Mac Mini

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Mini M4/Pro

Notes

  • The M4 Pro adds more performance cores — roughly double the number of performance cores compared with base M4, leading to higher multi-core throughput.
  • The M4 Pro has significantly more GPU cores — up to 20 cores compared to 8–10 on the base M4.
  • M4 Pro supports much greater memory bandwidth (≈273 GB/s vs 120 GB/s) and larger unified memory, important for heavy pro apps and GPU workloads.
  • M4 SSD are upgradable but not standard

internal

Feature M4 (Base) M4 Pro
CPU Cores (Total) 8–10 12–14
Performance Cores 4 8–10
Efficiency Cores 4–6 4
Max CPU Clock (P-cores) ~4.4 GHz ~4.5 GHz
GPU Cores 8–10 16–20
GPU Architecture Apple GPU (HW ray tracing) Apple GPU (HW ray tracing)
Peak GPU Performance ~3.5–4.4 TFLOPS ~8–9+ TFLOPS
Memory Bandwidth ~120 GB/s ~273 GB/s
Max Unified Memory 32 GB 64 GB
Relative CPU Performance Baseline ~1.5–2× faster (multi-core)
Relative GPU Performance Baseline ~2× faster
Target Workloads Everyday use, light creative work Pro apps, video, 3D, large builds

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