The star of the show is the new M1 system-on-a-chip. The 2020 Mac Mini is silver, compared to space gray for the 2018 model Apple New 2020 Mac Mini vs 2018 Mac Mini: Chip and performance To help you decide if you should upgrade your miniature Mac desktop, here is how the new M1-powered 2020 Mac Mini compares to the 2018 Mac Mini. It has fewer ports than the 2018 model, which is still available from Apple with an Intel processor, and it has less RAM too. Apple claims the new model has up to three times the processor performance as the previous Mac Mini, with up to 6x faster graphics and 15x faster machine learning.īut the new model doesn't improve in every area. Apple reveals fast new Macs with own M1 chip and huge battery lifeĪpple's new Mac Mini uses the same M1 chip as the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro.Here are the differences between Apple's new MacBook Air and Pro.It promises dramatic increases in performance and energy efficiency. Related to the A-series of chips used by the iPhone and iPad, the M1 is the first Mac chip designed by Arm and made by Apple itself.

As well as unveiling new versions of MacBook Air and MacBook Pro, Apple this week announced a new Mac Mini, also powered by the company's equally new M1 system-on-a-chip.

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