Thank you, finally someone shows how it really works with a 3D model and not just a simple render of a benchmark scene (which every PC can do)… slower or faster, as if 3D artists only made renders and not texture, models and photogeometry. Waiting for more tests for 3D modeling on Mac Mini if it happens in the future.
Brilliant real world review. First time since M1 range I've bought a new Mac and iPad with M4 range and it is as much due to the new designs as the chips.
excellent explanation; I have a MBP14 M3Pro and Agisoft works great; I work with aerial photogrammetry models of 100-200 hectares; and the process is very fast and better than my previous PC.
Bunch of the same videos and test around the internet but only Yours is really useful. I would wait few weeks for upcoming optimizations for m4 chips and better results.
Thank you for the review. I do a lot of work in Metashape and am considering getting this to render models while I work on my laptop. It's the perfect size to stuff into a medium or small Pelican Case and take on the road.
watching with the m4 mac mini on my desk, during my first day of using this little machine I was also quite impressed! I really enjoy this video and look forward to seeing further tests on this
I made a test in blender of my old project with a base Mac mini M4 and my laptop with an RTX 3050 4GB. The laptop won, but only by 10 seconds, and it made so much more noise
I still use my M1 Mac Mini for Blender modelling. It struggles loading Unreal Engine but Godot and other game engines run pretty smoothly. Haven't downloaded Blender 4.3 onto my Mac as it crashes on opening on my zbook laptop so I wasn't about to waste time downloading a buggy version. What I will say though is that I bought a 16GB RAM version of the base M1. I think memory made the big difference with how my Mini performed so the new M4 having 16GB base sounds good.
OOh you have one of those mouses with the ball! I've never had one that lasted a week before gumming up. THe base model plus a 10tb hard drive would do me.
Thank you, sir for this review. I am a VFX on-set supervisor and compositor that sometimes need to process 3D images and photogrammetry so these are good news. My M1 Pro MacBook pro is still great for video editing and related tasks, but 3D have been difficult because of the low GPU performance. I will go for a 20GPU cores and 48GB of Ram Mac mini. That will be more than enough for my tasks for some years
I just gave you 1,000 likes! Thank you for this video. I think it's a great machine, but it seems to be a few years behind a 3080 laptop from over three years ago. I guess I will wait for the studio version. The only issue with the mini is that the highest specification only has 16 GPU cores.
This is the video that I've been looking for I'd love to know what you recommend as a better alternative PC for blender creation in the same price range as the M4 or M4 pro.
For same piece as M4 I would self build and perhaps source an rtx 2060 or 3060 which is coming in slightly higher, comparative gaming laptops come in closer to 1000. For same price as M4 pro you could likely get a pre built 40 series with a decent AMD GPU and at least 32gb ram and 1tb HD
Fantastic video! I do love the weird purple light for some reason. Gotta give it to the little mac it does well and as you say, I want to hate it but seems to do well. Recent videos are covering the user replaceable SSD which is a surprise to hear about. Still for a home server I would rather run an old Dell Optiplex with proxmox headless running tailscale, homeassistant and perforce.
why apologise to anybody who doesn’t like Apple? are they cancelled now? presumably this is a non biased review so why feel the need to apologise? there’s lots to not like about Apple, predatory pricing on RAM and SSD, and lack of third party repairability nd upgrades for a start. but there’s also a lot to like about their OSes and hardware. the energy efficiency of the ARM based PC chips has been a revolution in the industry and intel are still scrambling to catch up all these years on since the M1 Macs were was released.
Great video. I have just purchased an M4 pro and have the Samsung Oled G9 49 inch. But I cannot get full resolution. It's not showing up in the mac preferences. I am using HDMI 2.1 cable and input. What am I missing? Any ideas?
fact the base mac mini gets comparable gpu performance to nvidia 3050 but sips power is pretty darn amazing. When I play black myth wukong on my PC with RTX 2060, it gets hot and the fans spin up. Even RTX 2060 needs probably 4x the power for comparable performance.
