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Device profile · Mac mini

Mac mini (M1, 2020)

A hardware profile combining its Apple silicon identity, current Geekbench averages, and exact-device community gaming reports.

Introduced 2020 Mac Apple M1 Mac mini family All devices
CPU single-core
2,187
Geekbench 7 device average
CPU multi-core
8,587
Geekbench 7 device average
Metal GPU
27,235–27,272
Apple M1 chip-wide chart

Hardware identity

Official-style nameMac mini (M1, 2020)
Device familyMac mini
ChipApple M1
Introduced2020
PlatformMac
Geekbench labelMac mini (Late 2020)

Community game reports

GameReportsPlayableDistribution
112 Operator11Steam
A Dance Of Fire And Ice11Steam
Age of Empires: Definitive Edition10
Albion Online11Steam
Alien: Isolation11Steam
Automation: The Car Company Tycoon Game22Steam
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition11Steam
Banished11Steam
BeamNG.drive11Steam
Blood Card10
Bomber Crew11Steam
Car Mechanic Simulator 201811Steam
Cities: Skylines11Steam
CityState10
Civilization VI11Steam
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO)22Steam
Crusader Kings II11Steam
Crusader Kings III11Steam
Crysis11Steam
DeadCore10
Deep Rock Galactic10
Devolverland Expo10
Diablo 311Blizzard Battle.net App
Dicey Dungeons11Steam
Dirt 411Steam
Divinity: Original Sin10
DOOM Eternal10
Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate Edition11GOG
Dragon Quest VIII11iOS IPA sideloaded
Dungeon Warfare 211iOS IPA sideloaded
Dust: An Elysian Tail11Steam
Fallout 411Steam
Farming Simulator (2019)11Steam
Farming Simulator 201711Steam
Farming Smulator 201311Steam
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers11
FlatOut 211Steam
Football Manager 202111Steam
Fortnite44Epic Games Launcher
FTL: Faster Than Light11
Furi10
Game Dev Tycoon11Steam
Genshin Impact10
Gnomoria11Steam
Grand Theft Auto IV22Steam via Parallels on Windows 10 ARM, Steam
Grand Theft Auto V (GTA V)11Steam
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas22Steam
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City11iOS IPA sideloaded
Grim Dawn11Steam
GRIP Combat Racing10
Guild Wars 211
Hacknet10
Halo10
Hearthstone22Blizzard Battle.net App
Hearts of Iron IV21Steam
Heroes of the Storm21Blizzard
Hollow Knight11Steam
Homefront11Steam
Hotline Miami10
Infectonator 3: Apocalypse11Steam
Into the Breach11Steam
Jet Set Radio10
Kentucky Road Zero11Steam
Kerbal Space Program11Steam
League of Legends11Riot Games Launcher
Left 4 Dead20
Left 4 Dead 211Steam
Legend of Keepers11Steam
LEGO Batman 3 Beyond Gotham11Epic Games Launcher
LEGO Star Wars The Complete Saga11Steam
Life Is Strange11Steam
Madden 2110
Mafia II Definitive Edition10
Mafia III (DE)11Steam
Manifold Garden10
MicroTwon11Steam
Minecraft10
Minecraft (iOS)11iOS IPA sideloaded
Mini Metro11Steam
MX vs ATV (Reflex)11Steam
My Summer Car11Steam
Neoverse11Steam
Nexomon11Steam
Obduction11GOG
Offworld Trading Company11Steam
Oxygen Not Included22Steam
Papers, Please11Steam
PascalsWager (version 1.6.2)11iOS IPA sideloaded
Persona 4 Golden10
Pillars of Eternity11Steam
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire11Steam
Plague Inc11Steam
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG)11iOS IPA sideloaded
Poly Bridge 211Steam
Postal 210
Professor Layton and the Curious Village11iOS IPA sideloaded
Project Cars11Steam
Redie10
Rigs of Rods (RoR)11
Rise of Industry11Steam
Rocket League11Steam
Ruiner10
RuneScape11Jagex
Salt and Sanctuary11Steam
SCP Secret Laboratory10
Scrap Mechanic10
Simmiland11Steam
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition11Steam
Slime Rancher11Steam
Sonic Mania11Steam
Space Engineers10
Space Haven11Steam
Spintires (MudRunner)10
Spintires Original21Steam
Star Wars: The Old Republic11SWTOR Client
StarCraft II11Blizzard
Starship Titanic11Steam
Stepmania 5.3 OutFox11Github or App Store
Street Legal Racing Redline11Steam
Subnautica11Steam
Super Hexagon10
Super World Box11via Developer
Surviving Mars11Steam
Tank Mechanic Simulator11Steam
Team Fortress 211Steam
The Battle for Wesnoth11Steam
The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+11Steam
The Legend of Pirates Online11The game is downloaded through the official launcher available on the game's website, www.tlopo.com.
The Long Dark11Steam
Thief Simulator11Steam
Thimbleweed Park11Steam
This War of Mine10
Tomb Raider11
Total War: Three Kingdoms11
Townscaper11Steam
Train Valley 211Steam
Tropico 611Steam
Undermine11Steam
Undertale11Steam
Unrailed10
Untitled Goose Game11itch.io ( https://househouse.itch.io/untitled-goose-game )
Warcraft III Reforged22Blizzard
Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus10
World of Warcraft11Blizzard
World of Warcraft (Classic)11Blizzard Battle.net App
World of Warships11Steam
Wreckfest11Steam
X-Plane 10 (10.51r2)11DVD install transported from older 32bit Mac (see notes)
X-Plane 1111
X-Plane Mobile11iOS IPA sideloaded

Sources and methodology

Geekbench chart averages are based on user-submitted results and require at least five unique results. Higher scores are better. Snapshot captured 2026-09-02. Scores may change as new results are uploaded; ranges represent multiple charted hardware configurations.