APPLE Mac Mini M4 Pro 12-core (2024) – Excellent

November 2024 saw the launch of the Apple Mac mini M4 Pro 12-core, alongside its entry-level counterpart, the Mac mini M4 10-core. The redesigned chassis draws inspiration from the Mac Studio, supports up to three external displays, and offers memory configurations up to 64GB. What sets the M4 Pro model apart is its Thunderbolt 5 support, a step up from the Thunderbolt 4 found in the base M4 version.
 

Spec

Processor Apple M4 chip 12-core CPU (8 performance and 4 efficiency cores), 16-core GPU (with hardware-accelerated ray tracing), 16-core Neural Engine and 273GB/s memory bandwidth

Memory 24GB, 48GB or 64GB of Unified Memory

Storage 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB SSD

Display Support

• Up to two displays: one display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt and one display with up to 8K resolution at 60Hz or 4K resolution at 240Hz over Thunderbolt or HDMI
• Up to three displays: three displays with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz over Thunderbolt or HDMI

Audio Built in speaker, 3.5mm audio jack and HDMI 2.1 with multi-channel audio output

Connections

• Front: Two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack
• Back: Gigabit Ethernet port, HDMI 2.1 port and three Thunderbolt 5 ports with support for Thunderbolt 5 (up to 120Gb/s), USB 4 (up to 40Gb/s) and DisplayPort

Communications WiFi 6E (802.11ax), Bluetooth 5.3 and Gigabit Ethernet

Size and Weight (H)5.0 by (W)12.7 by (D)12.7cm, weighing 0.73kg

macOS 15 Sequoia

Boring Stuff Order No: MCX44 – Model No. A3239 (EMC 8852)

Environment Report

Performance

Geekbench 6 Single Core – 3841

Geekbench 6 Multi Core – 20168

Geekbench Metal – 97044

Geekbench AI (Core ML, Single Precision) – 4718