Mac mini (M4, 2024)

Quick look

Price: £599²launch price
Chip: M4chip
CPU: 10-coreCPU
GPU: 10-coreGPU
Memory: 16GBunified memory, base
Storage: 256GBstorage, base
Released: 8 November 2024²ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 29 October 2024.
Security updates: Not available³Security updates

Each figure is from the source marked¹ unless it carries its own number.

Drawn to scale from the published dimensions below: the front face. Outline only — the corner radius is our drawing convention, not a measurement.

Specifications

Body

Dimensions: 50 x 127 x 127 mm
Weight: 0.67 kg
Colours: Silver
Ports: Front: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M4): Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports
Thunderbolt ports: 3
Thunderbolt version: Thunderbolt 4
USB-A ports: No USB-A ports.⁴
HDMI: HDMI port
SD card slot: No SD card slot.⁵
Headphone jack: Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: Apple M4 chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 10
Performance cores: 4
Efficiency cores: 6
GPU cores: 10
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: M4 with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU⁶
Memory (base): 16GB
Memory (maximum): 32GB⁶
Memory options: 16GB, 24GB or 32GB⁶
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁷
Memory bandwidth: 120 GB/s
Storage (base): 256GB
Storage (maximum): 2TB⁶
Storage options: 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB⁶
Media engine: Hardware-accelerated H.264, HEVC, ProRes and ProRes RAWvideo decode enginevideo encode engineProRes encode and decode engineAV1 decode

Battery and power

Maximum continuous power: 155 W

Connectivity

Wi-Fi: Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax)
Bluetooth: 5.3
Ethernet: Gigabit Ethernet (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)
External displays (base): 3

Camera and audio

Speakers: Built-in speaker⁸

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate⁹
Model identifier: Mac16,10, Mac16,11¹⁰
Part numbers: MCX44xx/A, MCYT4xx/A, MDAP4xx/A, MDAQ4xx/A, MDAY4xx/A, MU9D3xx/A, MU9E3xx/A¹¹
Model year: 2024

Benchmarks

Geekbench 7 (CPU, single-core): 3,277¹²
Geekbench 7 (CPU, multi-core): 15,324¹²
Geekbench 7 (Metal): 54,197¹²

A desktop Mac has no built-in display, battery or camera, so those rows do not apply.

What it actually costs

Used, Grade A: £730¹³repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £760 from 15 Oct 2026; £800 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade B: £680¹⁴repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £710 from 15 Oct 2026; £750 from 28 Sep 2026
Used, Grade C: £630¹⁵out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £660 from 15 Oct 2026; £700 from 28 Sep 2026
Trade in yours, Grade A: £467 cash / £540 voucher¹³16% more as store credit

Read 3 November 2026. CeX is one UK retailer; its used and trade-in figures are shown at its condition grades for the base configuration: M4 with 10-core CPU and 10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 256GB storage. “Since” is the first day MacIQ read that figure; “earlier” figures were each read from the date shown. We hold no stock and take no commission.

Apple UK price, as listed

12 November 2024 to 28 April 2026: £599¹⁶¹⁷
5 July 2026 to 15 August 2026: £799¹⁸¹⁹

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M4 chip, 10-core CPU, 10-core GPU, 16GB memory, 256GB storage), as the Internet Archive saved it. Each row runs from the first to the last Internet Archive capture MacIQ read at that price; the price may have held before and after. A price changed some time between the last capture read at one price and the first read at the next, so no day is given. A “From” price is the store’s starting price for the chip option; the base configuration is the lowest one listed under it. Captures from 9 May to 24 June 2026 do not list the 16GB, 256GB configuration, so no price for it is read in that window; the change lies between 28 April and 5 July 2026. Read 18 October 2026.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available²⁰
Security updates until: Not available²⁰
Basis: our inference from history²¹

Previous and next model

Previous model

Mac mini (M2, 2023), January 2023

What changed

Weight: 1.18 kg Mac mini M20.67 kg Mac mini M4
Ports: Two Thunderbolt 4 ports, two USB-A ports (up to 5Gb/s), HDMI port, Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), 3.5mm headphone jack Mac mini M2Front: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M4): Gigabit Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports Mac mini M4
Thunderbolt ports: 2 Mac mini M23 Mac mini M4
Chip: Apple M2 chip Mac mini M2Apple M4 chip Mac mini M4
CPU cores: 8 Mac mini M210 Mac mini M4
Memory (base): 8GB Mac mini M216GB Mac mini M4
Memory bandwidth: 100 GB/s Mac mini M2120 GB/s Mac mini M4

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