Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2012)

Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) $1,299
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2012) $3,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,799
CPU
M2 Pro (10C16G)
CPU
2x Xeon E5645
GPU
16-Core M2 Pro
GPU
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory
16GB
Memory
6GB
Storage
512GB
Storage
512GB
Display
No Display
Display
No Display
M2 Pro (10C16G)
10 Cores
10 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
2x Xeon E5645
12 Cores
24 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 2,680
66%
GB6M 12,340
46%
GB6S 365
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GB6M 3,545
13%
16-Core M2 Pro
2048 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
800 Shaders
850MHz
1GB GDDR5
76.8GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 5.73 TFLOPS
11%
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FP32 1.36 TFLOPS
3%
16GB
LPDDR5-6400
6GB
DDR3-1333
56 Tabs
11%
16 Tabs
3%
512GB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
512GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
954 min 4K Video
24%
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 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
3 Stream
Up to 450Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.1
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Integrated Chipset
5520
Data
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2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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Data
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4x FireWire 800
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Network
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2x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
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Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
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GPU Ports
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
185W
980W
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macOS 13 Ventura
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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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
1.27 kg (2.8 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
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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2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
8x DIMM
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Expansion Slots
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2x PCIe 2.0 x4
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2x PCIe 2.0 x16
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A2816
EMC 8180
Mac14,12
A1289
EMC 2629
MacPro5,1
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