Apple Mac mini “Core i5” 3.0 (Late 2018) Specs

The Apple Mac mini “Core i5” 3.0 (Late 2018/Space Gray) features a 14 nm “Coffee Lake” 3.0 GHz Intel “Core i5” (8500B) processor with six independent processor “cores” on a single chip, a 9 MB shared level 3 cache, 8 GB of user upgradable 2666 MHz DDR4 PC4-21300 SDRAM, 256 GB or 512 GB of onboard PCIe-based SSD storage (512 GB starting on March 18, 2020), and an “integrated” Intel UHD Graphics 630 graphics processor that shares system memory.

Connectivity includes four Thunderbolt 3 (USB-C connector) ports, two USB 3.1 ports, an HDMI 2.0 port, Gigabit Ethernet (configurable to NbaseT/10 Gigabit Ethernet at the time of system purchase), 802.11ac Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n compatible), Bluetooth 5.0, and a 3.5 mm headphone jack.

Compared to its ancient predecessor, this model looks similar apart from its dark “Space Gray” color, but it has a vastly more advanced processor and system architecture in addition to more modern connectivity. It also has upgradable RAM, but not upgradable storage.

All Mac mini systems are configured by default without a display, keyboard, or mouse, but numerous Apple and third-party options are available.