Mac mini (M4) vs Mac Pro (Dual-Socket Mid 2012)

Mac mini (M4) $599
Mac Pro (Dual-Socket Mid 2012)
Base Price
$599
Base Price
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CPU
M4 10C10G
CPU
2x Xeon E5645
GPU
10-Core M4
GPU
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
Memory
16GB
Memory
6GB
Storage
256GB
Storage
512GB
Display
No Display
Display
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M4 10C10G
10 Cores
10 Threads
4.4GHz Clock
2x Xeon E5645
12 Cores
24 Threads
2.4GHz Clock
GB6S 3,765
100%
GB6M 14,675
61%
GB6S 365
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GB6M 3,545
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10-Core M4
1280 Shaders
Shared Memory
1470MHz
Radeon HD 5770 Mac
800 Shaders
1GB GDDR5
850MHz
N/A
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FP32 3.76 TFLOPS
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FP32 1.36 TFLOPS
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16GB
LPDDR5X-7500
6GB
DDR3-1333
56 Tabs
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16 Tabs
3%
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
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954 min 4K Video
24%
No Optical Drive
18x SuperDrive DL
Tray Loading
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Not Included
Apple Keyboard with Numeric Keypad
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Magic Mouse
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No Biometrics
No Biometrics
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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
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Integrated Chipset
5520
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2x USB-C 3.1 (10Gbps)
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4x FireWire 800
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Network
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Network
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2x Ethernet (1Gbps)
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Audio
1x Audio Jack
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Audio
3x Audio Jack
2x Optical Audio
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GPU Ports
1x DVI-I Dual-Link
2x mini-DisplayPort 1.1
155W
980W
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No Battery
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macOS 15 Sequoia
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
Windows
macOS 10.14 Mojave (Latest)
Windows 10 (Latest)
Build Material
Aluminum
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Build Material
Aluminum
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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)
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Weight
18.098 kg (39.9 lb)
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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
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Storage Slots
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2x 5.25" Bay
4x 3.5" Bay
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Memory Slots
8x DIMM
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Expansion Slots
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2x PCIe 2.0 x4
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2x PCIe 2.0 x16
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