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.
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.
The 8‑core GPU in the M1 chip is the most advanced graphics processor Apple has built to date, full stop. And it brings extremely fast integrated graphics to Mac mini, with a gigantic 6x increase in graphics performance. That’s an insane amount of power — all in an incredibly compact enclosure.
Machine Learning
16‑core Neural Engine.
Intelligence, meet speed.
Machine learning (ML) brings task‑smashing speed and automation to video analysis, voice recognition, image processing and more. And the M1 chip with 16‑core Neural Engine and full stack of technologies takes ML performance on MacBook Pro into the stratosphere.
mac OS 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 responsiveness
The M1 chip and macOS Big Sur work together to make the entire system snappier. Mac Mini wakes instantly from sleep. Everyday tasks from flipping through photos to browsing Safari are faster. And your hardest‑working apps all have access to the power they need.
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 favourite 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 per cent less energy than the previous generation.
Unified memory
One RAM to rule them 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. And with speeds up to 3.4GB/s, apps and files launch and load in an instant.
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.
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. And now you can configure Mac mini with 10Gb Ethernet for up to 10 times the throughput of the previous generation.
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.
Thunderbolt / USB 4
Transfer data at up to 40Gb/s.20 Charge and power external devices. Connect one external display up to 6K and a second with HDMI 2.0 up to 4K.
Legal Disclaimers
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using pre‑production 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 selected 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.
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using pre‑production 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. Pre‑release Final Cut Pro 10.5 tested using a 55‑second clip with 4K Apple ProRes RAW media, at 4096×2160 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.
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using pre‑production 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. Pre‑release 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.
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using pre‑production 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. Pre‑release 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.
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using a pre‑production 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.
1TB = 1 trillion bytes; actual formatted capacity less.
Testing conducted by Apple in October 2020 using pre‑production 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.
Speeds are based on theoretical throughput and may vary.