Mac mini: Prices, Benchmarks and Buy Now or Wait
| Product | Price | Geekbench 6 CPUSingle-core · points | Geekbench 6 CPUMulti-core · points | Geekbench 6 GPUMetal · points | Geekbench 7 CPUSingle-core · points | Geekbench 7 CPUMulti-core · points | Geekbench 7 GPUMetal · points | Local LLM (llama.cpp / Ollama)tg128 Llama 2 7B Q4_0 · tok/s | Local LLM (llama.cpp / Ollama)pp512 Llama 2 7B Q4_0 · tok/s | Blender Benchmarksamples/min | Buy | |
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| Mac mini M6 | $899 |
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| Mac mini M5 Pro | $1,699 |
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| Mac mini M4 | $599 |
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| Mac mini M4 Pro | $1,399 |
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Each column is one publication's results, so the figures compare on the same test system: Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core: The Verge, Tom's Guide; Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core: The Verge, Tom's Guide; Geekbench 6 GPU Metal: The Verge; Geekbench 7 CPU Single-core: Geekbench Browser; Geekbench 7 CPU Multi-core: Geekbench Browser; Geekbench 7 GPU Metal: Geekbench Browser; Local LLM (llama.cpp / Ollama) tg128 Llama 2 7B Q4_0: llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub); Local LLM (llama.cpp / Ollama) pp512 Llama 2 7B Q4_0: llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub); Blender Benchmark : Blender Open Data. † from another publication's test system. Prices are Best Buy's, checked within the last day, else the launch price. Every figure's page and date is on the product's page.
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