The blender performance will increase after blender 4.3 official release , last year i also noticed this the performance jumped after few months when m3 was first launched the performance jump from m2 to m3 on blender benchmark was not alot but after few months and optimisation it increased almost 3 times then m2.
Can you render a scene in blender for showcase please. This was very close review to what I need. Just add real life renders in Blender and I would have info on whether I can buy it.
Good review. Like to know the relative pricing of the M4 Mac min v Macbook M1 and RTX PC. You could have quickly whipped up graphs of benchmarks and pricing in either Pages or Numbers. I think the M4 Mac mini Pro would have been a better model to compare and might have matched the RTX.
sadly it's not up to spec in the gpu department yet. I really hoped it would be, but it's just not. Even an m4 max with 40 cores has no chance vs a 4090. 4090 will render one of my 3d scenes in 10 seconds vs over 1 minute on the 40 core m4 max.. I can't imagine how slow the base m4 mini would be in comparison. I dream of the day when they get decent for 3d work but it's just not the case yet unless you have the most basic of scenes and don't use octane/cycles/gpu based renderers
You can use your MacBook Pro with 5120 x 1440 res, using RDM app to scale the resolution. It worked for me, those Apple specialists didn’t know anything about your own products.
@@luipaardprint Thanks for the answer. 🙏 I asked because I'm thinking buying a 24 or 32GB M4 instead of base M4 Pro. They would have better prices for me with an external ssd 🙂
So I’m guessing it is a good starting point for someone who wants to learn Blender, right? I tried learning it on a Mac mini m2 base model, but 8 GB of RAM was too low and everything started to lag when I got to shading and lighting. Eventually, I gave up and sold the mini :(
I like that you compared the performance to a computer running a 4080 because for some people they might be choosing between MacOS and Linux (obviously no one's going to want to use Windows 11 😆). However, it should be stressed that this is the base model Mac Mini, and it costs about half the price of just the GPU in the other machine. It would be interesting to see how a comparably priced M4 setup would compete with the 4080 equipped device. You are also right that power consumption is a consideration, and heat output can be a major factor too, espcially if you live in a warm or tropical climate.
@@MrKams1- Everyone has an air-cooled GPU. That some GPUs use water as an intermediary heat transfer medium doesn’t change that. This is also true of cars. Sure, I know you’re making a distinction because they operate differently internally, and it’s often important for their functioning, but as a room radiator, there’s no difference.
Is there a large advantage between the base m4 Mac mini and the Mac mini pro when using blender? Would investing in the additional GPU or 64gb of memory net a significant result in blender? Thank you.
Check the rest of the benchmarks on the blender benchmark site, it lists M4 pro CPUs on there. Regarding ram generally the more the better but again will depend on the complexity of your scene, number of polys textures etc
I have a question for you. Would the Mac mini m4 base model version be a good computer for video editing? I currently have an i5 12400F and GTX4060. I want to move to the Apple ecosystem. I do 2K and rarely 4K video editing. Do you think the base model will work for me for a long time?
As someone who uses blender and agisoft photoscan this is pretty impressive for a small Mac mini. Would like to see more taxing scenes as it’s pretty simple the one you showed. Love that monitor, does it work ok compared to 2 separate monitors? Thanks
Thank you for the great video! Now you made me doubt if I really need a Mac mini with m4 Pro 14 cores haha. I’m mainly using the computer + 4k 144hz monitor for web browsing, some python scripts, stocks trading, Lightroom and a video editing of 4K 60FPS (shot on a DJI pocket 3 or even an iphone mini 13) of 60 minutes each week (only basic color grading is applied). I wanted to go with the M4 pro 16 cores, 24GB, 1TB (or 512 + external. the 1TB should be enough for me that I won’t need any external drives since I’m using cloud services for my backups), 10Gbit ethernet and I wanted it to last for the next 4-5 years before I replace it. Do you think it’s an overkill? if so, what do you think will be the best specs for what I’m doing for the 5 years or so? :)
Def overkill. Base m4 with 24gb ram 512gb with an external drive would have been better. With the cheaper cost, you could afford to upgrade to the m6 when it comes out and if you need to
I'm constantly considering whether to switch from my iMac 27.5 to the new Mac Mini M4. I mainly use it for 2D work, occasionally moving into 3D, primarily in Archicad, an architectural design program. What do you think - how big of a performance leap could this be between the iMac 27.5 and the Mini Mac M4? I'm thinking about upgrading to the Mini Mac M4 Pro.
