Mac Studio (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023) vs Mac mini (Late 2012)
            Mac Studio
            (M2 Ultra, Mid 2023)
                $3,999
            
        
    
            Mac mini
            (Late 2012)
                $599
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $3,999 | Base Price (MSRP) $599 | 
| CPU M2 Ultra (24C60G)  | CPU Core i5-3210M  | 
| GPU 60-Core M2 Ultra  | GPU HD 4000 1100MHz  | 
| Memory 64GB  | Memory 4GB  | 
| Storage 1TB  | Storage 128GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| N/A 0% 21.47 TFLOPS FP32 43% | N/A 0% 282 GFLOPS FP32 1% | 
| 64GB LPDDR5-6400 | 4GB DDR3-1600 | 
| 248 Tabs 49% | 8 Tabs 2% | 
| 1TB Soldered PCIe 4.0 x4 Up to 5GB/s | 128GB 2.5" SATA 3 Up to 530MB/s | 
| 1,978 min 4K Video 49% | 186 min 4K Video 5% | 
| No Optical Drive | No Optical Drive | 
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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 6E (802.11ax) 2 Stream Up to 2400Mbps | Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n) 2 Stream Up to 300Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 4.0 | 
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| Integrated Chipset | HM77 | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6x Thunderbolt 4 (40Gbps) - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x Thunderbolt 1 (10Gbps) - - - - | 
| Network - - - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps) - | Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - - | 
| Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.1 - - | Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 1.4 - - - - - - - - | 
| Audio 1x Audio Jack - | - - - | 
| Card 1x SDXC Card UHS-II - | Card 1x SDXC Card - | 
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| 370W | 85W | 
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| macOS 13 Ventura | OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion Windows | 
| macOS 10.15 Catalina (Latest) Windows 10 (Latest) | 
| Build Material Aluminum - - | Build Material Aluminum - - | 
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| Height 94 mm (3.7 in) Width 196 mm (7.7 in) Depth 196 mm (7.7 in) Volume 3.59 L | Height 36 mm (1.4 in) Width 196 mm (7.7 in) Depth 196 mm (7.7 in) Volume 1.36 L | 
| Weight 3.583 kg (7.9 lb) - - - - | Weight 1.225 kg (2.7 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Not Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
| GPU Not Upgradable | GPU Not 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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| A2901 EMC8292 Mac14,14 | A1347 EMC 2570 Macmini6,1 | 
 
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
                             
                                 
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