ASUS - NUC 14 Pro+ vs Apple - Mac mini M4 Pro

The NUC 14 Pro+ edges ahead on the Mars Score (72.2 vs 69.1), but the 3.1-point gap is small enough that the right pick comes down to which spec advantages matter to you.

Pick the NUC 14 Pro+ if you push the hardware — gaming, on-device AI, heavy multitasking — and the extra compute headroom is worth the trade-offs. The biggest gaps in its favor are storage, ram. The single most decisive one: Storage — 100.00% more. 1024 GB vs 512 GB.

Pick the Mac mini M4 Pro if you care most about tdp / volume. Its strongest claims are tdp, volume. The single most decisive one: TDP — 20.00 W less. 65 vs 85.

Both ship with comparable thunderbolt, so those specs do not separate the two — focus on the differences below.

Bottom line: there is no wrong answer here — match the spec advantages to how you actually use the product. The Mars Score parity says both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.