Nice thanks, the m macs are maturing. However with apples pricing structure it isn't really worth overspending on a machine that will be overtaken 3 years with no way of upgrading. Apples greed is probably actually stopping them making more money.
Ok well my Dell laptop with a 3080 gives me a score of 2761. I can work with UE5 with it but I prefer my desktop with a 3090. So is doing any UE5 on a ma. Mini M4 base realistic at all?
@@MrKams1 Thanks for replying. OS is the latest, and I've tried 3 different high speed cables. None give me 5120 as an option. I''ll try USBc to DP tomorrow and see if that works. If not, shes going back.
you don't need a very powerful machine and a lot of ram 16 go ram is very good (24 go ram why not) but the blender artist hides all the scene except in the object where he works to preserve ram and power the M4 pro is very good base model where the M4 can do the work very well knowing after the benchmarks the mac M4 is 10x faster than the mac M1 or the same power as an M1 MAX (blender benchmark)
M4 Mac Mini with 32gb of ram is about 1000 usd. For 1000 usd, you can get a Windows PC with NVidia RTX 4060 Ti. That machine is *much* *faster* than the M4 Mini in Blender or Maya, and also plays games perfectly. And of course the Windows software library is huge compared to software for Apple Silicon .
@@adziak For a desktop computer, energy use means nothing. What is important is performance, and having a huge software library. A Windows machine is in a whole different league compared to Mac with weak Apple Silicon.
@@DerekDavis213 Energy consumption is a key indeed. I've been a pc desktop guy for almost 20 years and I switched due to better power effiecency and stability of macs. Software library is wide on both windows and mac but with windows as a user I got angry due many issues while on mac everything is plug and play. Current pcs get the same performance like mac but use 6 or even 10x more power that mac up to 1k Watts. It gets expensive overtime. There is no logical sense. The only exception for buying a desktop pc these days is for die-hard gaming or gpu rendering farms that use many nvidia quadro gpus etc.
finally a serious test on BASE MODEL of Mac mini 4. Thanks
Thank you, finally someone shows how it really works with a 3D model and not just a simple render of a benchmark scene (which every PC can do)… slower or faster, as if 3D artists only made renders and not texture, models and photogeometry. Waiting for more tests for 3D modeling on Mac Mini if it happens in the future.
Brilliant real world review. First time since M1 range I've bought a new Mac and iPad with M4 range and it is as much due to the new designs as the chips.
Thank you so much for a detailed review of blender on the new mac. So many other reviews gloss over it with maybe giving a basic benchmark slide.
THANK YOU! This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Exactly what i was looking for
11:56, 'I want to not like it but ...' :)
Great review of the base model. thank you
excellent explanation; I have a MBP14 M3Pro and Agisoft works great; I work with aerial photogrammetry models of 100-200 hectares; and the process is very fast and better than my previous PC.
Thank you very much, I’m finally replacing my 5k iMac with Mac Mini M4.
Thanks mate. Was boring that all the second day reviewers did a teardown instead of showing us useful information
Excellent review. Exactly what i was looking for. Brilliant.
Bunch of the same videos and test around the internet but only Yours is really useful. I would wait few weeks for upcoming optimizations for m4 chips and better results.
Thank you for the review. I do a lot of work in Metashape and am considering getting this to render models while I work on my laptop.
