Mac mini (M2, Early 2023) vs Mac mini (Late 2018)
            Mac mini
            (M2, Early 2023)
                $599
            
        
    
            Mac mini
            (Late 2018)
                $799
            
        
    | Base Price (MSRP) $599 | Base Price (MSRP) $799 | 
| CPU M2 (8C10G)  | CPU Core i3-8100B  | 
| GPU 10-Core M2  | GPU UHD 630 1100MHz  | 
| Memory 8GB  | Memory 8GB  | 
| Storage 256GB  | Storage 128GB  | 
| Display - - -   | Display - - -   | 
| 30 FPS 1080p 25% 3.58 TFLOPS FP32 7% | 6 FPS 1080p 5% 422 GFLOPS FP32 1% | 
| 8GB LPDDR5-6400 | 8GB DDR4-2666 | 
| 24 Tabs 5% | 24 Tabs 5% | 
| 256GB Soldered PCIe 3.0 x4 Up to 1.4GB/s | 128GB Soldered PCIe 3.0 x4 Up to 2.2GB/s | 
| 442 min 4K Video 11% | 186 min 4K Video 5% | 
| No Optical Drive | No Optical Drive | 
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| No Biometrics | No Biometrics | 
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| No Microphones | No Microphones | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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| Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) 2 Stream Up to 2400Mbps | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 2 Stream Up to 867Mbps | 
| Bluetooth 5.3 | Bluetooth 5.0 | 
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| Integrated Chipset | CM246 | 
| Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 4 (40Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - | Data - - - - - - - - - - - - 2x USB 3.0 (5Gbps) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4x Thunderbolt 3 (40Gbps) - - | 
| Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps) | Network - - 1x Ethernet (1Gbps) - - - 1x Ethernet (10Gbps) | 
| Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.0 - - - - - | Video - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1x HDMI 2.0 - - - - - | 
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| 150W | 150W | 
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| macOS 13 Ventura | macOS 10.14 Mojave Windows | 
| Windows 10 (Latest) | 
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| Height 36 mm (1.4 in) Width 196 mm (7.7 in) Depth 196 mm (7.7 in) Volume 1.36 L | Height 36 mm (1.4 in) Width 196 mm (7.7 in) Depth 196 mm (7.7 in) Volume 1.36 L | 
| Weight 1.179 kg (2.6 lb) - - - - | Weight 1.315 kg (2.9 lb) - - - - | 
| CPU Not Upgradable | CPU Not Upgradable | 
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| Memory Not Upgradable | Memory Upgradable | 
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| Wi-Fi Not Upgradable | Wi-Fi Not Upgradable | 
| Motherboard Not Upgradable | Motherboard Not Upgradable | 
| Power Supply Not Upgradable | Power Supply Not Upgradable | 
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| A2686 EMC 8003 Mac14,3 | A1993 EMC 3213 Macmini8,1 | 
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