Mac mini (M6)
Quick look
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,
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 (M6): 2.5Gb 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.5
- HDMI
- HDMI port
- SD card slot
- No SD card slot.5
- Headphone jack
- Yes
Chip and memory
- Chip
- Apple M6 chip
- Apple silicon
- Yes
- CPU cores
- 12
- Super cores
- 2
- Performance cores
- 4
- Efficiency cores
- 6
- GPU cores
- 12
- Neural Engine cores
- Dual 16-core
- Chip options
- M6 with 12-core CPU and 12-core GPU
- Memory (base)
- 16GB
- Memory (maximum)
- 32GB
- Memory options
- 16GB, 24GB or 32GB
- Memory upgradeable by user
- No, as Apple documents6
- Memory bandwidth
- 153 GB/s
- Storage (base)
- 256GB
- Storage (maximum)
- 2TB
- Storage options
- 256GB, 512GB, 1TB or 2TB
- 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 speaker
Platform
A desktop Mac has no built-in display, battery or camera, so those rows do not apply.
What it actually costs
- New
- £8992recommended retail
- Used, Grade A
- £85011repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £810 from 2 Oct 2026
- Used, Grade B
- £80012out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £770 from 2 Oct 2026
- Used, Grade C
- £75013out of stock online and in store when read · repriced 30 October 2026 · since 1 Nov 2026 · earlier: £730 from 2 Oct 2026
- Trade in yours, Grade A
- £612 cash / £671 voucher1110% 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: M6 with 12-core CPU and 12-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
Apple’s UK store page for the base configuration (Apple M6 chip, 12-core CPU, 12-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. 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
Previous and next model
Previous model
What changed
- 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 Mac mini M4Front: two USB-C ports with support for USB 3 (up to 10Gb/s), 3.5mm headphone jack. Back (M6): 2.5Gb Ethernet port (configurable to 10Gb Ethernet), HDMI port, three Thunderbolt 4 (USB-C) ports Mac mini M6
- Chip
- Apple M4 chip Mac mini M4Apple M6 chip Mac mini M6
- CPU cores
- 10 Mac mini M412 Mac mini M6
- GPU cores
- 10 Mac mini M412 Mac mini M6
- Neural Engine cores
- 16 Mac mini M4Dual 16-core Mac mini M6
- Memory bandwidth
- 120 GB/s Mac mini M4153 GB/s Mac mini M6
- Wi-Fi
- Wi‑Fi 6E (802.11ax) Mac mini M4Wi‑Fi 7 (802.11be) Mac mini M6
- When does the Mac mini (M6) stop getting updates?
- Should I upgrade my Mac mini (M6)?
- Which Macs run macOS 27?
- Which Macs have 16GB memory or more as standard?
- Which Macs have an HDMI port?
- How many external displays does each Mac support?
- Can I upgrade the memory or storage in my Mac?
- Ports, displays and chargers for every Mac
Comparisons
Against its own line
Against the rest of the range
Sources
Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs ·
↩Apple UK store — Mac mini M6, 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, 16GB, 256GB — From £899 ·
↩Apple Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro ·
↩Security updates: no end date published.
↩No USB-A ports. No SD card slot.
↩Apple Support (UK) — Upgrade or install memory in your Mac mini ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model ·
↩Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model ·
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Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac mini - Apple (UK), captured 17 Sep 2026 ·
↩Apple Store (UK), as saved by the Internet Archive — Buy Mac mini - Apple (UK), captured 12 Oct 2026 ·
↩Feature and security updates: end dates not published by Apple.
↩Apple’s macOS 27 Golden Gate compatibility list names this Mac. endoflife.date says Apple usually provides security updates for the latest three macOS releases, but that this isn’t consistently applied; Apple publishes no end date.
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Not published by Apple
Mac mini (M6). 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 Newsroom (UK) — Apple unveils a more powerful Mac mini featuring the all-new M6 and M5 Pro, read 9 Oct 2026.