It's the perfect size to stuff into a medium or small Pelican Case and take on the road.
the sass!!! 0:40 I'm already in love with this channel 😍
watching with the m4 mac mini on my desk, during my first day of using this little machine I was also quite impressed! I really enjoy this video and look forward to seeing further tests on this
I too work with blender, have a desktop rtx 4070 and a macbook air m1. This was the perfect video, thank you!
Rtx 4080 better or Mac mini m4?
I made a test in blender of my old project with a base Mac mini M4 and my laptop with an RTX 3050 4GB. The laptop won, but only by 10 seconds, and it made so much more noise
Excellent review, thank you. It was just what I've been looking for.
I still use my M1 Mac Mini for Blender modelling. It struggles loading Unreal Engine but Godot and other game engines run pretty smoothly. Haven't downloaded Blender 4.3 onto my Mac as it crashes on opening on my zbook laptop so I wasn't about to waste time downloading a buggy version.
What I will say though is that I bought a 16GB RAM version of the base M1. I think memory made the big difference with how my Mini performed so the new M4 having 16GB base sounds good.
Thanks for the testing because only u tested in depth for 3d softwares.
This was the review ive been looking for I want to do 3D modeling with one. But I think I still go with the pro version.
OOh you have one of those mouses with the ball! I've never had one that lasted a week before gumming up.
THe base model plus a 10tb hard drive would do me.
If you run the ball hard and fast over paper it rubs out the gunk.
Thank you, sir for this review. I am a VFX on-set supervisor and compositor that sometimes need to process 3D images and photogrammetry so these are good news.
My M1 Pro MacBook pro is still great for video editing and related tasks, but 3D have been difficult because of the low GPU performance. I will go for a 20GPU cores and 48GB of Ram Mac mini. That will be more than enough for my tasks for some years
Thanks for the video, ordered M4 24gRAM 512gb . Hopefully enough for music production 😅
This is what we call a review. Thank you for your efforts… only if the Autodesk app can run natively on Mac machines
@@michaelraimi1377 Maya should be ok ..
A really informative video. Thanks!
Awesome man, also wanted to use the Samsung g9
Thank you; I look forward to the upcoming Game Engines test.
Very very useful video! Thank you.
Amazing review.
I just gave you 1,000 likes! Thank you for this video. I think it's a great machine, but it seems to be a few years behind a 3080 laptop from over three years ago. I guess I will wait for the studio version. The only issue with the mini is that the highest specification only has 16 GPU cores.
@@DanielOakfield cheers mate, great channel btw
I think this time around I will splurge and get the M4 Ultra. It should finally be good enough for most rendering I will be doing.
+1 for using the mighty mouse
This is the video that I've been looking for
I'd love to know what you recommend as a better alternative PC for blender creation in the same price range as the M4 or M4 pro.
For same piece as M4 I would self build and perhaps source an rtx 2060 or 3060 which is coming in slightly higher, comparative gaming laptops come in closer to 1000. For same price as M4 pro you could likely get a pre built 40 series with a decent AMD GPU and at least 32gb ram and 1tb HD
awesome video!! Is there any chance that you can show how its blender sculpting or even zbrush and/or substance painter?
Thanks for the review
It was a great informative video . Please ma a video on unreal engine using the same mac mini m4
Done! Check my channel
Thank you for this video. I have an M1 Pro and I was about to trade it in for the M4 base model, I'm seeing the difference isn't that massive though.
Fantastic video! I do love the weird purple light for some reason. Gotta give it to the little mac it does well and as you say, I want to hate it but seems to do well. Recent videos are covering the user replaceable SSD which is a surprise to hear about. Still for a home server I would rather run an old Dell Optiplex with proxmox headless running tailscale, homeassistant and perforce.
@@christianpask4995 I was just about to say I know someone who runs perforce on an optiplex :-)
Interesting comparison, thanks very much.
Easy sub
why apologise to anybody who doesn’t like Apple? are they cancelled now? presumably this is a non biased review so why feel the need to apologise? there’s lots to not like about Apple, predatory pricing on RAM and SSD, and lack of third party repairability nd upgrades for a start. but there’s also a lot to like about their OSes and hardware. the energy efficiency of the ARM based PC chips has been a revolution in the industry and intel are still scrambling to catch up all these years on since the M1 Macs were was released.
