January 17, 2023
PRESS RELEASE
Apple introduces new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Professional — extra highly effective, succesful, and versatile than ever
Beginning at simply $599, Mac mini is much more reasonably priced
CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA Apple right this moment unveiled the brand new Mac mini, supercharged by M2 and the all-new M2 Professional. With the M2 chip, Mac mini is much more highly effective, succesful, and reasonably priced with a brand new beginning value of simply $599. The brand new M2 Professional chip delivers pro-level efficiency to Mac mini for the primary time, enabling customers to run high-performance workflows that had been beforehand unimaginable in such a compact design. Mac mini with M2 and M2 Professional delivers quicker efficiency, much more unified reminiscence, and superior connectivity, together with assist for as much as two shows on the M2 mannequin, and as much as three shows on the M2 Professional mannequin. Paired with Studio Show and Magic equipment, together with the ability and ease of macOS Ventura, Mac mini offers an exceptional desktop expertise that can take customers’ productiveness and creativity to the subsequent degree. Clients can order the brand new Mac mini fashions right this moment, with availability starting Tuesday, January 24.
“With unbelievable capabilities and a wide selection of connectivity in its compact design, Mac mini is utilized in so many locations, in so many alternative methods. At this time, we’re excited to take it even additional with M2 and M2 Professional,” stated Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior vp of Worldwide Advertising. “Bringing much more efficiency and a decrease beginning value, Mac mini with M2 is an incredible worth. And for customers who want highly effective professional efficiency, Mac mini with M2 Professional is not like every other desktop in its class.”
Even Extra Efficiency with M2 and M2 Professional
In comparison with the previous-generation Mac mini, M2 and M2 Professional convey a quicker next-generation CPU and GPU, a lot increased reminiscence bandwidth, and a extra highly effective media engine to Mac mini, delivering extraordinary efficiency and industry-leading energy effectivity. Each fashions function a sophisticated thermal system for distinctive sustained efficiency.
Mac mini with M2
Mac mini with M2 options an 8-core CPU with 4 high-performance and 4 high-efficiency cores, together with a 10-core GPU — good for customers in search of superfast efficiency and unbelievable productiveness at an much more reasonably priced beginning value of $599. On a regular basis duties are blazing quick — from launching and multitasking between apps to looking the net. For customers with extra intensive duties, Mac mini with M2 additionally powers by way of much more demanding workloads. With as much as 24GB of unified reminiscence and 100GB/s of bandwidth, actions like picture modifying in Adobe Photoshop are as much as 50 % quicker1 than the earlier technology. M2 additionally provides ProRes acceleration to Mac mini, so duties like video modifying in Closing Minimize Professional are greater than twice as quick.1 The M2 mannequin may also concurrently play as much as two streams of 8K ProRes 422 video at 30 fps, or as much as 12 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video at 30 fps. With all this efficiency, Mac mini is as much as 5x quicker than the bestselling Home windows desktop,2 delivering unbelievable worth to first-time pc consumers, upgraders, and PC switchers.
When in comparison with the Mac mini with Intel Core i7,3 Mac mini with M2 presents:
- As much as 22x quicker machine studying (ML) picture upscaling efficiency in Pixelmator Professional.
- 9.8x quicker advanced timeline rendering in Closing Minimize Professional.
When in comparison with the previous-generation Mac mini with M1,1 Mac mini with M2 delivers:
- As much as 2.4x quicker ProRes transcode in Closing Minimize Professional.
- As much as 50 % quicker filter and performance efficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
- As much as 35 % quicker gameplay in Resident Evil Village.
Mac mini with M2 Professional
M2 Professional brings pro-level efficiency to Mac mini for the primary time. That includes as much as a 12-core CPU with eight high-performance cores and 4 high-efficiency cores, together with as much as a 19-core GPU, M2 Professional has 200GB/s of reminiscence bandwidth — double the quantity in M2 — and helps as much as 32GB of reminiscence. The subsequent-generation Neural Engine is 40 % quicker than M1, dashing up ML duties like video evaluation and picture processing. Designed to dramatically speed up video playback and encoding whereas utilizing little or no energy, M2 Professional presents a robust media engine, which speeds by way of the most well-liked video codecs and may concurrently play as much as 5 streams of 8K ProRes 422 video at 30 fps, or as much as 23 streams of 4K ProRes 422 video at 30 fps. The M2 Professional-powered mannequin is as much as 14x quicker than the quickest Intel-based Mac mini.3
When in comparison with the 27-inch iMac with Intel Core i7 and Radeon Professional 5500 XT,4 Mac mini with M2 Professional presents:
- As much as 50 % quicker filter and performance efficiency in Adobe Photoshop.
- As much as 5.5x quicker panoramic merge in Adobe Lightroom Basic.
- As much as 4.4x quicker object monitoring in Closing Minimize Professional.
When in comparison with the previous-generation M1 Mac mini,1 Mac mini with M2 Professional delivers:
- As much as 2.5x quicker graphics efficiency in Affinity Photograph.
- As much as 4.2x quicker ProRes transcode in Closing Minimize Professional.
- As much as 2.8x quicker gameplay in Resident Evil Village.
With M2 Professional, Mac mini customers can run high-performance workflows that had been beforehand inconceivable in such a compact kind issue. Musicians can produce music with extremely highly effective plug-ins and results with out lacking a beat, whereas photographers can alter big pictures instantly. Creators can seamlessly work in multicam with a number of digital camera codecs, together with ProRes video, and players can play demanding titles in console high quality. Gaming efficiency is as much as 15x quicker than the quickest Intel-based Mac mini.3
Superior Connectivity
Mac mini continues to ship in depth connectivity with a variety of ports. The M2 mannequin options two Thunderbolt 4 ports and assist for as much as two shows. The M2 Professional mannequin consists of 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports and assist for as much as three shows. Moreover, the M2 Professional mannequin can assist one 8K show, a primary for the Mac. Each fashions function two USB-A ports, an HDMI port, a Gigabit Ethernet port with a 10GB possibility, and an upgraded headphone jack to assist high-impedance headphones. For wi-fi connectivity, each new fashions additionally function the most recent requirements with Wi-Fi 6E5 for as much as 2x quicker throughput than earlier than, in addition to Bluetooth 5.3.
