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Mac Studio or Mac mini Pro: which desktop?
Both are small, quiet and fast. The deciding factors are GPU power, ports and how much noise you tolerate.
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Mac Pro (M2 Ultra)
A niche machine for people who need PCIe cards. For everyone else, a Mac Studio offers the same chip for far less money.
Our score7.0 / 10
Released2023
Launch price$6,999
Our take
A niche machine for people who need PCIe cards. For everyone else, a Mac Studio offers the same chip for far less money.
Every Mac we review becomes someone’s main computer for at least a month. We pay most attention to sustained performance, fan noise, battery life on real workdays and how far the base memory goes.
Pros
- PCIe expansion slots
- Very quiet
Cons
- Same chip as the much cheaper Mac Studio
- No GPU or memory upgrades
Specifications
| Chip | M2 Ultra, 24-core CPU |
|---|---|
| Memory | From 64GB unified memory |
| Expansion | Seven PCIe Gen 4 slots |
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