Great video. I have just purchased an M4 pro and have the Samsung Oled G9 49 inch. But I cannot get full resolution. It's not showing up in the mac preferences. I am using HDMI 2.1 cable and input. What am I missing? Any ideas?
hi i do not have the oled, in system preferences on the mac see if you can access non default resolutions
@ thanks for the reply. The 5120x1440 does not show up. Yours does show up using hdmi?
Thanks, this is astonishing. Unreal Engine Editor Benchmarks would be much appreciated
fact the base mac mini gets comparable gpu performance to nvidia 3050 but sips power is pretty darn amazing. When I play black myth wukong on my PC with RTX 2060, it gets hot and the fans spin up. Even RTX 2060 needs probably 4x the power for comparable performance.
@@woolfel look at the blender benchmarks in the video, proves just that ;-)
What would you assume the m4 pro the 20-core gpu variant would equate to? An Nvidia 4060 ti?
@@borremoonkey blender is written for apple silicon. Many other applications are not so we would need to look at other benchmarks
The blender performance will increase after blender 4.3 official release , last year i also noticed this the performance jumped after few months when m3 was first launched the performance jump from m2 to m3 on blender benchmark was not alot but after few months and optimisation it increased almost 3 times then m2.
Can you render a scene in blender for showcase please. This was very close review to what I need.
Just add real life renders in Blender and I would have info on whether I can buy it.
Good review. Like to know the relative pricing of the M4 Mac min v Macbook M1 and RTX PC.
You could have quickly whipped up graphs of benchmarks and pricing in either Pages or Numbers.
I think the M4 Mac mini Pro would have been a better model to compare and might have matched the RTX.
sadly it's not up to spec in the gpu department yet. I really hoped it would be, but it's just not. Even an m4 max with 40 cores has no chance vs a 4090. 4090 will render one of my 3d scenes in 10 seconds vs over 1 minute on the 40 core m4 max.. I can't imagine how slow the base m4 mini would be in comparison. I dream of the day when they get decent for 3d work but it's just not the case yet unless you have the most basic of scenes and don't use octane/cycles/gpu based renderers
Can’t wait for the UE5 test!
You can use your MacBook Pro with 5120 x 1440 res, using RDM app to scale the resolution. It worked for me, those Apple specialists didn’t know anything about your own products.
Thank you for this tests. What monitor are you using? Odyssey Neo G95NC?
Yes, correct
Thanks a lot for the video. Do you think the 24GB or 32GB would be much better?
The cpu and gpu share memory, so should be better in theory at least for heavy models and rendering.
@@luipaardprint Thanks for the answer. 🙏
I asked because I'm thinking buying a 24 or 32GB M4 instead of base M4 Pro. They would have better prices for me with an external ssd 🙂
Looking forward for gaming review.
Excellent video. When you make your gaming test please check baldurs gate 3.
So I’m guessing it is a good starting point for someone who wants to learn Blender, right? I tried learning it on a Mac mini m2 base model, but 8 GB of RAM was too low and everything started to lag when I got to shading and lighting. Eventually, I gave up and sold the mini :(
Maybe a stupid question, but why can't you use Apple TV to play films with your projector? That's what I've been doing.
Awesome & Thanks :)
I like that you compared the performance to a computer running a 4080 because for some people they might be choosing between MacOS and Linux (obviously no one's going to want to use Windows 11 😆). However, it should be stressed that this is the base model Mac Mini, and it costs about half the price of just the GPU in the other machine. It would be interesting to see how a comparably priced M4 setup would compete with the 4080 equipped device. You are also right that power consumption is a consideration, and heat output can be a major factor too, espcially if you live in a warm or tropical climate.
