Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) vs Mac Pro (Early 2008)

Mac mini (M2 Pro, Early 2023) $1,299
Mac Pro (Early 2008) $2,799
Base Price (MSRP)
$1,299
Base Price (MSRP)
$2,799
CPU
M2 Pro (10C16G)
CPU
Xeon E5462
GPU
16-Core M2 Pro
GPU
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac
Memory
16GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
512GB
Storage
320GB
Display
No Display
Display
No Display
M2 Pro (10C16G)
10 Cores
10 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
Xeon E5462
4 Cores
4 Threads
2.8GHz Clock
GB6S 2,680
66%
GB6M 12,340
46%
GB6S 325
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GB6M 915
3%
16-Core M2 Pro
2048 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
Radeon HD 2600 XT Mac
120 Shaders
700MHz
256MB GDDR3
25.6GB/s Bandwidth
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FP32 5.73 TFLOPS
11%
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FP32 0.17 TFLOPS
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16GB
LPDDR5-6400
2GB
DDR2-800
56 Tabs
11%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
512GB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 3GB/s Read
320GB
3.5"
SATA 2
7200RPM
954 min 4K Video
24%
570 min 4K Video
14%
No Optical Drive
16x SuperDrive DL
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Not Included
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
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Mighty Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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No Microphones
No Cellular
No Cellular
Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
2 Stream
Up to 2400Mbps
No Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.0
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Integrated Chipset
5400
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2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
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2x FireWire 400
2x FireWire 800
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Network
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Audio
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Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
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GPU Ports
2x DVI-I Dual-Link
185W
980W
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macOS 13 Ventura
Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (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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19.232 kg (42.4 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 x16
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A2816
EMC 8180
Mac14,12
A1186
EMC 2180
MacPro3,1
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