Mac mini: Apple M4 chip with 10‑core CPU and 10‑core GPU, 16GB, 512GB SSD

Apple Mac mini Desktop M4 Chip 16GB RAM 512GB SSD (Late 2024)

With a new design and supercharged by Apple M4 and M4 Pro chips, Mac mini is the most compact, powerful, and versatile mini ever. It’s Apple’s first carbon neutral Mac, designed from start to finish to drastically reduce carbon emissions. And Mac mini delivers a massive jump in performance with M4, M4 Pro, and a faster Neural Engine. Combined with the innovative features of Apple Intelligence,1 Mac mini delivers an exceptional experience for the widest range of users yet—from students and small business owners to corporations using it to power thousands of workstations. Mac mini also has extensive connectivity, and now features two USB-C ports and a headphone jack on the front and three Thunderbolt ports on the back. And it’s packed with powerful macOS features that help you be more productive and creative, as well as Apple Intelligence¹ features that offer new ways to work, express yourself, and communicate on Mac. With tremendous capability packed into a smaller form, mini is the lovable little Mac that can do it all.

Features

Compact Form Factor

• Measures just 5 by 5 inches (12.7 cm by 12.7 cm), so its footprint is less than half the size of the previous generation
• Weighs around 1.5 pounds (0.67 kg), half the weight of the previous generation
• New ports on the front offer more convenient access, in addition to the ports on the back
• Innovative thermal system guides air to different levels of Mac mini, and all the air flows out the foot at the bottom—so Mac mini stays cool even while processing intensive tasks

Mac Mini With M4

• Up to 6x faster than the best-selling PC desktop in its price range²— and it’s 1/20th the size
• 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU deliver up to 2.2x faster gaming performance than Mac mini with M1²
• Starts at 16GB of fast unified memory and supports up to 32GB
• Supports up to three external displays

Apple Intelligence And MacOS Sequoia

• Every Mac with Apple silicon is built for Apple Intelligence¹, which helps you write, express yourself, and get things done effortlessly
• With groundbreaking privacy protections, Apple Intelligence¹ gives you peace of mind that no one else can access your data—not even Apple
• Be more creative and productive with macOS Sequoia features like iPhone Mirroring³ so you can to access your iPhone on Mac, window tiling so you can arrange your ideal workspace, a big update to Safari, a Passwords app, improvements to video conferencing, and more

Connectivity

• Get convenient access to plug and unplug accessories with two USB-C ports and a 3.5 mm headphone jack on the front of Mac mini for the first time
• Three Thunderbolt 5 ports on the back of M4 Pro models support higher bandwidth, up to 120Gb/s, for faster transfer to external storage —and support for PCIe expansion
• Thunderbolt 4 ports on the back of M4 models support transfer speeds up to 40Gb/s
• Both models feature an HDMI port and a Gigabit Ethernet port up to 10Gb on the back

First Carbon Neutral Mac

• Made with over 50 percent recycled material
• Manufactured with 100 percent clean electricity
• Reduces emissions from shipping by prioritizing non-air modes, like ocean freight

Essential Additions

• AppleCare+ for Mac, Magic Mouse, Magic Trackpad, Magic Keyboard with Touch ID and Numeric Keypad, Studio Display, Thunderbolt and USB accessories

Footnotes:

• ¹ Apple Intelligence is available in beta on all Mac models with M1 and later, with Siri and device language set to U.S. English, as a macOS Sequoia update. English (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, UK) language support available in December 2024. Some features and support for additional languages, like Chinese, English (India, Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Vietnamese, and others, will be coming over the course of the next year.
• ² For performance testing details, see apple.com/mac-mini.
• ³ Available on Mac computers with Apple silicon and Intel-based Mac computers with a T2 Security Chip. Requires that your iPhone and Mac are signed in with the same Apple Account using two-factor authentication, your iPhone and Mac are near each other and have Bluetooth and Wi-Fi turned on, your Mac is on macOS Sequoia, your iPhone is on iOS 18, and your Mac is not using AirPlay or Sidecar. Some iPhone features (e.g., camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring. Not currently available in the European Union.