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Should I upgrade my Mac mini (M5 Pro)?

under a year old · Runs macOS 27 Golden Gate, the current macOS

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.

Software support

Security updates
Not available4
macOS
macOS 27 Golden Gate, the current macOS

Nothing newer in the line yet

We hold no Apple UK store price for a newer Mac in the Mac mini M5 Pro’s line and tier. When we read one it appears here beside the Mac mini M5 Pro.

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.

Software support

Feature updates until
Not available4
Security updates until
Not available4
Basis
our inference from history13

The rest of the range at the price

Macs from other lines with a price read from Apple’s UK store, released within a year of the Mac mini M5 Pro and priced within a quarter of its £1,699 at Apple’s UK price as read on 2 October 2026, nearest price first. Each links to its side-by-side table.

Trade-in and used prices

CeX pays, grade A
£1,121 cash / £1,202 voucher14Base configuration
CeX sells, grade A
£1,62514Base configuration

More

Sources

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Apple publishes no date for the end of updates, and this site does not guess one. Checked: endoflife.date. Read 30 Sep 2026

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  5. No USB-A ports. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs. Read 30 Sep 2026

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  6. No SD card slot. Checked: Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs. Read 9 Oct 2026

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  7. Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 2 Oct 2026

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  8. Apple Support (UK) — Upgrade or install memory in your Mac mini · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  9. Apple Support (UK) — Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) - Tech Specs · Apple’s figure · read 9 Oct 2026

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  10. Apple Support (UK) — macOS 27 Golden Gate is compatible with these computers · Apple’s figure · read 30 Sep 2026

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  11. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 10 Oct 2026

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  12. Apple Support (UK) — Identify your Mac mini model · Apple’s figure · read 18 Oct 2026

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  13. 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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  14. CeX — Trade-in, Grade A, cash · third-party figure · read 3 Nov 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.

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