AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) vs Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB

FPGA / Versal coverage note: 1,243 rows come from the AMD Vitis AI 3.0/3.5 Model Zoo tables; 733 (59%) are image classification. Detection, segmentation and other workloads are thinner, and there is no LLM or speech data for these boards. All are vendor-published (grade D). FPGA / Versal overview.

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No like-for-like comparison yet: both have published results, but model size or batch differ. Treat the numbers below as indicative only.

	AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Best object detection	1933 FPS D Older data (2023)	n/a
Power	n/a	n/a
Perf / W	n/a	n/a
Price	n/a	n/a
Workloads with data	4 of 7	1 of 7

Best published object detection result per platform. n/a = not published; never estimated.

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object detection

Only AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) has published object detection results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	49.61 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	pt_yolov6m_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · medium (YOLO-m)	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB:

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No published object detection results for Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB or AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) yet.
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instance segmentation

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No published instance segmentation results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB yet.
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pose estimation

Only AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) has published pose estimation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	428 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	pt_movenet_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · unknown	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB:

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No published pose estimation results for Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB or AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

image classification

Only AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) has published image classification results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	6595 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	pt_OFA-resnet50_0.88_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB:

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No published image classification results for Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB or AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

semantic segmentation

Only AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) has published semantic segmentation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802)	1564 FPS E2E throughput, multi thread · b=unknown	tf2_2D-UNET_3.5 INT8 · Vitis AI 3.5 (VART) · mid-size CNN	D	unknown power n/a no power published	Vitis AI 3.5 Model Zoo performance table Older data (2023)

Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB:

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No published semantic segmentation results for Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB or AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

speech-to-text

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No published speech-to-text results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

LLM generation

Only Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB has published LLM generation results.

Platform	Result	Model · precision · stack	Grade	Power	Source
Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB	5.48 tok/s tg · b=unknown	70B-class LLM (Q4) ~Q4 · as reviewed (Ollama/llama.cpp class) · LLM >40B	C	80.00 W measured reported in result source — measured	vminstall.com review 2026 (year only)

AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802):

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No published LLM generation results for AMD Versal AI Edge VEK280 (VE2802) or Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

How to read these numbers

Every number is labelled. Confidence: A MLPerf closed, audited · B documented third-party method · C community / review · D vendor-published, not independently verified · E estimate. Power basis: measured with the result · spec vendor spec/envelope · power n/a not published.

Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.