Which Mac Mini for Photoshop and Lightroom Classic?

Hi there.

Ive been working my 2019 Intel MBP pretty hard over the years. Its ability to quickly read and edit images in LRC (and PS), has been faultering for a while now. I work in a few disciplines of photography  but the core of my work has me needing to analyze and cull and tweak anything up to and over 3000 raw files at times.

Like many people right now i am eyeing the new Mini and not having been in the M-Chip/Unified memory game yet i find myself lacking in tech knowledge as to what the best conficyuration would be to get the best results without overspending in unnecessary areas. I've read a few conflicting articles about what the best way to go is.

When buying a Mac, i'm finding myself always checking every box. The mac that started off as a very reasonable $999 cranks up to $7k at checkout lol

 I usually try to get max HD/SSD when i can to begin with but I'd appreciate any thoughts in this community as to what is important to get the best and gruntiest results in a Mac/MacMini for these specific adobe apps. GPU/CPU-Core Count, Memory etc.? Whats your ideal config for a Mac Mini as a Lightroomer/Photoshoper?

Many thanks and Happy holidays 

Den