Apple Mac mini M6

The Mac mini with Apple's M6 chip — a 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU in Apple's smallest desktop. You supply the display, keyboard and mouse.

Processor

• 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

Media Engine

• Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAW
• Video decode engine
• Video encode engine
• ProRes encode and decode engine
• AV1 decode
• Memory: 16GB or 24GB unified memory, depending on configuration
• Storage: 256GB or 512GB SSD, depending on configuration

Connections and Expansion

On front

• Two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s)
• 3.5 mm headphone jack
• 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)
• HDMI port

On back (M6)

• Three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports with support for:
• Thunderbolt 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
• USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s)
• DisplayPort

Display Support

• 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 HDM
• 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 multichannel audio

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
• 3.5 mm headphone jack with advanced support for high-impedance headphones
• HDMI port supports multichannel audio output

Communications

Wireless

• Apple N1 wireless networking chip
• Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be)
• 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)
• Color: Silver

Memory is fitted at manufacture on Apple silicon and cannot be upgraded later, so choose the capacity you want for the life of the machine.