In this video I will test the new Base spec M4 Mac mini – 16GB RAM and 256 SSD using Blender and Agisoft MetaShape and give a full review of how good it is for rendering, feature matching using openCL and working with high poly models and lit scenes.
I will compare Geekbench, Blender and Agisoft Metashape benchmarks with my m1 laptop and an RTX4080 desktop.
All of this is running on an ultrawide 49 inch Samsung G9 display.
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00:00 intro and unboxing
01:49 Using Blender
02:23 Geekbench comparisons
04:45 Blender Benchmarks
06:50 Using Agisoft MetaShape
07:47 Agisoft Metashape M1 vs M4 vs RTX4080
09:04 Using Agisoft and Blender
10:59 Conclusions
I have the exact same monitor and I cant get the Odyssey G9 to run 5140 x 1440p on HDMI <> HDMI , its stuck at 3840 x 1090. Any suggestion what might help?
Banger video, these really don’t exist as much as they need to for 3D workflows
My workflow benefits greatly from the interconnectivity of my Apple devices so I’ve been a big proponent of 3D processes on Mac, fully aware of the shortcomings that existed early on
The gap gets thinner and thinner and I love seeing it even if I’m not gonna get them
Hmm, I would love to recreate your benchmark with my 7900xtx to see the results.
How can I do the agisoft one?
Willing to share the photos?
Наконец-то. Я стал ненавидеть техноблоггеров за то, что они мощность MAC проверяют лишь только в программах видео монтажа. Очень мало контента который говорит о 3д
Sir should i buy it? Or build a 0c with 12400f nd rtx 4060?? I am a video editng nd want to do productive works pls tel me m4 mac mini with cost me 150dollars less
pretty good machine for those who never got into the mac ecosystem, but i'm kinda disappointed how the gpu is still far from decent for 3d tasks, specially if you're into unreal engine 5
Is there a large advantage between the base m4 Mac mini and the Mac mini pro when using blender? Would investing in the additional GPU or 64gb of memory net a significant result in blender? Thank you.
Which monitor are you using with the m4 mac mini?
I made a test in blender of my old project with a base Mac mini M4 and my laptop with an RTX 3050 4GB. The laptop won, but only by 10 seconds, and it made so much more noise
Great video. I have just purchased an M4 pro and have the Samsung Oled G9 49 inch. But I cannot get full resolution. It's not showing up in the mac preferences. I am using HDMI 2.1 cable and input. What am I missing? Any ideas?
So I’m guessing it is a good starting point for someone who wants to learn Blender, right? I tried learning it on a Mac mini m2 base model, but 8 GB of RAM was too low and everything started to lag when I got to shading and lighting. Eventually, I gave up and sold the mini 🙁
Is Cycles usable?
I too work with blender, have a desktop rtx 4070 and a macbook air m1. This was the perfect video, thank you!
maybe 1tb and 24 ram is PERFECT for most of the tasks. Just portable screen. and NO apple mouse
awesome video!! Is there any chance that you can show how its blender sculpting or even zbrush and/or substance painter?
now lets go and instal solidworks on it ¯_(ツ)_/¯
How did you connect the mac to the monitor?
Awesome man, also wanted to use the Samsung g9
M4 Max is still 3000 points behind 4080. Building your own rig will be much cheaper, plus for the same price you can cram up as much RAM as possible.
Which monitor do you use? How much max refresh rate supports this Mac mini m4 on this resolution?
This is what we call a review. Thank you for your efforts… only if the Autodesk app can run natively on Mac machines
Thanks for the video, ordered M4 24gRAM 512gb . Hopefully enough for music production 😅
Excellent review. Exactly what i was looking for. Brilliant.
Im not able to get mine to support 5120 resoltuion on my 49" Samsung G9 OLED….any ideas? I tried HDMI to HDMI, USBC to HDMI, no luck so far.
Thanks for the testing because only u tested in depth for 3d softwares.
The blender performance will increase after blender 4.3 official release , last year i also noticed this the performance jumped after few months when m3 was first launched the performance jump from m2 to m3 on blender benchmark was not alot but after few months and optimisation it increased almost 3 times then m2.
I just gave you 1,000 likes! Thank you for this video. I think it's a great machine, but it seems to be a few years behind a 3080 laptop from over three years ago. I guess I will wait for the studio version. The only issue with the mini is that the highest specification only has 16 GPU cores.
excellent explanation; I have a MBP14 M3Pro and Agisoft works great; I work with aerial photogrammetry models of 100-200 hectares; and the process is very fast and better than my previous PC.
Wait so this is the base model M4? how would the m4 pro compare to a 4080?
watching with the m4 mac mini on my desk, during my first day of using this little machine I was also quite impressed! I really enjoy this video and look forward to seeing further tests on this