A Phenomenal Desktop Expertise with Studio Show and Magic Equipment
Paired with Studio Show and Magic equipment, Mac mini delivers an exceptional desktop expertise. Studio Show completes the total Mac desktop setup expertise with its expansive 27-inch 5K Retina show, 12MP Extremely Large digital camera with Heart Stage, studio-quality three-mic array, and six-speaker sound system with Spatial Audio. Clients can add matching Magic equipment that complement the elegant design of Mac mini and Studio Show.
macOS Ventura
With macOS Ventura, Mac mini delivers much more efficiency and productiveness. Highly effective updates like Continuity Digicam convey videoconferencing options to any Mac, together with Desk View, Heart Stage, Studio Gentle, and extra. Handoff in FaceTime permits customers to start out a FaceTime name on their iPhone or iPad and fluidly move it over to their Mac, or vice versa. And instruments like Stage Supervisor routinely manage apps and home windows, so customers can think about the duty at hand and nonetheless see every thing in a single look.
Messages and Mail are higher than ever, whereas Safari — the world’s quickest browser on Mac — ushers in a passwordless future with passkeys. With iCloud Shared Photograph Library, customers can now create and share a separate photograph library amongst as much as six members of the family, and the brand new Freeform app offers a versatile canvas that helps customers be extra productive and expressive, whether or not they’re planning or brainstorming on their very own, or with others. With the ability and recognition of Apple silicon, and new developer instruments in Steel 3, gaming on Mac has by no means been higher.
Mac mini and the Surroundings
Mac mini is designed to attenuate its influence on the surroundings, together with one hundred pc of the next recycled supplies: aluminum within the enclosure, uncommon earth parts in all magnets, tin within the solder of the principle logic board, and gold within the plating of a number of printed circuit boards. It additionally options 35 % or extra recycled plastic in a number of parts and meets Apple’s excessive requirements for power effectivity. It is freed from quite a few dangerous substances, and 96 % of the packaging is fiber based mostly, bringing Apple nearer to its purpose of fully eradicating plastic from its packaging by 2025.
At this time, Apple is carbon impartial for world company operations, and by 2030, plans to be one hundred pc carbon impartial throughout your complete manufacturing provide chain and all product life cycles. Because of this each Apple system bought, from part manufacturing, meeting, transport, buyer use, charging, all the way in which to recycling and materials restoration, can have net-zero local weather influence.
Pricing and Availability
- The brand new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Professional is offered to order right this moment, January 17, on apple.com/retailer and within the Apple Retailer app in 27 nations and areas, together with the US. It’s going to begin arriving to clients, and in Apple Retailer areas and Apple Approved Resellers, starting Tuesday, January 24.
- Mac mini with M2 and M2 Professional will likely be out there in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, and New Zealand starting Friday, February 3.
- Mac mini with M2 begins at $599 (US) and $499 (US) for training. Further technical specs can be found at apple.com/mac-mini.
- Mac mini with M2 Professional begins at $1,299 (US) and $1,199 (US) for training. Further technical specs can be found at apple.com/mac-mini.
- Further technical specs and particulars on Studio Show and Magic equipment can be found at apple.com/retailer.
- Each buyer who buys a Mac from Apple can get pleasure from a free On-line Private Session with an Apple Specialist; get their product arrange in choose shops, together with assist with knowledge switch; and obtain steerage on make their new Mac work the way in which they need.
- With Apple Commerce In, clients can commerce of their present pc and get credit score towards a brand new Mac. Clients can go to apple.com/store/trade-in to see what their system is price.
- AppleCare+ for Mac offers professional technical assist and extra {hardware} protection from Apple, together with limitless incidents of unintended harm protection, every topic to a payment.
About Apple
Apple revolutionized private expertise with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. At this time, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV. Apple’s 5 software program platforms — iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS — present seamless experiences throughout all Apple gadgets and empower folks with breakthrough companies together with the App Retailer, Apple Music, Apple Pay, and iCloud. Apple’s greater than 100,000 staff are devoted to creating one of the best merchandise on earth, and to leaving the world higher than we discovered it.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation Mac mini techniques with Apple M1, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16GB of RAM, and 2TB SSD.
- Testing was carried out by Apple in November and December 2022 utilizing preproduction Mac mini techniques with Apple M2, 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 8GB of RAM, and 256GB SSD, in addition to manufacturing Intel Core i5-based PC techniques with Intel UHD Graphics 730 and the most recent model of Home windows 11 out there on the time of testing. The bestselling system is predicated on publicly out there gross sales knowledge over the prior 12 months. Efficiency checks are carried out utilizing particular pc techniques and mirror the approximate efficiency of Mac mini.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 3.2GHz 6-core Intel Core i7-based Mac mini techniques with Intel UHD Graphics 630, 64GB of RAM, and 2TB SSD.
- Outcomes are in comparison with previous-generation 3.8GHz 8-core Intel Core i7-based 27-inch iMac techniques with AMD Radeon Professional 5500 XT with 8GB of GDDR6, 8GB of RAM, and 512GB SSD.
- Wi‑Fi 6E just isn’t out there in China mainland. It requires macOS 13.2 or later in Japan.
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