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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1719622" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>I spent some time trying to decide between buying a new Mac Pro, base model, and a new Mac Mini, well configured model. In the end, due to the difference in cost, I bought the Mini but always felt some regret that I did not spend the extra money for the extra power. However I was browsing the GeekBench test results and what I found truly surprised me. The Mac Mini (dual core i7, like mine) generated a test score of 3079 while the Mac Pro (Xeon 6 core) generated a test score of 3211. The difference does not seem all that great.</p><p></p><p>I have always thought of the Pro as a very powerful machine. I understand that there is more to the power of a desktop than just the benchmark figures, the Pro has dual graphics cards and is expandable, but still ... Is not the Pro much more significantly powerful than the Mini? Why the small difference in benchmark scores? In fact the iMacs score much higher than the Pro and that also surprised me. What am I missing?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1719622, member: 305741"] I spent some time trying to decide between buying a new Mac Pro, base model, and a new Mac Mini, well configured model. In the end, due to the difference in cost, I bought the Mini but always felt some regret that I did not spend the extra money for the extra power. However I was browsing the GeekBench test results and what I found truly surprised me. The Mac Mini (dual core i7, like mine) generated a test score of 3079 while the Mac Pro (Xeon 6 core) generated a test score of 3211. The difference does not seem all that great. I have always thought of the Pro as a very powerful machine. I understand that there is more to the power of a desktop than just the benchmark figures, the Pro has dual graphics cards and is expandable, but still ... Is not the Pro much more significantly powerful than the Mini? Why the small difference in benchmark scores? In fact the iMacs score much higher than the Pro and that also surprised me. What am I missing? [/QUOTE]
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