Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) vs Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)

Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023)¹Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)²

Quick look

Quick look: Mac mini M2 Pro against Mac Studio M1 Max
Figure	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Price	£1,399³launch price	£1,999⁴launch price
Chip	M2 Prochip	M1 Maxchip
CPU	10-coreCPU	10-coreCPU
GPU	16-coreGPU	24-coreGPU
Memory	16GBunified memory, base	32GBunified memory, base
Storage	512GBstorage, base	512GBstorage, base
Released	24 January 2023³ReleasedIn Apple Stores; orderable online from 17 January 2023.	18 March 2022⁴ReleasedIn select Apple Stores; orderable online from 8 March 2022.
Security updates	Not available⁵Security updates	Not available⁶Security updates

Price: The Mac mini M2 Pro is £1,399 at launch, per Apple Newsroom (UK); the Mac Studio M1 Max is £1,999 at launch, per Apple Newsroom (UK).

True to scale

Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) · 197 × 35.8 mm frontMac Studio (M1 Max, 2022) · 197 × 95 mm front

Front faces, from Apple’s published dimensions, drawn to one scale and superposed. Corner rounding is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Each figure is from the source marked by its Mac’s name unless it carries its own small number, which links to where that figure was read.

Body

Body: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Dimensions	35.8 x 197 x 197 mm	95 x 197 x 197 mm
Weight	1.28 kg	2.7 kg
Colours	Silver	Silver
Ports	Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), 3.5mm headphone jack	Four Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI port, 10Gb Ethernet, 3.5mm headphone jack; on front (M1 Max): two USB-C ports (up to 10Gb/s), SDXC card slot (UHS-II)
Thunderbolt ports	4	4
Thunderbolt version	Thunderbolt 4	Thunderbolt 4
USB-A ports	2	2
HDMI	HDMI port	HDMI port
SD card slot	No SD card slot.⁷	Yes
Headphone jack	Yes	Yes

Chip and memory

Chip and memory: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Chip	Apple M2 Pro chip	Apple M1 Max chip
Apple silicon	Yes	Yes
CPU cores	10	10
Performance cores	6	8
Efficiency cores	4	2
GPU cores	16	24
Neural Engine cores	16	16
Chip options	M2 Pro with 10-core CPU and 16-core GPU, or M2 Pro with 12-core CPU and 19-core GPU	M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 24-core GPU, or M1 Max with 10-core CPU and 32-core GPU⁸
Memory (base)	16GB	32GB
Memory (maximum)	32GB	64GB⁸
Memory options	16GB or 32GB	32GB or 64GB⁸
Memory upgradeable by user	No, as Apple documents⁹	Not available¹⁰
Memory bandwidth	200 GB/s	400 GB/s
Storage (base)	512GB	512GB
Storage (maximum)	8TB	8TB⁸
Storage options	512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB	512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB⁸
Media engine	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engine	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes, and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginetwo video encode enginestwo ProRes encode and decode engines

Battery and power

Battery and power: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Maximum continuous power	185 W	370 W

Connectivity

Connectivity: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Wi-Fi	Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)	802.11ax Wi-Fi 6
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)	10Gb Ethernet (Nbase-T Ethernet with support for 1Gb, 2.5Gb, 5Gb and 10Gb Ethernet using RJ-45 connector)
External displays (base)	3	5

Camera and audio

Camera and audio: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Speakers	Built-in speaker¹¹	Built-in speaker¹²

Platform

Platform: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Newest macOS	macOS 27 Golden Gate¹³	macOS 27 Golden Gate¹⁴
Model identifier	Mac14,12¹⁵	Mac13,1¹⁶
Model year	2023	2022

Benchmarks

Benchmarks: Apple Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) against Apple Mac Studio (M1 Max, 2022)
Specification	Mac mini M2 Pro¹	Mac Studio M1 Max²
Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core)	2,415¹⁷	2,229¹⁸
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core)	13,806¹⁷	14,319¹⁸

Sources

Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs · Default for Mac mini M2 Pro · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (2022) - Tech Specs · Default for Mac Studio M1 Max · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple introduces new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro — more powerful, capable, and versatile than ever · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils all-new Mac Studio and Studio Display · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 22 Sep 2026
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Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023): No SD card slot. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (2022) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Upgrade or install memory in your Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Not published by Apple. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (2022) - Tech Specs; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils all-new Mac Studio and Studio Display; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (2022) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 22 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) — Mac mini (M2 Pro, 2023) · third-party figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Geekbench Browser (Primate Labs) · third-party figure · read 11 Oct 2026
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Not published by Apple

Mac mini M2 Pro. Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, microphones, the macOS it shipped with. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2023) - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple introduces new Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro — more powerful, capable, and versatile than ever, read 9 Oct 2026.

Mac Studio M1 Max. Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, microphones, the macOS it shipped with. Geekbench 7 Metal: the Mac chart row for this Mac does not state its GPU core count, so no Metal score is shown (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac Studio (2022) - Tech Specs; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils all-new Mac Studio and Studio Display; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac Studio model, read 9 Oct 2026.

If you own one of them

Whether to move is a different question from which is better. Each Mac has a page on it: what its successor changes (the newest Mac in its line where Apple sells one, otherwise the Mac this site treats as its replacement, which can be in another line), what it fetches and whether it still gets updates. Should I upgrade my Mac mini M2 Pro (2023)? · Should I upgrade my Mac Studio M1 Max (2022)?

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