Apple's Mac mini line uses the same U-Series chips that are found in the 13 - inch MacBook Pro, and eighth - generation chips appropriate for an updated Mac mini were announced by Intel in August of 2017, with
additional chips introduced in April of 2018.
The silicon was officially
introduced in May 2017 and features four Kryo 260 CPU cores clocked at up to 1.84 GHz, an
additional four Kryo 260 cores operating at a frequency of 2.2 GHz, and an Adreno 512 graphics
chip.