Mac mini

Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs

Year introduced: 2026

Finish

  • Silver

Chip

Apple M6 chip

  • 12‑core CPU with 2 super cores, 4 performance cores and 6 efficiency cores

  • 12-core GPU

  • Neural Accelerators

  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

  • Dual 16‑core Neural Engine

  • 153GB/s memory bandwidth, 170GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW

  • Video decode engine

  • Video encode engine

  • ProRes encode and decode engine

  • AV1 decode

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 15‑core CPU with 5 super cores and 10 performance cores

  • 16‑core GPU

  • Neural Accelerators

  • Hardware-accelerated ray tracing

  • 16‑core Neural Engine

  • 307GB/s memory bandwidth

Media Engine

  • Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAW

  • Video decode engine

  • Video encode engine

  • ProRes encode and decode engine

  • AV1 decode

Configurable to:

  • M5 Pro with 18‑core CPU and 20‑core GPU

Memory

Apple M6 chip

  • 16GB unified memory

Configurable to:

  • 24GB or 32GB (170GB/s memory bandwidth)

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 24GB unified memory

Configurable to:

  • 48GB or 64GB

Storage1

Apple M6 chip

  • 256GB SSD

Configurable to:

  • 512GB, 1TB or 2TB

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • 512GB SSD

Configurable to:

  • 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB

Display Support

M6

Supports up to three external displays using Thunderbolt and HDMI ports:

  • Three displays: Two displays up to a native resolution of 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 165Hz, plus a third display up to 5K at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or 4K at 60Hz over HDMI

  • Up to two displays: One display up to a native resolution of 8K at 60Hz or 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 240Hz, plus a second display up to 5K at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or 4K at 60Hz over HDMI

  • Supports up to two external displays over a single Thunderbolt port

  • Thunderbolt 4 (USB‑C) ports support native DisplayPort 1.4 speeds

  • Supports variable refresh rate (VRR), HDR and multi‑channel audio

M5 Pro

Supports up to three external displays over any combination of Thunderbolt and HDMI ports:

  • Three displays up to a native resolution of 6K at 60Hz or 4K at 165Hz

  • Up to two displays: One display up to a native resolution of 8K at 60Hz or 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 240Hz, plus a second display up to 5K at 120Hz or 4K at 200Hz

  • Supports up to three external displays over a single Thunderbolt port

  • Thunderbolt 5 (USB‑C) ports support native DisplayPort 2.1 speeds

  • Supports variable refresh rate (VRR), HDR and multi‑channel audio

Learn more about connecting a display to your Mac

Video Playback

  • Supported formats include HEVC, H.264, AV1 and ProRes

  • HDR with Dolby Vision, HDR10+/HDR10 and HLG

Audio Playback

Supported formats include AAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Atmos

Audio

  • Built-in speaker

  • 3.5mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones

  • HDMI port supports multi-channel audio output

Connections and Expansion

On front:

  • Two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)

  • 3.5mm headphone jack

On back (M6):

  • 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)

  • HDMI port

Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:

  • Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • DisplayPort

On back (M5 Pro):

  • 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)

  • HDMI port

Three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports with support for:

  • Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120Gb/s)

  • USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)

  • DisplayPort

Communications

Wireless

  • Apple N1 wireless networking chip

  • Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be)2

  • Bluetooth 6

  • Thread networking technology

Ethernet

  • 100/1000/2500BASE‑T Multi‑Gigabit Ethernet (RJ‑45 connector)

  • Configurable to 10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T Ethernet with support for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb and 10Gb Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)

Size and Weight

  • Height: 5.0 cm (2.0 inches)

  • Width: 12.7 cm (5.0 inches)

  • Depth: 12.7 cm (5.0 inches)

  • Weight (M6): 0.67 kg (1.5 pounds)3

  • Weight (M5 Pro): 0.73 kg (1.6 pounds)3

Electrical and Operating Requirements

  • Line voltage: 100–240V AC

  • Frequency: 50Hz to 60Hz, single phase

  • Maximum continuous power: 155W

  • Operating temperature: 10° to 35° C (50° to 95° F)

  • Storage temperature: –40° to 47° C (–40° to 116° F)

  • Relative humidity: 5% to 90% non-condensing

  • Operating altitude: tested up to 5,000 metres (16,400 feet)

  • Typical acoustical perform­ance: sound pressure level (operator position): 5 dBA at idle4

In the Box

  • Mac mini

  • Power lead (1.8m)

Operating System

macOS

macOS is the most advanced desktop operating system in the world. Siri AI is a powerful and capable assistant with personal context understanding, broad world knowledge and onscreen awareness. Express yourself through photos and images, save time with Safari, and get more done with Apple Intelligence seamlessly integrated into your everyday apps and experiences. And iPhone Mirroring,5 window tiling, Sidecar and more help you stay productive.

Apple Intelligence6 and Siri AI7

The next generation of Apple Intelligence is centred around you, integrated into your apps and built with privacy at its core. Apple Intelligence powers Siri AI — an entirely new version of Siri that’s more personal, conversational and powerful — along with helpful features across apps.

Learn more about Apple Intelligence and Siri AI

Accessibility

Accessibility features help people with disabilities get the most out of their new Mac mini. With built-in support for vision, hearing, mobility and learning, you can create and do amazing things.