@@WaterShowsProd we have no Aircon in the UK generally. I have an air cooled GPU, trust even in the winter it's like running a radiator
@@MrKams1- Everyone has an air-cooled GPU. That some GPUs use water as an intermediary heat transfer medium doesn’t change that. This is also true of cars.
Sure, I know you’re making a distinction because they operate differently internally, and it’s often important for their functioning, but as a room radiator, there’s no difference.
can you render a video on blender?
Is there a large advantage between the base m4 Mac mini and the Mac mini pro when using blender? Would investing in the additional GPU or 64gb of memory net a significant result in blender? Thank you.
Check the rest of the benchmarks on the blender benchmark site, it lists M4 pro CPUs on there.
Regarding ram generally the more the better but again will depend on the complexity of your scene, number of polys textures etc
@ thank you
pls a deep dive on ue5 would be lovely
How did you connect the mac to the monitor?
Finally! Thanks a lot
Thanks for the test. Can you share the 3D raw photos of the sofa so we can compare?
patreon.com/c/Kams1/membership the paid tier i release the geometry and photos
For 3D, you really should have done a test with the M4 Pro. It's what I'm getting for use with Blender.
would love a video on it :)
same here
Nice video but I find it bizarre you have to start the video by Apologising to people who don’t like Apple!
I have a question for you. Would the Mac mini m4 base model version be a good computer for video editing? I currently have an i5 12400F and GTX4060. I want to move to the Apple ecosystem. I do 2K and rarely 4K video editing. Do you think the base model will work for me for a long time?
Which monitor do you use? How much max refresh rate supports this Mac mini m4 on this resolution?
@@djustintolkov6963 Samsung neo G9, 60hz at this Res
I normally work with photo datasets with 300 to 1000 images.
Could you make a video testing render times on these medium sized datasets?
I would not think my model has enough ram for datasets of that size
As someone who uses blender and agisoft photoscan this is pretty impressive for a small Mac mini. Would like to see more taxing scenes as it’s pretty simple the one you showed.
Love that monitor, does it work ok compared to 2 separate monitors?
Thanks
U only need one power cable ;-)
@ yeah that’s true. Just concerned of windows remembering where things open and having to constantly move and snap windows . Or is it not that bad?
Is Cycles usable?
Thank you for the great video! Now you made me doubt if I really need a Mac mini with m4 Pro 14 cores haha. I’m mainly using the computer + 4k 144hz monitor for web browsing, some python scripts, stocks trading, Lightroom and a video editing of 4K 60FPS (shot on a DJI pocket 3 or even an iphone mini 13) of 60 minutes each week (only basic color grading is applied). I wanted to go with the M4 pro 16 cores, 24GB, 1TB (or 512 + external. the 1TB should be enough for me that I won’t need any external drives since I’m using cloud services for my backups), 10Gbit ethernet and I wanted it to last for the next 4-5 years before I replace it. Do you think it’s an overkill? if so, what do you think will be the best specs for what I’m doing for the 5 years or so? :)
Def overkill. Base m4 with 24gb ram 512gb with an external drive would have been better. With the cheaper cost, you could afford to upgrade to the m6 when it comes out and if you need to
I was searching how performs fusion360on m4 Mac mini. Because, I wanted to upgrade my Rtx2070 gpu laptop to windows desktop or Mac pc. Thank you.
I'm constantly considering whether to switch from my iMac 27.5 to the new Mac Mini M4. I mainly use it for 2D work, occasionally moving into 3D, primarily in Archicad, an architectural design program. What do you think - how big of a performance leap could this be between the iMac 27.5 and the Mini Mac M4? I'm thinking about upgrading to the Mini Mac M4 Pro.
Which monitor are you using with the m4 mac mini?
@@Fred_Bukachi Samsung G9 neo
@ Thanks a lot 💪💪
More tests on blender please
what monitor is that?
Nice thanks, the m macs are maturing. However with apples pricing structure it isn't really worth overspending on a machine that will be overtaken 3 years with no way of upgrading. Apples greed is probably actually stopping them making more money.
How would it run CIv7
Can i use this device to use unreal engine ?
