I then went over to Amazon and picked up some Corsair Vengeance Performance 32GB (2x16GB) 260-Pin DDR4 SO-DIMM (PC4 21300) RAM. Since the 32GB upgrade is a whopping $600 more than the base 8GB unit, I opted for the 8GB unit. While we don't consider the memory directly end-user accessible, service providers can access the internals of the Mac Mini to upgrade the memory.' The Apple spokesperson I spoke to last week told me, 'Yes, Mac Mini is configurable up to 64GB and uses industry-standard DDR4 SO-DIMMs. My preference is usually to buy gear when my workload needs it.įortunately, the new Mac Mini allows for RAM upgrades.

So, given a choice, I'd rather not spend on 64GB. I haven't pushed past about 24GB in any of my recent workloads. In single core performance, only one machine bests it. The new Mac Mini also lags behind the 8-core Xeon iMac Pro, but that's five grand, just to start.īeyond the two hugely expensive pro machines, the new Mac Mini with the processor I chose appears to be faster in multicore performance than all the other Macs. Apple still sells that model for $3999, but everything else about the machine is totally out-of-date. In multicore performance, it still lags a bit behind the old 2013 Mac Pro 8-core Xeon processor, but not by much. In single-core performance, that's about 25 percent faster than my old iMac.Īlso: Here's why Apple doesn't really care about the Mac or iPad In terms of single-core performance, that puts the Mac Mini at just below the 4.2Ghz 2017 iMac and above everything else. To be honest, I would have liked an even higher performing processor, but this will still be a huge boost.Įarly Geekbench scores put the 2018 Mac Mini at 5512 for single core and 23516 for multi-core. That added $200 to the price, bringing me to $1399. I began in the $1099 column and picked the fastest processor possible, the 3.2Ghz 6-core i7.

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