Lenovo - ThinkCentre M90q Gen 5 vs Apple - Mac mini M4

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (66.4 vs 64.1). The decision isn't about overall quality — both clear the bar — it's about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the ThinkCentre M90q Gen 5 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.

Pick the Mac mini M4 if you care most about tdp and volume. Its strongest claims are tdp, volume.

Both ship with comparable thunderbolt, so those specs don't 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 tells you both are well-rounded; the differences are about trade-offs, not quality.