1,300
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,300
CPU
M2 Pro (10C16G)
CPU
Ryzen 5 5600X
GPU
16-Core M2 Pro
GPU
GeForce RTX 3050
Memory
16GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
512GB
Storage
256GB
Display
No Display
Display
No Display
M2 Pro (10C16G)
10 Cores
10 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
Ryzen 5 5600X
6 Cores
12 Threads
3.7GHz Clock
GB6S 2,680
66%
GB6M 12,340
46%
GB6S 2,115
52%
GB6M 8,705
33%
16-Core M2 Pro
2048 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GeForce RTX 3050
2560 Shaders
1777MHz
8GB GDDR6
224GB/s Bandwidth
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0%
FP32 5.73 TFLOPS
11%
N/A
0%
FP32 9.1 TFLOPS
18%
16GB
LPDDR5-6400
8GB
DDR4-3200
56 Tabs
11%
24 Tabs
5%
512GB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
256GB
M.2-2280-M-S3
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 3.5GB/s Read
954 min 4K Video
24%
442 min 4K Video
11%
No Optical Drive
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Not Included
Multi-Media Keyboard
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Optical Mouse MS116AW
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Speakers
No Microphones
No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 5.2
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Integrated Chipset
B550
Data
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2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Data
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4x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
5x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Network
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1x Ethernet (2.5Gbps)
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
7x Audio Jack
1x Optical Audio
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GPU Ports
3x DisplayPort 1.4
1x HDMI 2.1
185W
460W
750W
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No Battery
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macOS 13 Ventura
Windows
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Plastic, Steel
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Air CPU Cooler
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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
510 mm (20.1 in)
Width
225 mm (8.9 in)
Depth
529 mm (20.8 in)
Volume
60.70 L
Weight
1.27 kg (2.8 lb)
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Weight
15.5 kg (34.2 lb)
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CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
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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Storage Slots
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2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4.0 x4
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Memory Slots
4x DIMM
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A2816
EMC 8180
Mac14,12
WDR14AUR10H
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