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Mac mini

New guts. More glory.

The Apple M1 chip takes Apple’s most versatile, do-it-all desktop into another dimension. With up to 3x faster CPU performance. Up to 6x faster graphics. And Apple’s most advanced Neural Engine for up to 15x faster machine learning. Get ready to work, play, and create on Mac mini with speed and power beyond anything you ever imagined.

Supercharged by the Apple M1 chip

Small Chip. Giant leap.

It’s here. Apple’s first chip designed specifically for Mac. Packed with an astonishing 16 billion transistors, the Apple M1 system on a chip (SoC) integrates the CPU, GPU, Neural Engine, I/O, and so much more onto a single tiny chip. With incredible performance, custom technologies, and industry-leading power efficiency,¹ M1 is not a next step for Mac — it’s another level entirely.

CPU
8-core CPU
Max power,
mini footprint.

M1 packs astonishing speed and power into Mac mini. The 8-core CPU delivers up to 3x faster processing performance than the previous generation2 — all while keeping its iconic 7.7-inch-square design.

GPU
Incredible chip in.
Unbelievable
graphics out.
8-core
GPU
Up to
6x
faster graphics performance2
Machine Learning

16-core Neural Engine.
It’s the brains of the operation.

Machine learning (ML) brings task-smashing speed and automation to video analysis, voice recognition, image processing, and more. And the M1 chip brings a 16-core Neural Engine and full stack of ML technologies, transforming Mac mini into an ML powerhouse.

16-core

Neural Engine

Up to
15x

faster ML
performance4

macOS Big Sur
The power of macOS Big Sur on M1

Developed to unlock the potential of the M1 chip, macOS Big Sur transforms Mac with major performance benefits and so much more. Powerful updates for apps. A beautiful new design. Industry-leading privacy features and best-in-class security. It’s Apple’s most powerful software ever — running on Apple’s most advanced hardware yet.

Speed and responisiveness

The M1 chip and macOS Big Sur work together to make the entire system snappier. Mac mini wakes almost instantly from sleep. Everyday things like flipping through photos and browsing Safari are faster. And your hardest-working apps all have access to the power they need.

More
Power
Wakes
faster.
Biggest collection of apps ever

Run powerful apps built for M1. All your existing apps work thanks to Rosetta 2. And for the first time, you can use your favorite iPhone and iPad apps directly on macOS Big Sur. Altogether you’ll have access to the biggest collection of apps ever for Mac.

Compact Design

The integration of technologies on the M1 chip allows Mac mini to blow away computers many times its size — taking on intensive tasks while consuming up to 60 percent less energy than the previous generation.5

Towering performance. Minus the tower.
Unified memory

One RAM to rule the all.

The M1 chip brings up to 16GB of superfast unified memory. This single pool of high-bandwidth, low-latency memory allows apps to share data between the CPU, GPU, and Neural Engine efficiently — so everything you do is fast and fluid.

SSD storage

Mac mini comes with all-flash storage — up to a whopping 2TB SSD for all your photo and video libraries, files, and apps.6 And with speeds up to 3.4GB/s, apps and files launch and load in an instant.7

Security

The M1 chip and macOS Big Sur give Mac mini advanced security and privacy features beyond anything in its class, helping to keep your system and your data protected.

Keep it secure.
Keep it safe.
Versatility
Fits in. Rocks out.

With its compact size, incredible performance, and wide array of ports, Mac mini is perfect for a surprising range of uses like gaming and digital art creation. And with the powerful M1 chip unleashed within its 7.7-inch-square frame, you never know where you’ll find a Mac mini hard at work — from home offices to music studios and more.

Connections
and expansion

Connect and conquer.

With two screaming-fast Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports, two USB-A ports, HDMI 2.0, Wi-Fi 6, and Gigabit Ethernet, Mac mini is up for anything and everything.

Thunderbolt / USB 4
Transfer data at up to 40Gb/s.8 Charge and power external devices. Connect one external display up to 6K and a second with HDMI 2.0 up to 4K.
Wi-Fi 6
Another first for Mac mini, Wi-Fi 6 delivers better all-around performance and up to 1.2Gb/s of throughput — for lightning-fast file transfers or backing up to Time Machine.

up to 1.2Gb/s througput8

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◊ Legal Disclaimers

Display: Screen size is measured diagonally. The displays on the 13.6-inch MacBook Air and the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro have rounded corners at the top. When measured as a standard rectangular shape, the screens are 13.6 inches, 14.2 inches, and 16.2 inches diagonally (actual viewable area is less). iMac 24-inch actual diagonal screen measure is 23.5 inches.

Storage: 1GB = 1 billion bytes and 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

Battery: Battery life for Apple TV app movie playback. Battery life varies by use and configuration. See apple.com/batteries for more information.

  1. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction 13-inch MacBook Pro systems with Apple M1 chip and 16GB of RAM. Performance per watt refers to the ratio of peak CPU performance to average power consumed using select industry-standard benchmarks. Comparison made against high-performing CPUs for notebooks and desktops commercially available at the time of testing. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of MacBook Pro.

  2. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction Mac mini systems with Apple M1 chip, and production 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3-based Mac mini systems, all configured with 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.5 tested using a 55-second clip with 4K Apple ProRes RAW media, at 4096x2160 resolution and 59.94 frames per second, transcoded to Apple ProRes 422. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini.

  3. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction Mac mini systems with Apple M1 chip, and production 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3-based Mac mini systems with Intel Iris UHD Graphics 630, all configured with 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Prerelease Final Cut Pro 10.5 tested using a complex 2-minute project with a variety of media up to 4K resolution. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini.

  4. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction Mac mini systems with Apple M1 chip, and production 3.6GHz quad-core Intel Core i3-based Mac mini systems, all configured with 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Prerelease Pixelmator Pro 2.0 Lynx tested using a 216KB image. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini.

  5. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using a preproduction Mac mini with Apple M1 chip, 16GB of memory, 2TB SSD and LG UltraFine 5K Display, and a shipping Mac mini with a 6-core Intel Core i7 processor, 8GB of memory, 512GB SSD, and LG UltraFine 5K Display. Energy consumption was measured during wireless browsing of top websites.

  6. 1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.

  7. Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using preproduction Mac mini systems with Apple M1 chip and 16GB of RAM and 2TB SSD. Tested with FIO 3.23, 1024KB request size, 150GB test file and IO depth=32. Performance tests are conducted using specific computer systems and reflect the approximate performance of Mac mini.

  8. Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and may vary.