Item 1: ThinkPad X-Carbon, Mac Mini Variants, iPhone 11 Pro Max, Lenovo G550 Matrices

USD/CAD = 1.4438 (03/03/2025). Includes: All X1 Carbon years (2012-2025), all Mac Mini variants (base, Pro, Max individually where applicable), iPhone 11 Pro Max, Lenovo G550. Fields: Status ($/Ratio), Perf Stats (Video/CPU/AI:W), RAM (Fixed, Exp, Max), Max RAM Price, Video Perf, AI Bench.

ThinkPad X-Carbon Table

Status	Perf Stats (Vid/CPU/AI:W)	Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Exp) Max	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
#8	0.09/0.04/0.02	2012	X1 Carbon Gen 1	1877	45	3	1	2	0	0	1600x900	2560x1600	N	N	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2012	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~100	[lenovo.com]
#8	0.10/0.04/0.03	2014	X1 Carbon Gen 2	2021	45	3	0	2	0	0	2560x1440	2560x1440	N	N	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2014	289-433-577[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~120	[lenovo.com]
#8	0.11/0.04/0.03	2015	X1 Carbon Gen 3	2166	65	3	0	3	0	0	2560x1440	2560x1440	N	Y	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2015	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~140	[lenovo.com]
#8	0.12/0.05/0.04	2016	X1 Carbon Gen 4	2310	65	3	0	3	0	0	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	2	4MB	2133MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2016	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~200	[lenovo.com]
#8	0.12/0.05/0.05	2017	X1 Carbon Gen 5	1877	65	4	0	2	0	2	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	2	3MB	2133MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2017	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~250	[lenovo.com]
#9	0.13/0.06/0.06	2018	X1 Carbon Gen 6	2454	65	4	0	2	0	2	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	4	8MB	2400MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2018	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~300	[lenovo.com]
#9	0.11/0.06/0.06	2019	X1 Carbon Gen 7	2166	65	4	0	2	0	2	3840x2160	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	8MB	2666MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2019	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~400	[lenovo.com]
#9	0.12/0.06/0.07	2020	X1 Carbon Gen 8	2599	65	4	0	2	0	2	3840x2160	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	8MB	2666MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2020	866-1010-1154[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~450	[lenovo.com]
#9	0.13/0.07/0.09	2021	X1 Carbon Gen 9	3375	65	4	0	0	2	2	3840x2400	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	12MB	4266MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2021	1010-1154-1444[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~600	[lenovo.com]
#10	0.14/0.18/0.12	2022	X1 Carbon Gen 10	2454	65	4	0	0	2	2	3840x2400	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	12	18MB	5200MHz	16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2022	1154-1444-1733[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~800	[lenovo.com]
$	0.15/0.25/0.15	2023	X1 Carbon Gen 11	2599	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	10	12MB	5200MHz	16/32/64 (0) 64	866	2023-	1444-1733-2021[2] (used)	2599 (new)	Good	~1000	[lenovo.com]
#10	0.15/0.25/0.18	2024	X1 Carbon Gen 12	3375	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	16	24MB	6400MHz	16/32 (0) 32	722	2024-	1733-2021-2310[2] (used)	3375 (new)	High	~1200	[lenovo.com]
#10	0.16/0.12/0.21	2025	X1 Carbon Gen 13	3898	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	8	32MB	8400MHz	16/32 (0) 32	722	2025-	-	3898 (new)	High	~1400	[lenovo.com]

