Which desktop ? M1 Mac Mini or Mac Pro 7,1 ?

[macguru9999]

I wonder how the new Mac Mini will compare with the Mac Pro 7,1 ?

 

[wallah]

It's a little bit cheaper 😜

 

[Rastafabi]

Is this actually serious? If so you need to explain your use-case as those machines are not even remotely comparable other then that they run macOS.

 

[Rastafabi]

I wonder how the new Mac Mini will compare with the Mac Pro 7,1 ?

Regardless of the architecture those Macs are exactly that, what they are marketed as: an entry level, and a pro machine. While the entry level one (supposedly) does have a higher single core score, it's not yet know wether the thermal envelop of the mini archives to run a sustained load at this rate. Additionally the new M1 Macs are "overpowered" by design, so that they won't perform worse running x86 translated and emulated binaries than their previous intel based revisions. This implies that they could really shine if the software you need does not rely heavily (or rather at all) on multitasking (compared to the Mac Pro) and is already compiled for apple silicon.

 

[macguru9999]

Is this actually serious? If so you need to explain your use-case as those machines are not even remotely comparable other then that they run macOS.

totally serious question. I understand the physical differences but i cant wait to see a few benchmarks especially as native software emerges

 

[ADGrant]

totally serious question. I understand the physical differences but i cant wait to see a few benchmarks especially as native software emerges

That may depend on what Mac Pro you spec. The Mac Pro should be much faster at Multi-core. I suspect single core will also be better but I am not sure. Thermals will be better too and most GPU configurations should be faster.

 

[legatoboy]

Regardless of the architecture those Macs are exactly that, what they are marketed as: an entry level, and a pro machine. While the entry level one (supposedly) does have a higher single core score, it's not yet know wether the thermal envelop of the mini archives to run a sustained load at this rate. Additionally the new M1 Macs are "overpowered" by design, so that they won't perform worse running x86 translated and emulated binaries than their previous intel based revisions. This implies that they could really shine if the software you need does not rely heavily (or rather at all) on multitasking (compared to the Mac Pro) and is already compiled for apple silicon.

Is there any reason why the software would not shine if jf relies on multitasking?
by design Mac OS is multitasking multithreaded. M1 have multiple performance cores ans efficiency cores. It got more cores than even some of the original MacBook Pros. Of course it does not have true memory bandwidth ans fast I/O like the Mac Pro. Majority unit Mac OS running today’s are not on Mac Pro.

the Max memory of these machines are capped at 16gig. This tells what expectation we should have.

 

[Rastafabi]

Is there any reason why the software would not shine if jf relies on multitasking?
by design Mac OS is multitasking multithreaded. M1 have multiple performance cores ans efficiency cores. It got more cores than even some of the original MacBook Pros. Of course it does not have true memory bandwidth ans fast I/O like the Mac Pro. Majority unit Mac OS running today’s are not on Mac Pro.

the Max memory of these machines are capped at 16gig. This tells what expectation we should have.

The M1 will shine in multitasking as well, beating their predecessor Macs. Only compared to a Mac Pro thread monster there's nothing they can do but looking pale. 😉