Apple Mac mini (M1, 2020) vs. MacBook Air 13” 2019 - Detailed Specs Comparison

New True Tone Display

• Slightly smaller battery, down from 50.3 Wh to 49.9 Wh

• Available on June 27, 2019

• $699
  Apple M1 Chip | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD
• $899
  Apple M1 Chip | 8GB RAM | 512GB SSD

• $1,099
  Intel Core i5 8210Y | 8GB RAM | 128GB SSD
• $1,299
  Intel Core i5 8210Y | 8GB RAM | 256GB SSD

• 13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit display with IPS technology; 2560-by-1600 native resolution at 227 pixels per inch with support for millions of colors
• Supported scaled resolutions:
  • 1680 by 1050
  • 1440 by 900
  • 1024 by 640
• 16:10 aspect ratio
• True Tone technology

• 78 (U.S.) or 79 (ISO) individual LED-backlit keys, including 12 function keys and 4 arrow keys
• Ambient light sensor
• Force Touch trackpad for precise cursor control and pressure-sensing capabilities; enables Force clicks, accelerators, pressure-sensitive drawing, and Multi-Touch gestures

• Two Thunderbolt / USB 4 ports with support for:
  • DisplayPort
  • Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40Gb/s)
  • USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)
  • Thunderbolt 2, HDMI, DVI, and VGA supported using adapters (sold separately)
• 2 x USB Type-A ports
  Supports data transfers up to 5 Gbps.
• 1 x Gigabit Ethernet port
• 1 x HDMI 2.0
• 1 x 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Charging
• DisplayPort
• Thunderbolt (up to 40Gb/s)
• USB 3.1 Gen 2 (up to 10Gb/s)

• Apple M1
  8 cores, 8 threads, 3.20 GHz, 10W

• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
  2 cores, 4 threads, 1.60 → 3.60 GHz, 4MB SmartCache, 7W

• Apple M1
  Apple M1 iGPU

  8 Graphics Cores, 1280 MHz

• 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i5-8210Y
  Intel® UHD Graphics 617

  24 Execution Units, 300 → 1050 MHz

• 8GB
  4266 MHz LPDDR4X onboard memory
• Configurable to 16GB

• 256GB512GB
  SSD
• Configurable to 1TB or 2TB

• 802.11ax Wi‑Fi 6 wireless networking
• IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac compatible

• 802.11ac Wi‑Fi wireless networking
• IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n compatible

• Up to 12 hours wireless web
• Up to 13 hours Apple TV app video playback
• Up to 30 days of standby time

• Built-in speaker
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• HDMI 2.0 port supports multichannel audio output

• Stereo speakers
• Three microphones
• 3.5 mm headphone jack

• Touch ID sensor
• Ambient light sensor

• Touch ID sensor
• Apple T2 Security Chip

• Mac mini
• Power cord

• MacBook Air
• 30W USB‑C Power Adapter
• USB-C Charge Cable (2 m)

• Simultaneously supports up to two displays:
  • One display with up to 6K resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt and one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output supports
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • Thunderbolt 2, DVI, and VGA output supported using adapters (sold separately)
• HDMI 2.0 display video output
  • Support for one display with up to 4K resolution at 60Hz
  • DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately)

• Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display at millions of colors and:
  • One external display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at up to 60Hz
  • Up to two external displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at up to 60Hz
   
• Thunderbolt 3 digital video output
  • Native DisplayPort output over USB‑C
  • VGA, HDMI, and Thunderbolt 2 output using adapters (sold separately)