Option 1: Mid 2011 Mac Mini - Sandy Bridge CPU - AMD Radeon HD 6630M
Option 2: Late 2012 Mac Mini - Ive Bridge CPU - Intel HD4000
I plan to use one as an iTunes homeserver and PVR.
Which would transcode from a 1080p MPEG2 video to an iTunes / AppleTV compatible h264 video faster? Which would be able to multitask and do several videos at the same time faster? Is the difference so inappreciably small that it doesn't matter?
I've read all the usual reports and benchmarks comparing them, and it seems the numbers suggest the 2012 model would be slightly faster; but I have my doubts because the same benchmarks suggest that gaming is slightly better on the 2011 model with the AMD GPU. So it seems like a toss up?
Has anyone here actually owned both models and done something similar with them?
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For context - I'm hoping to have a setup similar to the one outlined here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1714136/
Option 2: Late 2012 Mac Mini - Ive Bridge CPU - Intel HD4000
I plan to use one as an iTunes homeserver and PVR.
Which would transcode from a 1080p MPEG2 video to an iTunes / AppleTV compatible h264 video faster? Which would be able to multitask and do several videos at the same time faster? Is the difference so inappreciably small that it doesn't matter?
I've read all the usual reports and benchmarks comparing them, and it seems the numbers suggest the 2012 model would be slightly faster; but I have my doubts because the same benchmarks suggest that gaming is slightly better on the 2011 model with the AMD GPU. So it seems like a toss up?
Has anyone here actually owned both models and done something similar with them?
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For context - I'm hoping to have a setup similar to the one outlined here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1714136/