... that's right guys I've decided I'm going to return my M2 Pro Mac Mini that I have right here
but I am actually going to be keeping my normal M2 Mac Mini instead and I want to explain to you
why now it's been two weeks since I've owned both of these models and I must submit both of these
Mac minis are absolutely fantastic I was so happy that Apple actually brought out the M2 Pro inside
a Mac Mini at the end of the day we have the Mac Studio with the M1 Max and the M1 Ultra and before
this we actually had just the Mac Mini with an M1 chipset inside here and technically we actually
have no desktop devices out there what had an M1 Pro inside it what was a bit disappointing for the
last generation so when Apple decided that they were going to be bringing out a M2 Pro Mac Mini
I was really really excited to hear about it and I decided to get my hands on it and I also
decided to get my hands on the M2 version of the Mac Mini 2 to actually just do some comparisons
against them each other knowing that was probably most likely going to be keeping the M2 Pro Mac
Mini instead now both of these Mac minis are basically identical in their design language
the only difference is on the rear as you can see here is to do with ports and mainly the difference
is you're getting two less Thunderbolt ports and also that HDMI port on the M2 Mac Mini can only
support up to you know I think it's 4K displays whereas the one inside the M2 Pro can support up
to 8K displays instead with its HDMI 2.1 Support also the fact that it can support more monitors
connected to it as well but after using both of these models for two weeks mainly for my needs
after doing the initial benchmarks of everything and benchmarks have obviously shown that the M2
Pro is far more Superior than the M2 and that is no surprise at all I've actually decided
that I don't actually need the M2 Pro Mac Mini and actually I'll be absolutely fine with this
M2 version here and I want to explain to you the reasons why behind that now as you know if you're
watching this video I am a Creator and fact I'm actually creating this video right now on the
M2 Mac Mini well when I say I'm created it I've edited it for you on the M2 Mac Mini and to be
honest the actual difference that I get in Final Cut Pro between the M2 and the M2 Pro for the sort
of recordings that I do with my Sony mirrorless camera and things like this generally there is no
difference between both of these models and the main reason behind that is actually the video
encoders and the video decoders inside both of these models are identical Apple for the first
time introduced a video encoder and decoder to the normal M2 chipset we didn't get this in the
normal M1 chipset in the last generation and that has made a big load of difference especially when
I do my exports in sort of h.265 and h.264 and havoc and these are the main sort of formats
that most people on YouTube use for their exports for videos for you guys now I didn't realize that
these videos encoders and decoders were basically neck and neck for both of these Mac Minis that
I've got here when I do an export as you can see what I've done right here now obviously doing my
imports of videos onto both of these Mac minis right now to do all that rendering and things
like this the M2 is a bit more slower than what I've got with the M2 Pro but the main difference
what I've actually noticed is basically the power that we're getting for the price remember the M2
Mac Mini starts at 599 US Dollars yes this gives you the 8 core CPU and the 10 core GPU inside it
you know it's kind of sort of basic sort of bits and pieces that you get inside this machine and
yeah that this machine here you are getting far more CPU and GPU cores inside that too
obviously those extra cores and extra RAM and also that faster SSD does really really help in the M2
Pro Mac Mini but I think you're getting my point here for just doing the kind of videos that I need
to do the actual standard M2 Mac Mini is more than enough for my needs now like I did say to you guys
this is the reason why I am sending back the M2 Pro Mac Mini because I didn't actually realize
for myself that this basically for video sort of encoding and decoding in those sort of formats
that I talked about weren't going to make that much difference because last time obviously when
you got yourself an M1 Pro or an M1 Max compared to the standard M1 there were some big differences
in fact the M1 like I said didn't have a video decoder or encoder the M1 Pro did and then the M1
Max actually has two video encoders and two video encoder decoders what made a massive difference
on performance between all three of the chipsets for video editing so this time round really if
you are just going to be doing some sort of basic video editing like me or even for videos like this
what I'm doing for you guys on YouTube you're not really going to see much of a difference if you
are going to be recording like in prores and you are going to be using say like a red Magic Camera
or you're going to be using the highest bit sort of sort of bits and pieces like that yeah the M2
Pro chipset inside this Mac Mini here probably is going to be better for you and definitely yeah I
would say pick this but like I said if you are like me just like a standard kind of Creator out
there the M2 standard is probably going to be more than enough as I have learned right
here the other thing I do want to mention is I do think this situation is unique so for example if
you are a person who's going to be doing sort of xcode or for example you're going to be actually
doing some sort of Art and creativity in other bits and pieces then yeah I'd actually say the
M2 Pro is probably worth it for you those extra cores GPU cores and the CPU cores compared to the
M2 you're really really going to actually see a difference there but it's just quite strange
I do feel that if you were just to do kind of General sort of video editing out there
that the M2 Mac Mini is more than that for you especially that obviously the price is going
to be about half of the amount or even more than half the amount than the standard base M2 Pro Mac
Mini out there and really that is something to say especially that you know you're going to be saving
yourself seven hundred dollars yep importing files gonna be a little bit longer on this M2
um sort of Mac Mini but generally the exports in those formats that have air h.264 and h.265
really are not going to make a difference at all so personally in my opinion if you are going to
buy a Mac Mini for the same reasons as me pick the M2 in my honest opinion and now I think you
can understand why I'm going to be sending back this Mac Mini that I have right here of the M2
Pro variant and on that note guys what are your thoughts on this do you think it's worth getting
yourself the M2 Pro over the M2 or do you think the M2 is more than enough for saying doing video
editing or do you think also the M2 is more than enough as well compared to the M2 Pro on other
tasks like doing sort of video um sort of editing like in prores or for example doing sort of X code
or doing other things Graphics designs and things like this I would love to know your thoughts and
put them down in the comments below and also on that note guys it's time to wrap up this video so
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