Mac Pro 2.1 vs Mac mini 2012 for Xcode?

Question

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Hello.
Essence of the question: there is a Mac mini 2012 core i5 4GB of RAM and intel hd 4000. In normal mode, it suits me, but when you start working in Xcode, blunts begin, not critical, but already infuriates specifically.
There is an option to buy a Mac pro 2.1 with 2 x Intel Xeon 5130 2 Ghz 2GB of RAM and a GeForce 7300. Tell me
, from the point of view of working in Xcode, which will be better?

Answer 1

Mac pro 2.1 with 2 x Intel Xeon 5130 2 Ghz 2GB RAM

With 2 GB of memory it will be even worse. XCode needs an SSD drive and a lot of RAM (from 16GB). Compilation on xeon will probably be faster on large projects. On small projects, you won't notice the difference.

Answer 2

Xcode is a very resource intensive application. He needs a fast processor, a lot of RAM and an SSD drive.
If you have little money, my bad advice to you is to assemble a hackintosh at least based on a Core i5 with a frequency of 3.3+ GHz, you can even pick up used components.
I have experience comparing Xcode on a 2010 macbook 2.6ghz to an SSD that I upgraded to a new Macbook Retina i5 2.6ghz. It got much faster. But when I installed a hackintosh on my home system i5 3.4 GHz 2012 (Ivy Bridge) - it works noticeably faster even on the latest Macbook. The processor is very important.

Answer 3

MacPro 2.1 - officially you can only install OS X Lion. With the help of dancing with a tambourine - El Capitan. But forget about GeForce 7300 support. Drivers have been removed since Mavericks.
In addition, the power consumption of the MacPro is much higher.

Answer 4

buy 16 gigabytes of RAM (8 is enough for many, it depends on the tasks, but the price difference is small, I don’t see the point in saving here) and an SSD - and you won’t recognize your mini.