The New M4 Mac mini - What to Expect Including M4 Benchmarks

The new M4 Mac mini and M4 Pro Mac mini will be coming out later this year and what features and specifications do we expect? We cover the design, features, and our thoughts of what could change on the new Mac mini. Then we cover benchmarks for both the M4 Mac mini and M4 Pro Mac mini to see how they compares to past Mac mini versions. We also cover the graphics benchmarks with Metal scores to see how the new M4 Mac minis perform in graphics performance compared to earlier models. If you are interested in the new M4 Mac mini and M4 Pro Mac mini then watch this video.

0:00 - Introduction
1:06 - M4 Mac mini Bad News
1:38 - How Many Mac minis Sell
3:09 - M4 Mac mini Design
3:44 - Other New M4 Mac mini Features
4:30 - M4 Mac mini Ram Upgrade
5:43 - M4 Mac mini Competition
6:47 - New 512GB Base SSD
7:01 - M4 Mac mini Performance
7:55 - M4 Mac mini Single-Core Benchmarks
9:03 - M4 Mac mini Multi-Core Benchmarks
10:17 - M4 Mac mini GPU Benchmarks Metal
11:45 - Possible Ship Dates and Conclusion

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[davidtindell]

thank you! an M4 Mac Pro Mac Mini with 36 Gb RAM, 1Tb SSD and max core counts sounds F A N T A S T I C !!!!

[pvdgucht]

Idk man, I believe the only reason they skipped a generation is because TSMC wanted to stop the N3B process completely A.S.A.P. and continue with the improved N3E.
Although it’s currently looking like the N2 process won’t be finished in time for M5/A19. So if they use the N3P node that will give very little performance increase and so yeah they might skip again since it’s not worth the effort, and then again 2NM will bright huge improvements once again.
Idk 🤷🏼‍♂️ I believe they just do what makes sense in this regard. If they have massive performance improvement (20-30% in efficiency or performance) they will update everything and if not they skip, it looks like that’s the trend currently since improvement is slowing down and having improved nodes every year is getting more difficult for TSMC/ASML.

[mosando]

I was waiting for an M3 Mac Mini this year so I could swap out my Windows PC but now I do not mind at all waiting a little longer for an M4 Mac Mini. I am super excited for it

[thetheoryguy]

Apparently the M4 is getting a redesign.

[bryans]

An M4 Pro Mac mini? That thing will be a beast!

[jayemery]

Great video, I really appreciate your insights! Do you think we’ll see the switch to USB-C keyboard/mouse/trackpad peripherals in that October/November event?

[Hard__Iron]

All I know, is I would have NEVER tried Apple silicon without the M1 Mini to trial them on….Once I did, I was ALL IN! But my most used machine is STILL the M1 Mini. Don’t get me wrong, there is still a need for the MacBook Pro and iPad Pro quite often. But day to day the Mac Mini and iPad Mini 6 are used by me…the most! If Apple would make the Mini “better” by targeting the higher end workloads, they’d sell a lot more than 2%.

[Absorbing]

personally I don't care about color but i'v been holding out for another 27" iMac but may get a mini if it doesn't come out by 2025

[stevensmith]

I turned an old 27” iMac into a 5K monitor and mounted a m2 pro Mac mini to the back and voila! An iMac Mini M2 Pro 😂

[haydar_kir]

I’ve been using windows forever and I don’t really need another pc. But I’ve been using iPhone and ipads for a long time and I love how easy they synchronize and transfer files. I will most likely get the Mac Mini as my new “toy”.

[bstevens]

Will need to see the performance from an M2 Pro mac mini to a M4 Pro mac mini to decide if that upgrade is worthwhile. Your video ( thank you! ) gives that impression but would like to see that direct comparison ( or estimate in the case of the M4 Pro mac mini ). Keep it up Craig. Enjoy your honesty.

[jona_KardCiv]

I want to see the difference between the M2 Pro and the M4 Pro

[alexcastas]

Good info as always. I will say that apple is pretty darn lucky they can get away with the low ram in their systems due to overall efficiency of their hardware and software. Pretty amazing compared to windows. The con is they do charge for it if you want more and that’s frustrating.

[paulmitchell]

A matt black mini would be nice. The base spec's that you mentioned would probably do me other than upping storage. Would be handy to be able to use an Apple tv remote and Siri on it too🤔

[IPULCOLUMBIA]

I have an i7 2.6 Mac Mini—maxed—1TD SSD…do I really need an upgrade?

[digitalmarketinghumans]

I wonder if they'll ever change the mac mini body. It's a great looking box but seeing it in person, it's definitely bigger than I thought. 😂 Such a power house.

I wonder if the Mac Studio is eating out of Apple's sales from their mac minis. The M2 Pro mac mini vs Mac studio M2 Max to me didn't make sense, since they are close in price and the. M2 max definitely does better.

The Mac mini line skipping M3 is smart. Good thing they jumped right to M4. I feel M4 chip wise is a game changer compared to M3. M5 may not be so much game changing BUT it'll be similar where they may change the physical look of their devices.

To me it's still better than what Intel does for their upgrades where their chips just slight upgrade, ie: 10th gen CPU vs 11th gen CPU. It's not much and Apple does a better job with available upgrades although some may say they are a bit slower to the market. But hey, they do a great job. So far, their ray tracing does a REAL good job since it's their first gen with M3. It will one day compete against Nvidia RTX.

[markmitchell]

I have been rocking a base M1 Mac Mini since intro. An M4 w/12gb would do it for me.

[rorywalters]

I’m thinking if the base M4 Mac mini could get 4 thunderbolt ports, they got to give the M4 Pro version 6. If they place those ports vertically there would be enough space to do so. My current home Mac is a 2014 and that’s how Apple managed to put 4 USBA ports onto it.

[woom]

Still running a m1 here might go for m4 i think.

[williameverets]

Thank You still waiting for new iPad pro and 24 inch iMac