Mac mini (M5 Pro)

Quick look

Price: £1,699²Apple UK store
Chip: M5 Prochip
CPU: 15-coreCPU
GPU: 16-coreGPU
Memory: 24GBunified memory, base
Storage: 512GBstorage, base
Released: 22 September 2026³ReleasedIn Apple Stores; pre-order from 25 August 2026.
Security updates: Not available⁴Security updates

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

Latest: Mac mini M6 and M5 Pro in Apple Stores from 22 September, 22 Sept

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: 0.73 kg
Colours: Silver
Ports: Front: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M5 Pro): 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports
Thunderbolt ports: 3
Thunderbolt version: Thunderbolt 5
USB-A ports: No USB-A ports.⁵
HDMI: HDMI port
SD card slot: No SD card slot.⁶
Headphone jack: Yes

Chip and memory

Chip: Apple M5 Pro chip
Apple silicon: Yes
CPU cores: 15
Super cores: 5⁷
Performance cores: 10⁷
GPU cores: 16
Neural Engine cores: 16
Chip options: M5 Pro with 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, or M5 Pro with 18-core CPU and 20-core GPU
Memory (base): 24GB
Memory (maximum): 64GB
Memory options: 24GB, 48GB or 64GB
Memory upgradeable by user: No, as Apple documents⁸
Memory bandwidth: 307 GB/s
Storage (base): 512GB
Storage (maximum): 8TB
Storage options: 512GB, 1TB, 2TB, 4TB or 8TB
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 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth: 6
Ethernet: 2.5Gb Ethernet (100/1000/2500BASE‑T Multi‑Gigabit Ethernet; configurable to 10Gb Ethernet)
External displays (base): 3

Camera and audio

Speakers: Built-in speaker⁹

Platform

Newest macOS: macOS 27 Golden Gate¹⁰
Model identifier: Mac17,16¹¹
Part numbers: MHQN4xx/A, MHQU4xx/A¹²
Model year: 2026

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

What it actually costs

New: £1,699²recommended retail
Used, Grade A: £1,625¹³repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £1,550 from 15 Oct 2026
Used, Grade B: £1,575¹⁴out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £1,500 from 15 Oct 2026
Used, Grade C: £1,525¹⁵out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £1,450 from 15 Oct 2026
Trade in yours, Grade A: £1,121 cash / £1,202 voucher¹³7% 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: M5 Pro with 15-core CPU and 16-core GPU, 24GB memory, 512GB 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

17 September 2026 to 12 October 2026: £1,699¹⁶¹⁷

Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M5 Pro chip, 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB memory, 512GB 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. MacIQ read a selection of the Archive’s captures, not every one. A “From” price is the store’s starting price for the chip option; the base configuration is the lowest one listed under it. Read 18 October 2026.

Software support

Feature updates until: Not available¹⁸
Security updates until: Not available¹⁸
Basis: our inference from history¹⁹

Previous and next model

Previous model

Mac mini (M4 Pro, 2024), November 2024

What changed

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 Mac mini M4 ProFront: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M5 Pro): 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 5 (USB-C) ports Mac mini M5 Pro
Chip: Apple M4 Pro chip Mac mini M4 ProApple M5 Pro chip Mac mini M5 Pro
CPU cores: 12 Mac mini M4 Pro15 Mac mini M5 Pro
Memory bandwidth: 273 GB/s Mac mini M4 Pro307 GB/s Mac mini M5 Pro
Wi-Fi: Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) Mac mini M4 ProWi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) Mac mini M5 Pro

Full comparison

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Sources

Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs · Default for Mac mini (M5 Pro) · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Apple UK store — Mac mini M5 Pro, 15-core CPU, 16-core GPU, 24GB, 512GB — From £1,699 · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026
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Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026
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Security updates: no end date published. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026
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No USB-A ports. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs. Read 30 Sep 2026
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No SD card slot. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - 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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Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - 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) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 10 Oct 2026
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Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade A · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade B · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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CeX — Used, Grade C · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac mini - Apple (UK), captured 17 Sep 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac mini - Apple (UK), captured 12 Oct 2026 · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026
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Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026
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Runs macOS 27 Golden Gate. endoflife.date states that major versions of macOS are usually maintained for three years and that Apple usually provides security updates for the latest 3 releases, but this isn't consistently applied. Source: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026
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Not published by Apple

Mac mini (M5 Pro). Apple doesn’t publish for this Mac: storage upgradeable by user, microphones, the macOS it shipped with. Geekbench 7: the Mac chart has no entry for this Mac, so no figures are shown (chart read 10 Oct 2026). Pages checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs; Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model; Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro, read 9 Oct 2026.