Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) vs Mac mini (Late 2014)

Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024)¹Mac mini (Late 2014)²

Quick look

Quick look: Mac mini M4 Pro against Mac mini
Figure	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Price	£1,399³launch price	£399⁴launch price
Chip	M4 Prochip	Core i51.4GHz dual-core Intel
CPU	12-coreCPU	2-coreCPU
GPU	16-coreGPU	Not available⁵GPU
Memory	24GBunified memory, base	4GBmemory, base
Storage	512GBstorage, base	500GBstorage, base
Released	8 November 2024³ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 29 October 2024.	16 October 2014⁶Available online; Apple gave no in-store day
Security updates	Not available⁷Security updates	16 September 2024⁸Security updates ended

Price: The Mac mini M4 Pro is £1,399 at launch, per Apple Newsroom (UK); the Mac mini is £399 at launch, per Apple Newsroom (UK).

True to scale

Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) · 127 × 50 mm frontMac mini (Late 2014) · 197 × 36 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 (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Dimensions	50 x 127 x 127 mm	36 x 197 x 197 mm
Weight	0.73 kg	1.19 kg
Colours	Silver	Not available⁵
Ports	Front: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M4 Pro): Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports	Two Thunderbolt 2 ports, four USB 3 ports, HDMI port, SDXC card slot, Gigabit Ethernet port, audio in port, 3.5 mm headphone jack, IR receiver
Thunderbolt ports⁹	3	2
Thunderbolt version	Thunderbolt 5	Thunderbolt 2
USB-A ports	No USB-A ports.¹⁰	4
HDMI	HDMI port	HDMI port
SD card slot	No SD card slot.¹¹	Yes
Headphone jack	Yes	Yes

Chip and memory

Chip and memory: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Chip	Apple M4 Pro chip	1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Apple silicon	Yes	Intel processor, not Apple silicon.¹²
CPU cores	12	2
Performance cores	8	Not available¹³
Efficiency cores	4	Not available¹³
GPU cores	16	Not available⁵
Graphics	16-core GPU¹⁴	Intel HD Graphics 5000
Neural Engine cores	16	Not available¹⁵
Chip options	M4 Pro with 12-core CPU and 16-core GPU, or M4 Pro with 14-core CPU and 20-core GPU	1.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, 2.6GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, 2.8GHz dual-core Intel Core i5, or 3.0GHz dual-core Intel Core i7
Memory (base)	24GB	4GB
Memory (maximum)	64GB	16GB
Memory options	24GB, 48GB or 64GB	4GB, 8GB or 16GB
Memory upgradeable by user	No, as Apple documents¹⁶	No, as Apple documents¹⁶
Memory bandwidth	273 GB/s	Not available¹⁷
Storage (base)	512GB	500GB
Storage (maximum)	8TB	2TB
Storage options	512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB	500GB or 1TB hard drive, 1TB or 2TB Fusion Drive, or 256GB, 512GB or 1TB flash storage (SSD)
Media engine	Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engineAV1 decode	Not available¹⁵

Battery and power

Battery and power: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Maximum continuous power	155 W	85 W

Connectivity

Connectivity: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Wi-Fi	Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)	802.11ac Wi-Fi
Bluetooth	5.3	4.0
Ethernet	Gigabit Ethernet (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)	10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet (RJ-45)
External displays (base)	3	2

Camera and audio

Camera and audio: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Speakers	Built-in speaker¹⁴	Built-in speaker¹⁸

Platform

Platform: Apple Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024) against Apple Mac mini (Late 2014)
Specification	Mac mini M4 Pro¹	Mac mini²
Shipped with	Not available¹⁹	OS X Yosemite²⁰
Newest macOS	macOS 27 Golden Gate²¹	macOS Monterey²²
Model identifier	Mac16,10, Mac16,11²³	Macmini7,1²²
Model year	2024	2014

Sources

Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs · Default for Mac mini M4 Pro · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications · Default for Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple’s new Mac mini is more mighty, more mini, and built for Apple Intelligence · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026
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endoflife.date — Apple macOS · third-party figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Different Thunderbolt generations. Mac mini M4 Pro: Thunderbolt 5. Mac mini: Thunderbolt 2.
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Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024): No USB-A ports. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs. Read 30 Sep 2026
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Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024): No SD card slot. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Mac mini (Late 2014): Intel processor, not Apple silicon. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications. Read 15 Sep 2026
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Doesn’t apply: this is an Intel processor, and Apple lists a total core count only
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Doesn’t apply: Apple silicon feature; this Mac has an Intel processor
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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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Doesn’t apply: Apple publishes it only for Apple silicon
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026
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Not published by Apple. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple’s new Mac mini is more mighty, more mini, and built for Apple Intelligence. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini · 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) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 15 Sep 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 11 Oct 2026
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Not published by Apple

Mac mini M4 Pro. Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, microphones. Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (2024) - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple’s new Mac mini is more mighty, more mini, and built for Apple Intelligence, read 9 Oct 2026.

Mac mini. Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, microphones. Geekbench 7: the Mac chart has rows for the 2.6GHz and 3.0GHz Mac mini (Late 2014) configurations but not this 1.4GHz base chip, so no figures are shown (chart read 11 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (Late 2014) - Technical Specifications; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple Updates Mac mini, 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 M4 Pro (2024)? · Should I upgrade my Mac mini (Late 2014)?

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