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First Mac Mini Benchmark Surfaces Ahead of November 7 Launch

The first Geekbench benchmark for one of the 2018 Mac mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-mini/) models has surfaced (via VentureBeat (https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/02/first-mac-mini-2018-benchmarks-suggest-mac-pro-speeds-unlike-macbook-air/)), giving us an initial look at the performance we can expect from Apple's revamped desktop machine.





The benchmarked model is a higher-end custom configuration that features a 3.2GHz 6-core 8th-generation Intel Core i7 processor, UHD Graphics 630, and 32GB RAM. At a minimum, this configuration would cost $1,699.





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Two scores for the machine were uploaded today from the same user taken eight minutes apart. The first features a single-core score (https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10604657) of 5070 and a multi-core score of 16818, while the second (https://browser.geekbench.com/v4/cpu/10604798), which suggests much better performance, features a single-core of 5512 and a multi-core score of 23516.





The higher-end score set puts this particular <!---->Mac mini<!----> configuration right on par with the high-end 2.9GHz 2018 MacBook Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/macbook-pro/), which earned a single-core Geekbench score of 5433 and a multi-core score of 22556. Given the price point of this <!---->Mac mini<!---->'s configuration, its <!---->MacBook Pro<!---->-matching performance comes as no surprise.





The <!---->Mac mini<!----> also closely matches the 2013 Mac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-pro/) models when it comes to multi-core performance and exceeds them when it comes to single-core performance. With the exception of the iMac Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac-pro/), it outperforms 2017 iMac (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/imac/) models, which were not refreshed this year.





It's not clear why there's such a disparity between the two Geekbench readings, but it's possible with the first that background tasks produced a lower result, hence the retest.





We should see additional <!---->Mac mini<!----> benchmarks surfacing in the near future as the device is set to launch on November 7. Benchmarks of the base models will give us a better idea of what to expect from the lower priced versions of the device.





MacBook Air (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/01/first-macbook-air-2018-benchmark/) and iPad Pro (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/ipad-pro/) benchmarks have also surfaced over the course of the week, with the <!---->iPad Pro<!----> also demonstrating (https://www.macrumors.com/2018/11/01/2018-ipad-pro-benchmarks-geekbench/) <!---->MacBook Pro<!---->-class performance.

<div class="linkback">Related Roundup: Mac mini (https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/mac-mini/)</div><div class="linkback">Buyer's Guide: Mac Mini (Buy Now) (https://buyersguide.macrumors.com/#Mac_Mini)</div>
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