You may be overloaded with many new performance metrics and specifications about the two new chips.

Price

Good news, folks.

The new M2 Mac mini is actually cheaper than its predecessor.

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The M1 Mac mini launched at $699 in 2020, which was still a bargain.

With that big of a margin, it’s a huge decision.

You may be reading all these numbers and thinking, what exactly does it mean?

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The higher the numbers go, the better it gets.

What’s better, Apple gave us some other valuable comparisons to help us further.

In contrast, the M2 offers a 2.4x increase over the previous generation.

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The M2 has twoThunderbolt 4-enabledUSB-C ports, while the M2 Pro has four of them.

Hardware Configuration

Now, let’s discuss the RAM and SSD storage of both models.

Pretty big difference, isn’t it?

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Which Mac Mini Do You Like Better?

Safe to say, Apple targets two different markets with the M2 and M2 Pro Mac mini models.

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