There is a misconception among new users and some old ones, that Cinnamon uses a lot more Ram than other Desktop Environments(DE) in Linux Mint versions.
Cinnamon uses approximately 650 - 900Mb(Megabyte) on idle.
Cinnamon uses 100 - 200Mb more than MATE idle.
Cinnamon uses 150 - 300Mb more than XFCE when idle.
It is not a lot, but if you are trying to use Linux Mint on very old hardware that uses 2Gb Ram and no longer can be upgraded, then I can see why you might want to squeeze the last drop out of it.
Any more Ram use is caused by apps you use.
In this case Linux Lite or Lubuntu might be a better alternative, Linux Mint can run on 2Gb Ram, with limited functionality on the apps side, not the DE itself.
4Gb Ram is better, even more is better.
SSD instead of Harddisk is better. But that is the same in most Linux and Windows Versions.
Some very small and lightweight Linux distros run entirely in Ram, so only access to Storage drive is download/upload or running apps which also use minimal Storage use.
Someone could possibly build a new distro based on Linux Mint, with less hardware requirements, but that is another story.
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