Well to be fair they should've compared it to something price comparable for the whole package.

Comparing $600 Mac mini vs $600 CPU doesn't make sense. I can get work done with the Mini, that can't be said with one CPU.

Might just as well compare it with EPYC/Xeon.. would be about as meaningful.

If we just ignore price and power usage entirely it’s pretty pointless.

Of course Studio and the Mac Pro probably don’t really offer such great value as the Mini

The base M4 Mini offers great value per $ and per Watt.

It'd be cool to compare to a similar PC alternative.

Throw in RTX 4090 into that desktop while at it or they might loose on CPU inference.