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How much would it cost for a top of the line desktop running OS X vs a mac mini?
by eweise 5y ago
How much would it cost for a top of the line desktop running OS X vs a mac mini?
- manquer 5y agoThe Mac pro is still a Intel based machine, it comes with relatively beefy GPU configurations as well ( the PC world has even better options) and with a lot of expansion slots that you cannot do in a Mini, the top of the line model is a 28-core 2.9 GHz processor. It will definitely beat the M1 Mini[1] in performance and cost(~5-10x). You(I) may not see the value of that increased performance[2] and will be unwilling to pay the premium (assuming there is no use for other features like expansion cards), however there is decent market who do value that 2.5x more than the 5-10x price difference it costs. [1] Roughly 2.5x in multi core performance. https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/mac-benchmarks [2] The power draw is also considerably more for the Mac pro ~ 1180W compared to 150W for the Mini, so not 1:1 comparison technically, however if you are only looking at non portable compute as the only value prop then it shouldn't matter.