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Mac mini m4 vs 3050 laptop

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Hi. I am studying Btech. CSE {AI & ML}. And no I am not studying the course for Al but for ML. I am from India. I want to get a device for my course. I am confused between 3050 laptop(second hand but it's within my budget i.e. 60k inr) and or Mac mini m4(50k inr + 10k for screen and accessories). Portability is not an issue for me.

Most models are built around cuda cores and having an Nvidia powered device helps a lot in training time whereas the unified memory in m4 mini should be better for running larger models.

For Mac mini : more unified memory means being able to load larger models. 3050 will have 6gb only. And for training I can either use Google Collab and or ask a friend to train

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Hi. I am studying Btech. CSE {AI & ML}. And no I am not studying the course for AI but for ML. I am from India. I want to get a device for my course. I am confused between 3050 laptop(second hand but it's within my budget i.e. 60k inr) and or Mac mini m4(50k inr + 10k for screen and accessories). Portability is not an issue for me.

Most models are built around cuda cores and having an Nvidia powered device helps a lot in training time whereas the unified memory in m4 mini should be better for running larger models.

For Mac mini : more unified memory means being able to load larger models. 3050 will have 6gb only. And for training I can either use Google Collab and or ask a friend to t

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