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how does it compare with Apple silicones? M1/M2 the mac mini seem like a no brainer at those prices for transcoding?
by alliao 3y ago
how does it compare with Apple silicones? M1/M2 the mac mini seem like a no brainer at those prices for transcoding?
- Arn_Thor 3y agoI think that'll depend on the use case. last I checked, 4k transcoding + tone mapping was still not working right on Plex.
- pipo234 3y agoHaven't tried, but I don't expect it to be competitive. Note that software transcoding means: CPU only, and M1/M2 is still just a bunch or ARM cores. We've tested on Amazon's Graviton 2 and 3 systems and so-far found them to be on par or slightly cheaper than their x86-64 counterparts. But this is mostly due to AWS aggressive pricing of ARM systems, which is quite the contrary for Apple hardware. MacMini's currently are approximately twice as expensive as the Intel i7 NUC, Gigabyte Brix and similar hardware we bought. Also, dev tools targeting server software development on Apple hardware (ie. Linux, please!) are still wanting.