Apple Mac mini 2024 (M4) review

01 December 2024
It has always been the most accessible computer the company has offered and the bare bones nature was designed primarily to make people using Windows PCs switch over.

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AnonF-1006353, 01 Dec 2024Cinebench R23 single core: Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF: 238... moreWith data from notebookcheck and techpowerup and such:

Cinebench 2024 Single core:
M4 - 172
285K - ~150
9950X - ~140

Cinebench R23 Multi core:
M4 - 13868
7600X - ~15300 avg
Approx. 10% difference, nothing to write home about.

GB6.3:
M4 - 3828
285K - ~3300
9950X - ~3400

Everything adds up. Apple still blows the competition out of the water in that specific regard.

    AnonF-1006353, 01 Dec 2024Cinebench R23 multi: Ryzen AI 9 370 HX: 22246 (year 2024... more"28w TDP"

    Imaging thinking AMD's TDP figures stand for the actual power consumption and that the HX 370 can produce a score anywhere close to that at 28W. Not only does the 370 have more cores than the M4, it can still only reach around 16k in Cinebench R23 multi-core when limited to 35W of actual power.

    And yeah, a roughly 14k score and a roughly 15k score are close to matching for Cinebench, which has no score to score consistency and numbers can go up and down a few hundred points in run to run variance.

      AnonF-1006353, 01 Dec 2024Cinebench R23 single core: Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF: 238... moreYeah, it's chart topping in benchmarks that are actually relevant. I don't even remember the last time anyone actually used PassMark in a review.

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        • 01 Dec 2024

        Cinebench R23 multi:

        Ryzen AI 9 370 HX: 22246 (year 2024 cpu, 28w TDP)
        Ryzen 7 9600X: 17460 (year 2024 cpu)
        Ryzen 7 7600X: 15315 (year 2022 cpu)
        M4: 13868

        "matching"

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          • AnonF-1006353
          • JBi
          • 01 Dec 2024

          Cinebench R23 single core:

          Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF: 2380
          M4: 2204

          Passmark single core:

          Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: 5076
          Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF: 4715
          M4: 4605

          "chart topping"?