Tuesday January 24, 2023 1:45 p.m. PST by

The caller M2-series MacBook Pro and Mac mini models launched today, marking the debut of the archetypal M2 Pro and ‌M2‌ Max chips. We person the ‌M2‌ Pro ‌Mac mini‌ connected hand, and thought we'd instrumentality a look astatine the instrumentality and bash a bid of benchmarks to spot however it fits into Apple's lineup.

Base exemplary ‌Mac mini‌ machines travel with either an ‌M2‌ oregon ‌M2‌ Pro chip, and similar the now-discontinued Intel model, the ‌M2‌ Pro has 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports portion the ‌M2‌ mentation has conscionable two. Other than that distinction, the 2 ‌Mac mini‌ models are identical externally, offering 2 USB-A ports, an Ethernet port, an HDMI 2.1 port, and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

Because Apple transitioned from an older Intel spot to an Apple silicon spot with the high-end ‌M2‌ Pro ‌Mac mini‌, determination is nary nonstop examination that we tin make. Other M-series chips already outperformed the prior-generation Intel ‌Mac mini‌, but to springiness immoderate perspective, we thought we'd stock immoderate benchmarks comparing the ‌M2‌ Pro ‌Mac mini‌ to the M1 Max MacBook Pro.

The ‌M1 Max‌ MacBook Pro features a 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU, and the higher-end basal ‌Mac mini‌ with ‌M2‌ Pro spot features a 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU.

Here are our trial results:

Speedometer(Web Responsiveness)

  • M2 Pro Mac Mini - 383
  • M1 Max MacBook - 319

Cinebench

M2 Pro Mac Mini:

  • Multi-core - 11696
  • Single-core - 1642

M1 Max MacBook Pro:

  • Multi-core - 12240
  • Single-core - 1528

Geekbench

M2 Pro Mac mini:

  • Single-core - 1886
  • Multi-core 11862
  • OpenCL - 38712
  • Metal - 45831

M1 Max MacBook Pro:

  • Single-core - 1787
  • Multi-core - 12721
  • OpenCL - 55866
  • Metal - 67403

Obviously the ‌M1 Max‌ is outperforming the ‌M2‌ Pro erstwhile it comes to the GPU due to the fact that it has doubly the GPU cores, but the show isn't doubled. The ‌M2‌ Pro ‌Mac mini‌ is person successful show to the ‌M1 Max‌ than you mightiness expect.

The ‌M2‌ Pro ‌Mac mini‌ is priced starting astatine $1299, a coagulated terms for the show that it's providing. If you're looking for a desktop instrumentality that's affordable but inactive capable to beryllium utilized for video editing, 3D rendering, and akin tasks, it's worthy looking into. Make definite to ticker our video up supra to spot our afloat suite of benchmarks, and we'll person an ‌M2‌ Max MacBook Pro video coming tomorrow.

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