How loud is Mac Pro compared to Mac mini G4?

I use a 1,25 Ghz Mac mini G4. At normal use it is almost inaudible. I would like to know, how much louder a Mac Pro is, compared to the mini.

I have both a G4 Mac mini (the "stealth" 1.5GHz model with 64MB VRAM) and the 2.66GHz Mac Pro. Under light load or when in idle the Mac mini makes much less noise than does the Mac Pro. However, the Mac mini fan can ramp up pretty loud when it has been under heavy load for more than a minute or two and in that case the mini is louder than anything I've yet heard from my Mac Pro. If you do little more than browse the internet, write emails, use Word/iWork, run iTunes, and/or watch a few low resolution movies then the Mac mini will be quieter. However, if you encode video, run extensive filters in Photoshop, or play 3D games then the Mac Pro will probably be quieter. This assumes, of course, that you have the passively cooled NVIDIA 7300 card and not one of the higher-end video cards which require their own fan to keep them cool.
Now the Intel-based Mac mini is a different story. I've used one of the dual-core Mac minis and it always seems to be quiet, so if you want near silence then one of the current Intel Mac minis is the way to go (IMO).

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