M2 Mac mini specs, features, and analysis
Here's what you need to know about 2023 M2 Mac mini including price, display info, CPU, RAM, storage, battery, and more.
Key Features | M2 Mac mini |
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Availability | M2 Mac mini |
Released | 2023 |
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Exterior | M2 Mac mini |
Dimensions | 7.75” x 7.75” x 1.41” (197 mm x 197 mm x 35.8 mm) |
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Colors | Silver |
Ports | M2 Mac mini |
Ports | ![]() Back (10)
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Internal Specs | M2 Mac mini |
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Connectivity | M2 Mac mini |
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Bluetooth | Bluetooth 5.3 wireless technology |
Ethernet |
10/100/1000 BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45 connector)
Configuration up to 10 Gbs
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Battery | M2 Mac mini |
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Software | M2 Mac mini |
OS | Shipped with macOS Ventura |
Built-in Apps | Photos iMovie GarageBand Pages Numbers Keynote Siri Safari Mail FaceTime Messages Maps News Stocks Home Voice Memos Notes Calendar Contacts Reminders Photo Booth Preview Music Podcasts TV Books App Store Time Machine Find My QuickTime Player |
Camera & Audio | M2 Mac mini |
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Misc | M2 Mac mini |
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Warranty | Your Mac mini comes with 90 days of complimentary technical support and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase AppleCare+ for Mac to extend your coverage to three years from your AppleCare+ purchase date and add up to two incidents of accidental damage coverage, each subject to a service fee of $99 for external enclosure damage, or $299 for other repairable damage, plus applicable tax. |
More | M2 Mac mini: video supports
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Our analysis and reviews

What we like
Reasons to like about M2 Mac mini.
The new 2023 Mac mini is available with an M2 Pro chip option that brings more I/O ports, more and faster-unified memory, and supports up to three displays.
What we don't like
Reasons not to like about M2 Mac mini.
Apple cut costs on an entry-level 256GB SSD option by placing only a single SSD chip instead of two like the previous M1 Mac mini.
M2 Mac mini has soldered storage, and there are no M.2 slots for expansion. Learn more
Storage Slots | M2 Mac mini |
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M.2 | 0 - Onboard |
The memory on M2 Mac mini is soldered to the motherboard, and there is no additional RAM slot for expansion. Since you can't change or add more RAM after you buy, you want to make sure you pick the configuration with the right amount of memory at the initial purchase. Learn more
Memory | M2 Mac mini |
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Slots | 0 - Onboard |
Type | LPDDR5 |
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What's new
Improvements over its predecessor.
For a hundred dollars less, you get a base model of Mac mini with an M2 (8 CPU cores and 10 GPU cores) chip, 8GB of unified memory, and a 256GB SSD.
The new M2 Pro Mac mini can simultaneously output up to three displays with two 6K@60Hz displays and one 4K@60Hz.
- Supports larger unified memory capacity of up to 24GB.
- Uses faster LPDDR5 memory.
- The headphone jack now supports high-impedance headphones.
- Comes with Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.
- Shipped with macOS Ventura.
- New 185W built-in power supply.
- Supports larger unified memory capacity of up to 32GB.
- Supports up to 200GB/s of memory bandwidth.
- Supports up to three display outputs.
- Support the latest HDMI version 2.1, which can output up to 8K@60Hz or 4K@240Hz.
Apple M2 Pro (12C, 19G) inside M2 Mac mini has a 100% better multi-core CPU performance score than the Apple M1 (8C, 8G) inside M1 Mac mini.
M2 Mac mini supports a larger memory capacity than the M1 Mac mini. It supports up to 32GB versus 16GB of system memory on the M1 Mac mini.
M2 Mac mini has more ports and slots count than the M1 Mac mini. It has ten versus eight amount of ports and slots on the M1 Mac mini.
Ports | M2 Mac mini | M1 Mac mini |
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HDMI | Yes | Yes |
headphone jack | Yes | Yes |
power port | Yes | Yes |
RJ-45 | Yes | Yes |
Thunderbolt 3 | No | Yes x2 |
Thunderbolt 4 | Yes x4 | No |
USB-A | Yes x2 | Yes x2 |
Total | 10 | 8 |
What's missing
Downsides over its predecessor.
To have a Mac mini with three monitors set up, you will need a model with an M2 Pro chip. The M2 chip supports only up to two displays output simultaneously, with one 5K@60Hz and one 4K@60Hz.
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