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Mac Mini (Late 2012) - video benchmarks

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michael_aos

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I'd like to get some idea how the new Mac Mini (Late 2012) video / graphics performance compares to my 2006 Mac Pro 1,1 w/ATI Radeon HD 5770. I've seen the Geekbench scores.

Also, can the Mac Mini (Late 2012) drive 3 monitors -- or perhaps more specifically, can I hang a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter off an Apple Thunderbolt Display?

Xbench video test composite on the Mac Pro is 154.97.

Quartz Graphics Test 285.61
Line 316.90 21.10 Klines/sec [50% alpha]
Rectangle 343.46 102.54 Krects/sec [50% alpha]
Circle 259.17 21.13 Kcircles/sec [50% alpha]
Bezier 258.17 6.51 Kbeziers/sec [50% alpha]
Text 269.74 16.87 Kchars/sec
OpenGL Graphics Test 160.96
Spinning Squares 160.96 204.18 frames/sec
User Interface Test 103.69
Elements 103.69 475.87 refresh/sec
 
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alexdd

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Mac Mini 6.2 i7 2.6Ghz
 

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elliotn

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Last year's Mini - 2.7 i7, AMD graphics, 16Gb RAM:

(I've no idea what it means!)
 

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mchoffa

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Jul 12, 2008
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michael_aos said:
Also, can the Mac Mini (Late 2012) drive 3 monitors -- or perhaps more specifically, can I hang a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter off an Apple Thunderbolt Display?
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I'm also waiting on confirmation of this. I'm just guessing it will work since the retina 13 MBP has the same HD 4000 GPU and runs its own native 2560x1600 + 2 external 2560x1440 thunderbolts... I'm guessing (hoping) the mini can handle two thunderbolts + 1080p over hdmi
 
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Rhinoevans

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Oct 5, 2012
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mchoffa said:
I'm also waiting on confirmation of this. I'm just guessing it will work since the retina 13 MBP has the same HD 4000 GPU and runs its own native 2560x1600 + 2 external 2560x1440 thunderbolts... I'm guessing (hoping) the mini can handle two thunderbolts + 1080p over hdmi
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Doesn't the 13 " have 2 TB ports,

I think. The only was to run 3 monitors is one with a USB to DVI adapter
 
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mchoffa

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Rhinoevans said:
Doesn't the 13 " have 2 TB ports,

I think. The only was to run 3 monitors is one with a USB to DVI adapter
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the mini can handle 2 thunderbolts daisy chained, and it can run a 1080p display over hdmi, but I haven't seen any confirmation anywhere on whether it can run the 2 TB + 1080p hdmi all at once... I'd think it could if the rMBP can run 2560x1600 + 2560x1440 + 2560x1440 off the same GPU
 
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blevins321

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michael_aos said:
-- or perhaps more specifically, can I hang a Mini DisplayPort to DVI Adapter off an Apple Thunderbolt Display?
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I don't know if the Mini can power 3 monitors by itself specifically. But I do know that you cannot plug a MDP->DVI adapter into a TB display directly. The other display won't light up. You have to have another Thunderbolt device between the two for it to work.
 
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