To be fair, both of those other computers have significantly more memory bandwidth than the Mac mini, and both have better GPU performance. If maxing out as many GPU cores as possible is important to you, you’re probably better off with an M4 Max, which means either a MacBook Pro or waiting for an updated Mac Studio.

We already know that the M4 Pro chip inside Apple ’s latest Macs is impressively powerful – it blows holes in the Mac Pro’s M2 Ultra, after all. But you can eke even more juice out of this little chip with a quick software tweak, and it’s now available in a larger range of Macs than ever before.

High Power Mode is available on the 14-inch MacBook Pro, 16-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac mini models with the M4 Pro chip, according to Ars Technica's Andrew Cunningham. The feature was previously limited to Macs with Apple's highest-end "Max" chip ...