Does the new mac mini support dual monitors?

[mbpmpb17]

Hi!

Excited about the new mac mini.

Will it support dual monitors out of the box or does it require additional adapters?

I have a 1 year old macbook pro 15", would it be faster that this laptop since it is quad core?

 

[FreakinEurekan]

https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/

Support for the following combination of maximum concurrent display setups:

• Up to three displays:
• Two displays with 4096-by-2304 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz connected via HDMI 2.0

or​

• Up to two displays:
• One display with 5120-by-2880 resolution at 60Hz connected via Thunderbolt 3 plus one display with 4096-by-2160 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 up to one display with 4096-by-2160 resolution at 60Hz
• DVI output using HDMI to DVI Adapter (sold separately)

As for whether it'd be faster, it depends on how your 1-year-old Mac is outfitted and how the Mac Mini is outfitted, and what you're going to be doing with it (e.g. just CPU speed, or is GPU involved)

 

[mightyjabba]

You can actually have three monitors, depending on what they are (i.e. not all 4K monitors). But of course you might need some kind of dongle to connect them.

I’m not sure how much of a performance difference you would see versus such a new MBP unless you go for the highest-end config on the mini

 

[killawat]

You can have 3x 4k displays or 1x 5k and 1x 4k display running simultaneously.

The iGPU in this configuration will not be more powerful than the dGPU available in the Touch Bar MacBook Pro.