Storageīoth the Mac Pro and the Mac mini come with a meager 256 GB SSD. Performance-wise, the two systems will be identical (maybe even faster on the Mac mini since error correcting memory has some overhead when in the process of correcting). Although not ECC, you can match this amount of RAM for an extra $600 that also runs at 2666 MHz. The base Mac Pro comes with 32 GB of 2666 MHz ECC memory. But for most workloads such as video manipulation, the difference will be negligible. The cache difference will affect those workloads with a lot of repetitive smaller executions with the edge to the CPU with more cache. That gets you a 6 core 12 thread i7 CPU of 3.2 GHz and a boost of 4.5 GHz and 12 MB of cache. To compete with the entry-level Mac Pro 8 core 16 thread Xeon CPU of 3.5 GHz with a boost of 4.0 GHz and 25 MB of cache we need to get the highest end CPU available for the Mac mini for an extra $200. Let's see how close to a $6000 Mac Pro build we can get and how much it will save us if at all. The base price for a Mac mini that can compete with a base level Mac Pro is $1099. Note that some of my little birds have told me that a refresh for the Mac mini can be expected this fall that might give us core and thread parity for the Mac mini. Secondly, at the time of this writing, the 2019 Mac Pro starts with an 8 core 16 thread while the highest core count for a Mac mini is 6 cores and 12 threads. But if those specs aren't a requirement, you can have near identical performance levels at a considerably better price.
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