Learn more about Accessibility

Features include:

  • VoiceOver

  • Zoom

  • Motion, display and text settings

  • Accessi­bility Reader

  • Voice Control

  • Switch Control

  • Closed Captions

  • Live Captions

  • Personal Voice and Live Speech

Built-in Apps8

  • App Store

  • Books

  • Calendar

  • Contacts

  • FaceTime

  • Find My

  • Freeform

  • GarageBand

  • Home

  • iMovie

  • iPhone Mirroring

  • Keynote

  • Mail

  • Maps

  • Messages

  • Music

  • News

  • Notes

  • Numbers

  • Pages

  • Passwords

  • Photo Booth

  • Photos

  • Podcasts

  • Preview

  • QuickTime Player

  • Reminders

  • Safari

  • Shortcuts

  • Stocks

  • Time Machine

  • Tips

  • TV

  • Voice Memos

  • Weather

Configure to Order

Configure your Mac mini with these options at apple.com:

Apple M6 chip

  • 24GB or 32GB unified memory

  • 512GB, 1TB or 2TB SSD

  • 10Gb Ethernet

Apple M5 Pro chip

  • M5 Pro with 18‑core CPU, 20‑core GPU and 16‑core Neural Engine

  • 48GB or 64GB unified memory

  • 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB SSD

  • 10Gb Ethernet

Mac mini and the Environment

See the Mac mini Product En­viron­men­tal Report (PDF)

Progress towards Apple 2030

  • Apple 2030 is our goal to be carbon neutral across our value chain. We design our products to be less carbon intensive by prioritising the use of recycled and renewable content and low‑carbon materials while focusing on the energy efficiency of our software and hardware.

See Apple’s commitment

Materials

Mac mini is made with 50% recycled content,9 including:

  • 100% recycled aluminium in the enclosure and thermal module stage

  • 100% recycled copper in multiple thermal module components

  • 100% recycled copper plating in all Apple‑designed printed circuit boards

  • 100% recycled gold plating and tin solder in all Apple‑designed printed circuit boards

  • 80% recycled steel in multiple components including the logo and fan pillow

Packaging

  • 100% fibre‑based packaging10

Energy

  • 100% of manufacturing electricity for Mac mini is sourced from renewable electricity11

  • 100% of expected customer use electricity matched with low‑carbon electricity12

  • ENERGY STAR® certified13

Smarter chemistry14

  • All the materials used in Apple products, accessories and packaging are covered by the requirements of our Regulated Substances Specification, which was one of the first in industry to restrict the use of key substances of concern. See the latest En­viron­men­tal Progress Report to understand Apple’s recent efforts in phasing out these chemistries.

Acoustic Performance

Declared noise emission values in accordance with ECMA-109

Acoustic Performance

Sound Power Level

L W A,m (B)

Sound Pressure Level

Operator Position

L p A,m (dB)

Idle

1.3 (K V = 0.3)

4

Wireless web

1.3 (K V = 0.3)

4

  1. L W A,m is the mean A-weighted sound power level, rounded to the nearest 0.1 B.

  2. L p A,m is the mean A-weighted sound pressure level measured at operator position (rounded to the nearest 1 dB).

  3. 1 B (bel) = 10 dB (decibel).

  4. K v is the statistical adder for computing upper-limit of A-weighted sound power level.

  5. The quantity, L W A,c (formerly called L W Ad) may be computed from the sum of L W A,m and K v .

  6. The wireless web test browses 6 tabs with a mix of content including media.

  7. Configuration tested: M5 Pro, 18-core CPU / 20-core GPU, 48GB unified memory, 8TB storage.

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

  2. Wi‑Fi 7 availability varies by country. For more information, visit support.apple.com/en-gb/148165.

  3. Weight varies by configuration and manufacturing process.

  4. Acoustics measured from typical operator position sitting in front of standard Mac mini system. Acoustics may vary by configuration.

  5. iPhone Mirroring is not available in all countries and regions. Some iPhone features (e.g. camera and microphone) are not compatible with iPhone Mirroring.

  6. Apple Intelligence is available with Siri and device language set to Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish or Vietnamese. Some features may not be available in all regions or languages. Some devices may not be available in all regions.

  7. Siri AI will be available in beta later this year and requires an Apple Intelligence–enabled device set to a supported language. Available in English to start. Siri AI will not initially be available in the EU on iOS, iPadOS and watchOS.

  8. iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers and Keynote are available on the Mac App Store. Downloading apps requires an Apple Account and a device that is compatible with the OS version required for each app.

  9. Product recycled or renewable content is the mass of certified recycled material relative to the overall mass of the device, not including packaging or in‑box accessories. Less than 3.5% claimed recycled and renewable content uses mass balance allocation.

  10. Breakdown of US retail packaging by weight. Adhesives, inks and coatings are excluded from our calculations.

  11. We use a mix of supplier and Apple renewable energy projects when sourcing our manufacturing electricity.

  12. Apple is matching 100% of expected electricity consumption for product use with low‑carbon electricity.

  13. ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are registered trademarks owned by the US En­viron­men­tal Protection Agency.

  14. Apple’s Regulated Substances Specification describes Apple’s restrictions on the use of certain chemical substances in materials in Apple products, accessories, manufacturing processes, and packaging used for shipping products to Apple’s end customers. Restrictions are derived from international laws or directives, regulatory agencies, eco‑label requirements, environmental standards and Apple policies. Every Apple product is free of PVC and phthalates except for AC power leads in India, Thailand (for two‑prong AC power leads) and South Korea, where we continue to seek government approval for our PVC and phthalates replacement. Apple products comply with the European Union Directive 2011/65/EU and its amendments, including exemptions for the use of lead such as high‑temperature solder. Apple is working to phase out the use of these exempted substances for new products where technically possible.