Apple 2020 Mac Mini with Apple M1 Chip, 8GB RAM, 256GB SSD Storage
$518.99 is an ordinary price for this.
The middle price across the 20 days we have watched it, counting the days a limited-time deal was running, was $518.99. It has held a price as low as $491.59, so there is room to wait if the timing is yours to choose.
The lowest since we started tracking it on September 21.
When the price here has fallen to $509.95 or below — 5 times in our record — it stayed there a median of 12 hours, and at most 3 days.
This describes the prices we recorded. It is not a forecast of where this one goes next.
Price at AmazonVerified
Apple last updated the Mac mini in August 2026, 2 months ago; its last 7 releases came about 24 months apart. This listing is the 2020 model. Release dates from the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide.
Price history
One line: the best price any tracked retailer charged, per day.
Price set by a third-party seller, not the retailer itself
sales rank — the line rises as it sells moreShaded stretches are sales, from our calendar.
| Price | Now | Lowest | Highest | Usual | Average | Days recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renewed | $518.99 | $491.59 on Oct 5 | $589.99 on Sep 22 | $518.99 | $523.87 | 20 |
#43 of the 146 Desktops we track, by Amazon sales rank.
Sales events
Next on the calendar: Black Friday, November 27. We keep checking this price through it and report here what it did.
What our record shows
- $27.40 more than the $491.59 it cost on October 5 — this price went up, not down.
- Cheaper than this on 35% of the 20 days we have watched it here.
Computed from our own checks at Amazon as of October 10. No line here uses a price a retailer told us about.
Where to buy
- Held for
- 1d
- Their 20-day low
- $491.59
- Checked
- 6h ago
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What it is
7 attributes, in the retailer’s own words. We record the prices; these we only pass on.
- Size
- 256GB
- Color
- Silver
- Weight
- 2.6 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8.26 × 8.2 × 3.22 inches
- Model
- MGNR3LL/A
- Released
- July 2025
- Warranty
- 90 days limited warranty
Cheaper in Desktops, and what changes
Things we track on the same shelf for at least 10% less than $518.99, with the attributes the retailers describe differently. Their words, not our judgement — we record prices, we do not test products.
KAMRUIPinova P2 Mini PC, AMD Ryzen 7330U(4 Cores, 8 Threads, Up to 4.3GHz), 16GB RAM 256GB SSD, Zen3 Architecture 7nm Processor, 8MB L3 Smart Cache Mini Computers, Triple 4K Display Home/Business$459.99 at Amazon $59.00 lessSize: 16GB RAM+512GB SSD/AMD Ryzen 4300U instead of 256GBWeight: 1.26 pounds instead of 2.6 pounds
ACEMAGICK1 Mini PC Windows 11 Pro AMD Ryzen 7330U 16GB DDR4 256 SSD 28W$338.99 at Amazon $180.00 lessSize: Ryzen 7330U+16GB+256GB instead of 256GBWeight: 1.1 pounds instead of 2.6 pounds
GMKtecM5 Ultra Gaming Mini PC Ryzen 7 7730U 32GB RAM 512GB SSD Desktop$419.99 at Amazon $99.00 lessSize: R7 7730U 16GB DDR4 + 256GB instead of 256GBWarranty: 3-Year Limited Warranty (1 Year Replacement + 2 Years Parts Replacement) instead of 90 days limited warranty
Every change we recorded at Amazon
Every row is a price we saw change. We write one only when a price actually moves, so a gap here means the price held.
| When | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| · 1d ago | $518.99 | +$9.04 |
| · 1d ago | $509.95 | −$9.04 |
| · 2d ago | $518.99 | +$14.99 |
| · 4d ago | $504.00 | +$4.01 |
| · 4d ago | $499.99 | +$8.40 |
| · 5d ago | $491.59 | −$12.41 |
6 older changes
| When | Price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| · 5d ago | $504.00 | −$10.00 |
| · 6d ago | $514.00 | +$4.05 |
| · 6d ago | $509.95 | −$9.04 |
| · 7d ago | $518.99 | +$9.04 |
| · 7d ago | $509.95 | −$9.04 |
| · 8d ago | $518.99 | +$9.04 |
Others we track in Desktops
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GMKtecMini PC Intel Core i7-1185G7 (Up to 8 GHz) 16GB DDR4 1TB SSD$499.99 · low $474.981 retailer · 5 recorded prices
AppleiMac 27-Inch Desktop, 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7 Processor, 16 GB memory, 1TB HDD, macOS High Sierra (Renewed)$649.991 retailer · 6 recorded prices
GMKtecGaming PC Mini Computer, M7 Ultra Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U 32GB DDR5 RAM + 512GB Hard Drive PCle SSD Oculink Dual NIC LAN 2.5G Desktop, Dual USB4, HDMI 2.1, USB-C$559.99 · low $543.991 retailer · 4 recorded prices
$518.99
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