Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
- vs -
Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)

Product comparison with benchmarks

%%name_pure_1%%
-VS-
%%name_pure_2%%

Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
599 $ / 629 € Price from 1,499 $ / 1,499 €
Q4/2012 Release date Q3/2013

Processor

Intel Core i5-3210M Name Intel Core i5-4570S
Intel Manufacturer Intel
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 4 / 4
2.50 (3.10) GHz Frequency 2.90 (3.60) GHz
22 nm Structure 22 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture Haswell
Q2/2012 Release date Q3/2013

Memory

4 - 16 GB Memory Size 8 - 16 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type DDR3 1600
-- Memory Bandwith --
Yes Upgradeable? Yes

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M - 1 GB
Internal Type Dedicated
0.65 (1.10) GHz Frequency 0.93 GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 2.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type GDDR5
22 nm Structure 28 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q4/2013

Graphic card 2

-- Name Intel HD Graphics 4600
-- Type Internal
-- Frequency 0.35 (1.15) GHz
-- Memory Size 2.00 GB
-- Memory Type DDR3
-- Structure 22 nm
-- Release date Q2/2013

Screen

-- Size 21.5 inch
Resolution 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz (103 ppi)
-- Ratio 16:9
-- Technology IPS
-- Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 2. external display --
-- 3. external display --

Storage

500 GB Size 1,024 GB
Harddrive Type Harddrive
SATA 6 GB/s Interface SATA 6 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? Yes
-- 2. drive Optional 1 TB Fusion Drive / 256-512 GB SSD
SDXC Card reader SDXC

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11ac
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
-- Cellular --

Camera

-- Front camera 0.9 MP, 720p
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

1x HDMI --
-- DVI --
1x (Thunderbolt 1) DistplayPort 2x Mini DisplayPort
1x Mini Display Port (Thunderbolt 1) Thunderbolt 2x Thunderbolt 1 (Mini DisplayPort)
4x USB 3.0 USB 4x USB 3.0
-- USB-C --
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other --

Dimensions / Housing

36 mm Height 450 mm
197 mm Width 528 mm
197 mm Depth 175 mm
1,220 g Weight 5,680 g
-- Housing Material --
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1347 Part-no A1418
Macmini6,1 Ident-No: iMac14,3
2570 EMC-No: 2742
-- Security features --
Link to manufacturer data sheet Link to manufacturer

Benchmark results

Geekbench 6 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 6 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Single Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Geekbench 5 - Multi Core

Geekbench 5 is a multi-system benchmark and measures the performance of a computer. Geekbench version 5 contains new test fields such as augmented reality applications and calculations for machine learning.




Cinebench R23 - Single Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




Cinebench R23 - Multi Core

Cinebench R23 is the latest version of Maxon's render benchmark. It is based on the Cinema 4D application, which is used to generate 3D shapes. We use the single-core as well as the multi-core test.




FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS) - FP32 (TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS. TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second. The larger this number, the faster the graphics card is.




Popular comparisons

1. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac mini M1 (2020)
2. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac Studio M1 Max 24-GPU (2022)
3. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.5 GT 750M (Mid 2014)
4. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple MacBook Pro 13" i5 2.6 (Mid 2014)
5. Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2012)
6. Apple Mac mini i5 1.4 (Late 2014) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
7. Apple Mac mini M2 Pro (2023) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)
8. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.3 (Mid 2011)
9. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac mini M2 Pro (2023)
10. Apple MacBook Pro 14" M1 Pro 8-CPU 14-GPU (2021) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)
11. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac mini M2 (2023)
12. Apple Mac mini i7 2.7 (Mid 2011) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
13. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac Pro 6-Core (Late 2013)
14. Apple iPad Air 10.9" 5th Gen Wi-Fi (2022) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)
15. Apple MacBook 12" m3 1.2 (2017) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
16. Apple iPhone 7 4.7" (2016) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
17. Apple iMac 27" i7 3.4 Radeon 6970M 1GB (Mid 2011) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
18. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)
19. Apple iPad Air 10.5" 3rd Gen Wi-Fi (2019) vs Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
20. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple Mac mini i7 2.3 (Late 2012)
21. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple iPad Pro 12.9" 2nd Gen Wi-Fi / Cellular (2017)
22. Apple MacBook Air 13" M1 7-GPU (2020) vs Apple iMac 21.5" i5 2.9 (Late 2013)
23. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple MacBook Pro 17" i7 2.2 (Early 2011)
24. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple iPhone 4S 3.5" (2011)
25. Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012) vs Apple MacBook Pro 15" i7 2.8 (Mid 2015)


back to index
Facebook
Twitter