New Mac mini with M2 and M2 Pro chips coming soon

Apple recently introduced the Mac Studio with a new design and new hardware. In a sense, Mac Studio is developed based on the Mac mini, but not because of that, Apple will kill the Mac mini line. Recent leaked rumors have revealed that Apple is planning to launch an upgraded version of the Mac mini, still using a compact design but upgraded configuration to M2 and M2 Pro chips.

Mac mini M2

The Mac mini runs an M2 chip codenamed “J473”. This is the next generation of the mainstream Mac mini. The M2 chip will also be the successor to the M1 series of chips, internally codenamed “Staten”. The M2 is developed based on the A15 chip found on the iPhone 13, while the M1 is based on the A14 on the iPhone 12. Like the M1, the M2 chip will be equipped with 8 CPU cores (4 performance cores and 4 economy cores). power), however the GPU multiplier is increased to 10 cores.

It is known that the development of the Mac mini M2 is nearing completion, but there is no official launch date yet.

Mac mini M2 Pro

According to 9to5Mac, Apple had planned to launch a high-end version of the Mac mini with M1 Pro and M1 Max chips, but in the end, Mac Studio was the product introduced.

In the new generation, a high-end Mac mini version with the codename “J474” is being developed, equipped with an M2 Pro chip with 12 CPU cores (8 performance cores and 4 energy-saving cores), unknown number GPU cores, but will definitely be more powerful than the standard M2 chip.

However, there is no information on the specific launch date of the new Mac mini line. With the arrival of Mac Studio, it may be a long time before Apple introduces an upgraded version of the current Mac mini M1 line, maybe not even this year.