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Wait so this is the base model M4? how would the m4 pro compare to a 4080?
For this type of work generally Nvidia is better but for agisoft m4pro scores very well. It's entirely dependant on application
If that is an Apple Pro Mouse, then that's a cool thing to see. Truly a wonderful mouse after the rubbish hockey puck they had.
Ehm about that, it’s a mouse released in 2005 for the first time. It’s pretty good though.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE TOY CAR????????????????????????? I have been searching for the name of that car series for months!
Haha I don't actually know, it's got to be nearly 30yrs old
@ I had it as a child, and there was a whole series of them with swappable parts, and I thought I had imagined it….
@@JoshHockman they are tamiya racing mini 4wd afaik just dunno which one that is
@@MrKams1 May you live to be a thousand years old.
Ok well my Dell laptop with a 3080 gives me a score of 2761. I can work with UE5 with it but I prefer my desktop with a 3090. So is doing any UE5 on a ma. Mini M4 base realistic at all?
@@melomaniakjm tbc
Im not able to get mine to support 5120 resoltuion on my 49" Samsung G9 OLED....any ideas? I tried HDMI to HDMI, USBC to HDMI, no luck so far.
hey bud, thats what i have a 49 inch G9, try to update OS and also check your HDMi cable, it may not support 4k
@@MrKams1 Thanks for replying. OS is the latest, and I've tried 3 different high speed cables. None give me 5120 as an option. I''ll try USBc to DP tomorrow and see if that works. If not, shes going back.
@@MrKams1 Used a USBC to DP cable and now Im up and running. Weird that HDMI didnt work for me🤷🏾♂
maybe 1tb and 24 ram is PERFECT for most of the tasks. Just portable screen. and NO apple mouse
Do you think 24 GB of RAM would be better?
you don't need a very powerful machine and a lot of ram 16 go ram is very good (24 go ram why not) but the blender artist hides all the scene except in the object where he works to preserve ram and power the M4 pro is very good base model where the M4 can do the work very well knowing after the benchmarks the mac M4 is 10x faster than the mac M1 or the same power as an M1 MAX (blender benchmark)
@@TechGameDev 10x on paper but in reality m4 is 2x faster from m1
M4 Mac Mini with 32gb of ram is about 1000 usd.
For 1000 usd, you can get a Windows PC with NVidia RTX 4060 Ti. That machine is *much* *faster* than the M4 Mini in Blender or Maya, and also plays games perfectly. And of course the Windows software library is huge compared to software for Apple Silicon .
What about a RTX 2070 Super?
@@JosephFeliciano In Blender, 4060 Ti is about *75* *percent* faster than 2070 Super. And M4 Mini is much slower than both of those cards.
Yeah but it uses way more energy and not everyone prefer windows
@@adziak For a desktop computer, energy use means nothing. What is important is performance, and having a huge software library. A Windows machine is in a whole different league compared to Mac with weak Apple Silicon.
@@DerekDavis213 Energy consumption is a key indeed. I've been a pc desktop guy for almost 20 years and I switched due to better power effiecency and stability of macs. Software library is wide on both windows and mac but with windows as a user I got angry due many issues while on mac everything is plug and play. Current pcs get the same performance like mac but use 6 or even 10x more power that mac up to 1k Watts. It gets expensive overtime. There is no logical sense. The only exception for buying a desktop pc these days is for die-hard gaming or gpu rendering farms that use many nvidia quadro gpus etc.
Mac mini m4 base aka m1 max in a mac mini!
only on blender but the M1 max is much more powerful it is thanks to its technology and hardware acceleration
Is Intel i5 12400f paired with rtx 4060 is batter than mac mini m4
For 3d rendering software like blander
M4 Max is still 3000 points behind 4080. Building your own rig will be much cheaper, plus for the same price you can cram up as much RAM as possible.
this guy needs to be more prominent.
What you do as a job bro? Are you in the 3d industry?
@@shubhamvyas9459 sometimes :-)
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