Difference between mini and regular?

[Lil___]

I would like to know the difference between a one fan GPU and a regular GPU with two fans. Is there a performance or cooling difference?

 

[dudio]

You can have high performance GPU's with one fan, or two... or three,
the difference is the term "Mini", which typically requires no additional power connection other than the slot, and because it has less max draw demands than externally powered ones, it is less of a performer. You'll see it in Core and Memory clock speeds.

 

[constantine_99]

cooling difference: depends on the fan (1,2,3 fan)
performance difference: 1 fan tends to draw power from motherboard only (doesn't need aditional pin connecter), 2 & 3 fan usually require additional pin connector to draw more power from the PSU (6/6+2/8 pin connector) card with extra fan usually had more performance since it requires more power (example: 1 fan 1050 ti performance is different than 2 fan 1050 TI performance, the 2 fan can draw every ounce of power from the card since it had better cooling and better powerdraw)

 

[lakimens]

That's not always correct.
Mini is a term for a smaller GPU, be it in lengh, depth or height.
Some cases can't fit the full length of the GPU. Regular 1070 is 266mm(FE).There's a mini from GIGABYTE that is 166mm in length.

 

[k1114]

Mini is size and has nothing to do with power requirements. There are mini gpus of 1060, 1070, 1080, etc, which still require the same stock power connections. They can also use all that power and better power delivery only matters when pushing the limits of ocing. Some have 2 fans like the 1080 mini yet are still relatively small. Smaller coolers does mean they won't cool as much, that's just how the world works, so they tend to not boost as high to keep temps down. But if you look at reviews, I've seen even the minis beating the stock reference design and those are a lot bigger.

If I had to choose, the minis tend to cost more and you'd be better off with a regular size.

 

[Mojazz]

If you are building a small form factor system, such as micro, you might consider the mini solution. If you have a small case you might want to consider a mini solution. It you have a mid tower case and a standard atx motherboard, go for a standard size card, keeping your inside case dimensions as an important factor in determining what will properly fit.

 

[ARICH5]

also mini can be louder as 1 fan has to work harder than 3 fans.

 

[dudio]

That's not always correct.
Mini is a term for a smaller GPU, be it in lengh, depth or height.
Some cases can't fit the full length of the GPU. Regular 1070 is 266mm(FE).There's a mini from GIGABYTE that is 166mm in length.

There must be a trade off, or else why wouldn't everyone want a Mini GPU?
Smaller card, blocking less area and air flow in a case..

 

[lakimens]

Mini's usually have less cooling, so less boost and less overclock.