Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) vs Mac mini (Late 2018)

Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) $6,999
Mac mini (Late 2018) $799
Base Price (MSRP)
$6,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$799
CPU
M2 Ultra (24C60G)
CPU
Core i3-8100B
GPU
60-Core M2 Ultra
GPU
UHD 630 1100MHz
Memory
64GB
Memory
8GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
128GB
Display
- - -
Display
- - -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 2.18x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2018)
  • 54% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - GB6S 2,700
x2.18
Mac mini (Late 2018) - GB6S 1,240
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 5.98x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2018)
  • 83% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - GB6M 21,150
x5.98
Mac mini (Late 2018) - GB6M 3,535
x1

FP32

  • 50.88x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2018)
  • 98% slower vs Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
Mac Pro (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x50.88
Mac mini (Late 2018) - 422 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
M2 Ultra (24C60G)
24 Cores
24 Threads
3.5GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core i3-8100B
4 Cores
4 Threads
3.6GHz Clock
M2 Ultra (24C60G) vs Core i3-8100B Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
60-Core M2 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
UHD 630 1100MHz
192 Shaders
1100MHz
Shared Memory
N/A
0%
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
43%
6 FPS 1080p
5%
422 GFLOPS FP32
1%
60-Core M2 Ultra vs UHD 630 1100MHz Full Specs Comparison
64GB
LPDDR5-6400
8GB
DDR4-2666
248 Tabs
49%
24 Tabs
5%
1TB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5GB/s Read
128GB
Soldered
PCIe 3.0 x4
Up to 2.2GB/s Read
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
186 min 4K Video
5%
Magic Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
Not Included
Magic Mouse
Not Included
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 5 (802.11ac)
2 Stream
Up to 867Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 5.0
Integrated Chipset
CM246
Data
2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
8x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps)
Data
2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
4x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps)
-
Network
-
2x Ethernet (10Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
Video
-
2x HDMI 2.1
Video
1x HDMI 2.0
-
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
1x Audio Jack
-
-
Card
1x SDXC Card
1280W
150W
macOS 13 Ventura
macOS 10.14 Mojave
Windows
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
528 mm (20.8 in)
Width
218 mm (8.6 in)
Depth
450 mm (17.7 in)
Volume
51.76 L
Height
36 mm (1.4 in)
Width
196 mm (7.7 in)
Depth
196 mm (7.7 in)
Volume
1.36 L
Weight
16.874 kg (37.2 lb)
Weight
1.315 kg (2.9 lb)
CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Upgradable
Storage
Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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-
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
Expansion Slots
1x PCIe 3.0 x4
4x PCIe 4.0 x8
2x PCIe 4.0 x16
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A2786
EMC 8163
Mac14,8
A1993
EMC 3213
Macmini8,1
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