Apple - Mac mini M4 Pro vs Minisforum - UM790 Pro

These two are nearly even on the Mars Score (69.1 vs 71.8). The decision isn't about overall quality — both clear the bar — it's about which specific trade-offs fit your use.

Pick the Mac mini M4 Pro if you care most about thunderbolt and volume. The biggest gaps in its favor are thunderbolt, volume.

Pick the UM790 Pro if you push the hardware — gaming, on-device AI, heavy multitasking — and the extra compute headroom is worth the trade-offs. Its strongest claims are storage, ram.

Both ship with comparable tdp, 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.