Apple Mac mini i5 2.5 (Late 2012)
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Apple Mac mini M2 Pro 12-CPU 19-GPU Cores (2023)

Product comparison with benchmarks

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Device Information

Silver Colours Silver
599 $ / 629 € Price from 1,599 $ / 1,894 €
Q4/2012 Release date Q1/2023

Processor

Intel Core i5-3210M Name Apple M2 Pro (12 Core)
Intel Manufacturer Apple
2 / 4 Cores / Threads 12 / 12
2.50 (3.10) GHz Frequency 3.50 GHz
22 nm Structure 5 nm
Ivy Bridge H Architecture M2 (Avalanche / Blizzard)
Q2/2012 Release date Q1/2023

Memory

4 - 16 GB Memory Size 16 - 32 GB
DDR3 1600 Memory Type LPDDR5 6400
-- Memory Bandwith 204.8 GB/s
Yes Upgradeable? No

Graphic card

Intel HD Graphics 4000 Name Apple M2 Pro - 19 GPU Cores
Internal Type Internal
0.65 (1.10) GHz Frequency 1.40 GHz
0.50 GB Memory Size 32.00 GB
LPDDR3 Memory Type LPDDR5
22 nm Structure 5 nm
Q1/2011 Release date Q1/2023

Screen

-- Size --
Resolution
-- Ratio --
-- Technology --
-- Max. Brightness --
No HDR support No
No Always On Display No
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 1. external display 7680 x 4320 @ 60 Hz
2560 x 1600 @ 60 Hz 2. external display 6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz
-- 3. external display 6016 x 3384 @ 60 Hz

Storage

500 GB Size 512 - 8,192 GB
Harddrive Type SSD
SATA 6 GB/s Interface PCIe
Yes Upgradeable? No
-- 2. drive --
SDXC Card reader --

Network

802.11 a/b/g/n Wireless LAN 802.11ax (WLAN 6E)
1 Gbit LAN 1 Gbit
Bluetooth 4.0 Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.3
-- Cellular --

Camera

-- Front camera --
-- Back camera 1 --
-- Back camera 2 --
-- Back camera 3 --

Ports

1x HDMI 1x HDMI 2.1
-- DVI --
1x (Thunderbolt 1) DistplayPort --
1x Mini Display Port (Thunderbolt 1) Thunderbolt 4x USB-C (Thunderbolt 4, DisplayPort, USB 4, USB 3.1 Gen 2)
4x USB 3.0 USB 2x USB 3.0
-- USB-C 2x (Thunderbolt 4)
-- Lightning --
1x Firewire 800 Other 3,5mm Headphone

Dimensions / Housing

36 mm Height 36 mm
197 mm Width 197 mm
197 mm Depth 197 mm
1,220 g Weight 1,180 g
-- Housing Material Aluminum
-- Glas Type --
-- IP Protection Class --

Additional data

A1347 Part-no --
Macmini6,1 Ident-No: --
2570 EMC-No: --
-- 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 2024 - Single Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




Cinebench 2024 - Multi Core

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in the 3D program Cinema 4D from the manufacturer Maxon. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation. Cinebench 2024 runs on Windows (x86-64 and arm) and macOS. He can also test the new Apple M processors.




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.




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