Apple Mac mini (2023)
The last Mac mini in the 19.7 cm square case, with the Apple M2 or M2 Pro chip. The M2 model is the low-cost entry; the M2 Pro model adds four Thunderbolt 4 ports, up to 32 GB of memory, 8 TB of storage, three displays and HDMI 2.1.
Memory
- M2
- 8 GB unified memory standard; configurable to 16 GB or 24 GB
- M2 Pro
- 16 GB unified memory standard; configurable to 32 GB
- Bandwidth
- 100 GB/s (M2), 200 GB/s (M2 Pro)
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the SoC; LPDDR5-6400 (Wikipedia, Apple M2)
- Slots
- None; not user-upgradeable
Storage
- M2
- 256 GB SSD standard; configurable to 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB
- M2 Pro
- 512 GB SSD standard; configurable to 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB or 8 TB
- Drive bays / M.2
- None; storage is built in and chosen at order (Wikipedia: storage became modular only with the M4 model)
Graphics
- M2
- 10-core GPU
- M2 Pro 10-core CPU
- 16-core GPU
- M2 Pro 12-core CPU
- 19-core GPU
- Media engine
- Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW; video decode, video encode and ProRes encode/decode engines
- External displays (M2)
- Up to two: one up to 6K60 over Thunderbolt and one up to 5K60 over Thunderbolt or 4K60 over HDMI
- External displays (M2 Pro)
- Up to three: two up to 6K60 over Thunderbolt + one up to 4K60 over HDMI; or two: one 6K60 over Thunderbolt + one 4K144 over HDMI; or one up to 8K60 or 4K240 over HDMI
- HDMI video
- M2: one display up to 4K60 (HDMI 2.0 per Wikipedia). M2 Pro: one display up to 8K60 or 4K240 (HDMI 2.1 per Wikipedia)
- Thunderbolt video
- Thunderbolt 4 digital video output; native DisplayPort over USB-C
- Playback
- HEVC, H.264, ProRes; HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
- Audio
- Built-in speaker; HDMI multichannel audio output; AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos playback
Networking
- Ethernet
- 10/100/1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45)
- 10GbE option
- Configurable to 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T 1/2.5/5/10 Gb, RJ-45)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.3
- 10GbE cabling (Apple)
- Cat 5e: not supported for 10 Gb; Cat 6: 10 Gb up to 55 m; Cat 6a: 10 Gb up to 100 m
Power
- Power supply
- Internal; AC power cord plugs straight into the back
- Input
- 100–240 V AC, 50–60 Hz, single phase
- Maximum continuous power
- 150 W (M2), 185 W (M2 Pro)
- Measured draw (Apple), M2
- 7 W idle, 50 W CPU max (24 GB, 2 TB); 24 / 171 BTU/h
- Measured draw (Apple), M2 Pro
- 7 W idle, 100 W CPU max (32 GB, 8 TB); 24 / 358 BTU/h
Ports
- Thunderbolt (M2)
- 2 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C): Thunderbolt 4 up to 40 Gb/s, USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s, USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s, DisplayPort
- Thunderbolt (M2 Pro)
- 4 × Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C), same capabilities
- USB-A
- 2 × USB-A (up to 5 Gb/s)
- HDMI
- 1 × HDMI (2.0 on M2, 2.1 on M2 Pro per Wikipedia)
- Ethernet
- 1 × Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 (10GbE optional)
- Audio
- 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
- Layout (rear, left to right)
- Power button, AC power in, Ethernet, 2 or 4 × Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, 2 × USB-A with headphone jack below
- Front
- Status indicator light only
Physical
- Dimensions
- 3.58 × 19.70 × 19.70 cm (H × W × D); 1.41 × 7.75 × 7.75 in
- Weight
- 1.18 kg / 2.6 lb (M2); 1.28 kg / 2.8 lb (M2 Pro); varies by configuration
- Finish
- Silver
- Operating temperature
- 10–35 °C
- Storage temperature
- −40 to 47 °C
- Relative humidity
- 5–90 % non-condensing
- Altitude
- Tested up to 5,000 m
- Acoustics
- 5 dBA sound pressure at the operator position, idle
Management
- Lights Out Management
- Apple lists LOM (remote start, shut down, restart via an MDM-delivered payload) for "Mac mini (2020) with a 10Gbps Ethernet card or later models"
- Model identifiers
- Mac14,3 (M2), Mac14,12 (M2 Pro)
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS 13 Ventura
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple)
Processors
- Apple M2 (8-core CPU)
- Apple M2 Pro (10-core CPU)
- Apple M2 Pro (12-core CPU)