Mac Mini Table

Status	Perf Stats (Vid/CPU/AI:W)	Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	TB4	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Exp) Max	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
#6	0.02/0.01/0.01	2005	Mac Mini G4	722	85	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	1	512KB	167MHz	256MB/512MB/1GB (1GB) 2GB	N/A	2005-2006	72-144-289[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~50	[apple.com]
#6	0.03/0.02/0.01	2006	Mac Mini (Intel)	866	110	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	2	2MB	667MHz	512MB/1GB (2GB) 3GB	N/A	2006-2007	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~80	[apple.com]
#6	0.03/0.02/0.01	2007	Mac Mini (Mid 2007)	866	110	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	2	4MB	667MHz	1GB/2GB (4GB) 4GB	N/A	2007-2009	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~90	[apple.com]
#7	0.05/0.02/0.01	2010	Mac Mini (Mid 2010)	1010	85	5	4	1	0	0	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	N	2	3MB	1066MHz	2GB/4GB (8GB) 8GB	N/A	2010-2011	289-433-577[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~120	[apple.com]
#7	0.06/0.02/0.02	2011	Mac Mini (Mid 2011)	866	85	5	4	1	0	1	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	Y	2	3MB	1333MHz	2GB/4GB/8GB (16GB) 16GB	N/A	2011-2012	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~150	[apple.com]
#8	0.08/0.05/0.02	2012	Mac Mini (Late 2012)	866	85	5	0	4	0	1	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	Y	4	6MB	1600MHz	4GB/8GB (16GB) 16GB	N/A	2012-2014	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~200	[apple.com]
#8	0.09/0.02/0.03	2014	Mac Mini (Late 2014)	722	85	6	0	4	0	2	0	N/A	4K@30Hz	N	Y	2	3MB	1600MHz	4GB/8GB/16GB (0) 16GB	N/A	2014-2018	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~250	[apple.com]
#9	0.11/0.04/0.04	2018	Mac Mini	1154	150	6	0	0	2	4	0	N/A	4K@60Hz	N	Y	6	9MB	2666MHz	8/16/32/64 (64GB) 128GB	577	2018-2020	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~600	[apple.com]
#9	0.13/0.05/0.06	2020	Mac Mini M1	1009	150	4	0	0	2	2	0	N/A	6K@60Hz	N	Y	8	12MB	N/A (M1)	8/16 (0) 16GB	289	2020-2023	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~900	[apple.com]
#10	0.15/0.05/0.08	2023	Mac Mini M2	866	150	4	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	8	16MB	N/A (M2)	8/16/24 (0) 24GB	433	2023-2025	794-938-1154[2] (used)	866 (new)	High	~1200	[apple.com]
#10	0.16/0.07/0.09	2023	Mac Mini M2 Pro	1877	150	6	0	0	0	0	4	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	12	24MB	N/A (M2 Pro)	16/32 (0) 32GB	577	2023-2025	1010-1154-1444[2] (used)	1877 (new)	High	~1600	[apple.com]
$	0.17/0.09/0.10	2025	Mac Mini M4	866	150	5	0	0	0	0	3	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	10	20MB	N/A (M4)	16/32 (0) 32GB	577	2025-	-	866 (new)	High	~1500	[apple.com]
#10	0.18/0.09/0.12	2025	Mac Mini M4 Pro	2021	150	5	0	0	0	0	3	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	14	24MB	N/A (M4 Pro)	24/48 (0) 64GB	866	2025-	-	2021 (new)	High	~1800	[apple.com]

iPhone 11 Pro Max Table

Status	Perf Stats (Vid/CPU/AI:W)	Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	TB4	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Exp) Max	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
0.29/0.67/1.75	0.05/0.02/0.01	2019	iPhone 11 Pro Max	1588	~4	0	0	0	0	1	0	2688x1242	N/A	N	Y	6	8MB	N/A (A13)	4 (0) 4GB	N/A	2019-2020	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~700	[apple.com]

Lenovo G550 Table

Status	Perf Stats (Vid/CPU/AI:W)	Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	TB4	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Exp) Max	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
0.33/0.08/0.05	0.05/0.03/0.01	2009	Lenovo G550	866	65	3	3	0	0	0	0	1366x768	1920x1200	N	N	2	2MB	800MHz	2/3/4 (4GB) 8GB	N/A	2009-2010	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~70	[lenovo.com]

Footnotes

[2] Estimated used prices from market trends (e.g., eBay, refurb retailers) as of 03/03/2025

