Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) vs Mac mini (Late 2009)

Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) $3,999
Mac mini (Late 2009) $599
Base Price (MSRP)
$3,999
Base Price (MSRP)
$599
CPU
M3 Ultra (28C60G)
CPU
Core 2 Duo P7550
GPU
60-Core M3 Ultra
GPU
GeForce 9400M
Memory
96GB
Memory
2GB
Storage
1TB
Storage
160GB
Display
- - -
Display
- - -

GB6 Single-Core

  • 11.93x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2009)
  • 92% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - GB6S 3,220
x11.93
Mac mini (Late 2009) - GB6S 270
x1

GB6 Multi-Core

  • 63.79x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2009)
  • 98% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - GB6M 27,750
x63.79
Mac mini (Late 2009) - GB6M 435
x1

FP32

  • 613.43x faster vs Mac mini (Late 2009)
  • 100% slower vs Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025)
Mac Studio (M3 Ultra, Early 2025) - 21.47 TFLOPS FP32
x613.43
Mac mini (Late 2009) - 35 GFLOPS FP32
x1
CPU Image
M3 Ultra (28C60G)
28 Cores
28 Threads
4.05GHz Clock
CPU Image
Core 2 Duo P7550
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.26GHz Clock
M3 Ultra (28C60G) vs Core 2 Duo P7550 Full Specs Comparison
GPU Image
60-Core M3 Ultra
7680 Shaders
1398MHz
Shared Memory
GPU Image
GeForce 9400M
16 Shaders
450MHz
Shared Memory
21.47 TFLOPS FP32
43%
35 GFLOPS FP32
0%
60-Core M3 Ultra vs GeForce 9400M Full Specs Comparison
96GB
LPDDR5-6400
2GB
DDR3-1066
376 Tabs
75%
Unknown # Tabs
0%
1TB
Soldered
PCIe 4.0 x4
Up to 5GB/s Read
160GB
2.5"
SATA 2
5400RPM
1,978 min 4K Video
49%
250 min 4K Video
6%
No Optical Drive
8x SuperDrive DL
Slot Loading
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)
2 Stream
Up to 300Mbps
Bluetooth 5.3
Bluetooth 2.1
Infrared
Integrated Chipset
GeForce 9400M
Data
-
2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps)
-
6x Thunderbolt 5 (120Gbps)
Data
5x USB 2.0 (480Mbps)
-
1x FireWire 800
-
Network
-
1x Ethernet (10Gbps)
Network
1x Ethernet (1Gbps)
-
Video
-
-
1x HDMI 2.1
Video
1x mini-DVI
1x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
-
Audio
1x Audio Jack
Audio
2x Audio Jack
Card
1x SDXC Card UHS-II
-
-
480W
110W
macOS 15 Sequoia
Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
Windows
OS X 10.11 El Capitan (Latest)
Windows 7 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
Build Material
Aluminum
Height
94 mm (3.7 in)
Width
196 mm (7.7 in)
Depth
196 mm (7.7 in)
Volume
3.59 L
Height
51 mm (2 in)
Width
165 mm (6.5 in)
Depth
165 mm (6.5 in)
Volume
1.38 L
Weight
3.64 kg (8 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
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
1x 2.5" Bay
-
-
Memory Slots
2x SO-DIMM
A1283
EMC 2336
Macmini3,1
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