Mac mini (M4, Late 2024) vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010)

Mac mini (M4, Late 2024) $599
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010) $3,499
Base Price (MSRP)
$599
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,499
CPU
M4 (10C10G)
CPU
2x Xeon E5620
GPU
10-Core M4
GPU
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory
16GB
Memory
3GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
512GB
Display
- - -
Display
- - -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 10.61x faster vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010)
  • 91% slower vs Mac mini (M4, Late 2024)
Mac mini (M4, Late 2024) - GB6S 3,765
x10.61
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010) - GB6S 355
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 5.03x faster vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010)
  • 80% slower vs Mac mini (M4, Late 2024)
Mac mini (M4, Late 2024) - GB6M 14,675
x5.03
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010) - GB6M 2,915
x1

FP32

  • 2.76x faster vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010)
  • 64% slower vs Mac mini (M4, Late 2024)
Mac mini (M4, Late 2024) - 3.76 TFLOPS FP32
x2.76
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2010) - 1.36 TFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
M4 (10C10G)
10 Cores
10 Threads
4.4GHz Clock
CPU Image
2x Xeon E5620
8 Cores
16 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
M4 (10C10G) vs 2x Xeon E5620 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
10-Core M4
1280 Shaders
1470MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
800 Shaders
850MHz
1GB GDDR5
76.8GB/s Bandwidth
3.76 TFLOPS FP32
8%
1.36 TFLOPS FP32
3%
10-Core M4 vs Radeon HD 5770 Mac Full Specs Comparison
16GB
LPDDR5X-7500
3GB
DDR3-1066
56 Tabs
11%
4 Tabs
1%
256GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 1.4GB/s Read
512GB
2.5"
SATA 2
Up to 190MB/s Read
442 min 4K Video
11%
954 min 4K Video
24%
No Optical Drive
18x SuperDrive DL
Tray Loading
Not Included
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Not Included
Magic Mouse
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
1
1
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
Integrated Chipset
5520
Data
-
2x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps)
-
3x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps)
Data
5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
4x FireWire 800
-
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Network
2x Ethernet (1Gbps)
Video
1x HDMI 2.1
-
-
Audio
1x Audio Jack
-
Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
-
GPU Ports
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
200W
980W
macOS 15 Sequoia
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
50 mm (2 in)
Width
127 mm (5 in)
Depth
127 mm (5 in)
Volume
0.81 L
Height
511 mm (20.1 in)
Width
206 mm (8.1 in)
Depth
475 mm (18.7 in)
Volume
49.89 L
Weight
675 g (23.81 oz)
Weight
18.098 kg (39.9 lb)
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
-
-
-
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
A1289
EMC 314
MacPro5,1
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