Notes

X-Carbon: All years from Gen 1 (2012) to Gen 13 (2025). Mac Mini Variants: No standalone 'Pro Mac'; listed base, M1, M2, M2 Pro, M4, M4 Pro. No M1 Pro/Max, M2 Max, or M3 Mini exist. Status: $ = best CPU/Cores/Cache:W (X1 Gen 11, Mac Mini M4); X-Carbon/Mac Mini: #0-10 rank; iPhone/G550: Ratio to best (X1 Gen 11 or M4). Perf Stats: Vid/CPU/AI per watt (est. from Video Perf, CPU Cores, AI Bench / Pwr). RAM: Fixed configs / Expansion / Max Theoretical. Max RAM Price: Est. cost to max out (2025 trends: 32GB ~577 CAD, 64GB ~866 CAD). Video Perf: Low (basic), Mod (moderate), Good (4K), High (6K/8K). AI Bench: Approx. Geekbench ML score (est.).

Item 1: ThinkPad X-Carbon & Mac Mini Matrix

USD/CAD = 1.4438 (03/03/2025). Added: RAM (Fixed, Expansion, Max Theoretical), Max RAM Price (CAD), Video Performance, AI Benchmark.

ThinkPad X-Carbon (Left Table)

Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Expansion) Max Tot	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
2012	X1 Carbon Gen 1	1877	45	3	1	2	0	0	1600x900	2560x1600	N	N	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2012	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~100	[lenovo.com]
2014	X1 Carbon Gen 2	2021	45	3	0	2	0	0	2560x1440	2560x1440	N	N	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2014	289-433-577[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~120	[lenovo.com]
2015	X1 Carbon Gen 3	2166	65	3	0	3	0	0	2560x1440	2560x1440	N	Y	2	3MB	1600MHz	4/8 (0) 8	N/A	2015	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~140	[lenovo.com]
2016	X1 Carbon Gen 4	2310	65	3	0	3	0	0	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	2	4MB	2133MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2016	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~200	[lenovo.com]
2017	X1 Carbon Gen 5	1877	65	4	0	2	0	2	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	2	3MB	2133MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2017	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~250	[lenovo.com]
2018	X1 Carbon Gen 6	2454	65	4	0	2	0	2	2560x1440	4K@60Hz	N	Y	4	8MB	2400MHz	8/16 (0) 16	N/A	2018	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~300	[lenovo.com]
2019	X1 Carbon Gen 7	2166	65	4	0	2	0	2	3840x2160	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	8MB	2666MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2019	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~400	[lenovo.com]
2020	X1 Carbon Gen 8	2599	65	4	0	2	0	2	3840x2160	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	8MB	2666MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2020	866-1010-1154[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~450	[lenovo.com]
2021	X1 Carbon Gen 9	3375	65	4	0	0	2	2	3840x2400	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	4	12MB	4266MHz	8/16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2021	1010-1154-1444[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~600	[lenovo.com]
2022	X1 Carbon Gen 10	2454	65	4	0	0	2	2	3840x2400	4K@60Hz	Y	Y	12	18MB	5200MHz	16/32 (0) 32	N/A	2022	1154-1444-1733[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~800	[lenovo.com]
2023	X1 Carbon Gen 11	2599	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	10	12MB	5200MHz	16/32/64 (0) 64	866	2023-	1444-1733-2021[2] (used)	2599 (new)	Good	~1000	[lenovo.com]
2024	X1 Carbon Gen 12	3375	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	16	24MB	6400MHz	16/32 (0) 32	722	2024-	1733-2021-2310[2] (used)	3375 (new)	High	~1200	[lenovo.com]
2025	X1 Carbon Gen 13	3898	65	4	0	0	2	2	2880x1800	4K@60Hz	N	Y	8	32MB	8400MHz	16/32 (0) 32	722	2025-	-	3898 (new)	High	~1400	[lenovo.com]

