Apple Mac mini (M1, 2020)
The first Apple silicon Mac mini: the 19.7 cm square aluminium box with the Apple M1 chip, 8 or 16 GB of unified memory and two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports. A cheap, quiet, low-power desktop or small server; memory and storage are fixed at purchase.
Memory
- Standard
- 8 GB unified memory
- Configurable to
- 16 GB (maximum)
- Type
- Unified memory packaged with the SoC; LPDDR4X-4266, 128-bit, about 68 GB/s (Wikipedia, Apple M1)
- Slots
- None; not user-upgradeable
Storage
- Standard
- 256 GB SSD (Wikipedia also lists a 512 GB standard configuration)
- Configurable to
- 512 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB SSD
- Drive bays / M.2
- None; storage is built in and chosen at order (Wikipedia: storage became modular only with the M4 model)
Graphics
- GPU
- Apple M1 8-core GPU (integrated)
- External displays
- Up to two at once: one up to 6K at 60 Hz over Thunderbolt and one up to 4K at 60 Hz over HDMI
- Thunderbolt video
- Native DisplayPort output over USB-C; Thunderbolt 2, DVI and VGA via adapters (sold separately)
- HDMI video
- One display up to 4K at 60 Hz (HDMI 2.0); DVI via HDMI-to-DVI adapter
- Audio
- Built-in speaker; HDMI port supports multichannel audio output
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); Wikipedia dates this build-to-order option to 2021-04-20
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.0
- 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
- Measured draw (Apple)
- 6.8 W idle, 39 W CPU max (M1, 16 GB, 2 TB SSD); 23.2 / 133 BTU/h
Ports
- Thunderbolt
- 2 × Thunderbolt / USB 4 (USB-C): Thunderbolt 3 up to 40 Gb/s, USB 4 up to 40 Gb/s, USB 3.1 Gen 2 up to 10 Gb/s, DisplayPort
- USB-A
- 2 × USB-A (up to 5 Gb/s)
- HDMI
- 1 × HDMI 2.0
- Ethernet
- 1 × Gigabit Ethernet RJ-45 (10GbE optional)
- Audio
- 3.5 mm headphone jack (also takes an analog headset with mono mic)
- Layout (rear, left to right)
- Power button, AC power in, Ethernet, 2 × Thunderbolt, HDMI, 2 × USB-A with headphone jack below
- Front
- Status indicator light only
Physical
- Dimensions
- 3.6 × 19.7 × 19.7 cm (H × W × D); 1.4 × 7.7 × 7.7 in
- Weight
- 1.2 kg / 2.6 lb (varies by configuration)
- Finish
- Silver (recycled aluminium enclosure)
- 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 and wireless web (1.4 B sound power)
Management
- Lights Out Management
- Supported on Mac mini (2020) with the 10Gbps Ethernet card: remote start, shut down and restart through an MDM-delivered LOM payload (macOS 11 or later, same subnet, IPv6)
- Model identifier
- Macmini9,1
Operating systems
- Shipped with
- macOS 11 Big Sur (Wikipedia)
- Newest compatible
- macOS 27 Golden Gate (Apple)
Processors
- Apple M1 (8-core CPU)