Mac Pro (Dual-Socket, Mid 2012) vs Mac mini (Early 2005)
            Mac Pro
            (Dual-Socket, Mid 2012)
                $3,799
            
        
    
            Mac mini
            (Early 2005)
                $499
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $3,799 | Base Price (MSRP) $499 | 
| CPU 2x Xeon E5645  | CPU PowerPC 7447 1250MHz  | 
| GPU Radeon HD 5770 Mac  | GPU Radeon 9200 Mac  | 
| Memory 6GB  | Memory 256MB  | 
| Storage 512GB  | Storage 40GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% 1.36 TFLOPS FP32 3% | N/A 0% N/A 0% | 
| 6GB DDR3-1333 | 256MB DDR-333 | 
| 16 Tabs 3% | Unknown # Tabs 0% | 
| 512GB 2.5" SATA 2 Up to 190MB/s | 40GB 2.5" PATA - | 
| 954 min 4K Video 24% | Unknown # min 4K Video 0% | 
| 18x SuperDrive DL Tray Loading | 8x Combo Drive Slot Loading | 
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| Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad | Not Included | 
| Magic Mouse | Not Included | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
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| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 3 Stream Up to 450Mbps | No Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 3 (802.11g) 1 Stream Up to 54Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 2.1 | Bluetooth 1.1 | 
| 56K Modem | 
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| 5520 | Integrated Chipset | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - 5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x FireWire 800 - - - - - - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 2.0 (480Mbps) - - - - - - - - - - - 1x FireWire 400 - - - - - - - - - | 
| Network - - 2x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | Network - 1x Ethernet (100Mbps) - - - - - | 
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| Audio 3x Audio Jack 2x Optical Audio | Audio 1x Audio Jack - | 
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| GPU Ports 1x DVI-I Dual-Link 2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1 | GPU Ports 1x VGA 1x S-Video 1x DVI-I | 
| 980W | 85W | 
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| Mac OS X 10.7 Lion Windows | Mac OS X 10.3 Panther Windows | 
| macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest) Windows 10 (Latest) | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (Latest) | 
| Build Material Aluminum - - | Build Material Aluminum - - | 
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| Height 511 mm (20.1 in) Width 206 mm (8.1 in) Depth 475 mm (18.7 in) Volume 49.89 L | Height 51 mm (2 in) Width 165 mm (6.5 in) Depth 165 mm (6.5 in) Volume 1.38 L | 
| Weight 18.098 kg (39.9 lb) - - - - | Weight 1.315 kg (2.9 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
| GPU Upgradable | GPU Not Upgradable | 
| Memory Upgradable | Memory Upgradable | 
| Storage Upgradable | Storage Upgradable | 
| Wi-Fi 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 - - | Storage Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x 2.5" Bay - | 
| Memory Slots 8x DIMM - | Memory Slots 1x DIMM - | 
| Expansion Slots - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x PCIe 2.0 x4 - 2x PCIe 2.0 x16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | 
| A1289 EMC 2629 MacPro5,1 | A1103 EMC 2026 PowerMac10,1 | 
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