Mac Mini (Right Table)

Year	Model	Cost (CAD)	Pwr (W)	USB Tot	USB 2.0	USB 3.0	USB 3.1	TB3	TB4	Max Scr Res	Max Ext Res	4K Img	4K Vid	CPU Cores	CPU Cache	Bus Speed	RAM Fixed (Expansion) Max Tot	Max RAM Price (CAD)	Yrs Made	Cur Used Price (CAD) Min-Mean-Max	Cur New Price (CAD)	Video Perf	AI Bench	URLs
2005	Mac Mini G4	722	85	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	1	512KB	167MHz	256MB/512MB/1GB (1GB) 2GB	N/A	2005-2006	72-144-289[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~50	[apple.com]
2006	Mac Mini	866	110	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	2	2MB	667MHz	512MB/1GB (2GB) 3GB	N/A	2006-2007	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~80	[apple.com]
2007	Mac Mini	866	110	5	5	0	0	0	0	N/A	1920x1200	N	N	2	4MB	667MHz	1GB/2GB (4GB) 4GB	N/A	2007-2009	144-289-433[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~90	[apple.com]
2010	Mac Mini	1010	85	5	4	1	0	0	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	N	2	3MB	1066MHz	2GB/4GB (8GB) 8GB	N/A	2010-2011	289-433-577[2] (used)	N/A	Low	~120	[apple.com]
2011	Mac Mini	866	85	5	4	1	0	1	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	Y	2	3MB	1333MHz	2GB/4GB/8GB (16GB) 16GB	N/A	2011-2012	433-577-722[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~150	[apple.com]
2012	Mac Mini	866	85	5	0	4	0	1	0	N/A	2560x1600	N	Y	4	6MB	1600MHz	4GB/8GB (16GB) 16GB	N/A	2012-2014	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~200	[apple.com]
2014	Mac Mini	722	85	6	0	4	0	2	0	N/A	4K@30Hz	N	Y	2	3MB	1600MHz	4GB/8GB/16GB (0) 16GB	N/A	2014-2018	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Mod	~250	[apple.com]
2018	Mac Mini	1154	150	6	0	0	2	4	0	N/A	4K@60Hz	N	Y	6	9MB	2666MHz	8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB (64GB) 128GB	577	2018-2020	577-722-866[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~600	[apple.com]
2020	Mac Mini M1	1009	150	4	0	0	2	2	0	N/A	6K@60Hz	N	Y	8	12MB	N/A (M1)	8GB/16GB (0) 16GB	289	2020-2023	722-866-1010[2] (used)	N/A	Good	~900	[apple.com]
2023	Mac Mini M2	866	150	4	0	0	0	0	2	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	8	16MB	N/A (M2)	8GB/16GB/24GB (0) 24GB	433	2023-2025	794-938-1154[2] (used)	866 (new)	High	~1200	[apple.com]
2025	Mac Mini M4	866	150	5	0	0	0	0	3	N/A	8K@60Hz	N	Y	10	20MB	N/A (M4)	16GB/32GB (0) 32GB	577	2025-	-	866 (new)	High	~1500	[apple.com]

Combined Table

ThinkPad X-Carbon Matrix	Mac Mini Matrix
[See above ThinkPad table]	[See above Mac Mini table]

Footnotes

[2] Estimated used prices from market trends (e.g., eBay, refurb retailers) as of 03/03/2025

Notes

RAM Fixed: Available configs; Expansion: Max upgrade; Max Tot: Theoretical max (soldered limits on X1, early Mac Mini expandable). Max RAM Price: Est. cost to max out at purchase (2025 prices based on current trends, e.g., 32GB ~577 CAD, 64GB ~866 CAD). Video Perf: Low (basic), Mod (moderate), Good (4K capable), High (6K/8K capable). AI Bench: Approx. score (Geekbench ML or similar, scaled 0-2000, est. from CPU/GPU trends). Blanks left for future fill-in (e.g., 2025 used prices).