Compare Apple Mac mini M2 vs ThinkStation P350 SFF vs ThinkStation P520c Tower

25 L

FCLGA1200

FCLGA2066

2x M.2 onboard + 2x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 2x 3.5" + 2x 2.5"

2x Optical drives / 1x optical drive + 2x 3.5" SATA / 2x M.2 SSD removable drive enclosures / other I/O ports + 2x M.2 onboard + 3x via M.2 to PCIe adapter + 4x 3.5" (2 via Flex bay)

1x PCIe 4 x16 + 1x PCIe 3 x1 + 1x PCIe 3 x4

2x PCIe 3.0 x16 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x8 + 1x PCIe 3.0 x4

[Front] 4x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 2x Serial + 1x 3.5mm line-out + 1x Thunderbolt 4 + 2x PS/2 + 1x HDMI | [Rear] 1x USB-C 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen2 + 2x USB 3.2 Gen1 + 1x Audio combo + 1x Microphone + 1x optional SD card reader

[Front] 4x USB 3.1 Gen1 + 2x USB 2.0 + 2x PS/2 + 1x RJ45 (1Gbps) + 1x Microphone + 1x Line-in + 1x Line-out + 2x optional USB-C 3.1 Gen2 + 1x optional Thunderbolt 3 + 1x serial | [Rear] 2x USB-C 3.1 Gen1 + 1x Headphone + 1x Microphone + 1x SD card reader

WiFi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3

WiFi 6 + Bluetooth 5.0

WiFi 5 + Bluetooth 4.2 / none

Silver

Black

Black

Small form factor desktop computer

Small form factor desktop computer

ATX desktop computer

7.75 inches (19.70 cm)

309.7 mm / 9.3"

426 mm / 16.77"

1.41 inches (3.58 cm)

339.5 mm / 13.4"

376 mm / 14.8"

7.75 inches (19.70 cm)

92.5 mm / 3.6"

175 mm / 6.89"

5.01 kg / 11.05 lbs

14.5 kg / 31.96 lbs

16-core Neural Engine

High Definition (HD) Audio, Realtek ALC662 codec

Intel W580 chipset

Intel C422 chipset

Up to NVIDIA T1000 4GB

NVIDIA NVS 810 4GB DDR3 or Quadro P400 2GB GDDR5, P600 2GB GDDR5, P620 2GB GDDR5, P1000 4GB GDDR5, P2000 5GB GDDR5, P2200 5GB GDDR5, P4000 8GB GDDR5, P5000 16GB GDDR5X, RTX 4000 8GB GDDR6, or RTX 5000 16GB GDDR6

MacOS

Windows 10, Ubuntu Linux, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Windows 10 Pro, Ubuntu, or none

50° to 95° F (10° to 35° C)

10⁰ C to 35⁰ C

Optional 9mm optical drive (DVD-ROM, DVD±RW, or Blu-ray)

11th-gen Intel Xeon W-1390P or Core up to i9-11900

Intel Xeon W-2100 or W-2200 series processors (up to Xeon W-2195)

Discrete TPM 2.0, TCG certified

4x UDIMMs, up to 128 GB

4x UDIMMs, up to 128GB DDR4-2666 w/ Xeon W-2100 series or up to 256GB DDR4-2933 w/ Xeon W-2200 series

DDR4 3200MHz ECC or non-ECC

DDR4 2666MHz or 2933MHz ECC

380W

500W 80 PLUS Platinum or 625W 80 PLUS Platinum

Up to 3x M.2 PCIe 4 NVMe SSD + 1x 3.5" SATA + 2x 2.5" SATA

Up to 5x M.2 PCIe SSD + 4x SATA

2023-01-17

2021-07-12

2020