The Apple Mac mini "Core i7" 2.3 (Late 2012/Aluminum Unibody) features 
a 22-nm Quad Core "Ivy Bridge" 2.3 GHz Intel "Core i7" (3615QM) processor with 
four independent processor "cores" on a single chip, 
a 6 MB shared level 3 cache, 
8 GB of 1600 MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-12800) memory, 
256GB SSD, and 
Intel HD Graphics 4000 which shares system memory. 

It does not have an internal optical drive.

Connectivity includes 
a Firewire "800" port, 
four USB 3.0 ports, 
HDMI, 
Thunderbolt, 
combined "audio line in (digital/analog)" and 
combined "audio line out/headphone (digital/analog)" minijacks, 
a 10/100/1000Base-T Gigabit Ethernet port, 
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi, 
Bluetooth 4.0, and 
an SDXC card slot.

Compared to its predecessor, this model looks identical, but it has a faster internal architecture with a faster processor and faster RAM, albeit slower graphics, as well as USB 3.0 ports.

This model is powered by a 22 nm, 64-bit Intel Mobile Core i7 "Ivy Bridge" (I7-3615QM) processor which includes four independent processor "cores" on a single silicon chip. Each core has a dedicated 256k level 2 cache, shares 6 MB of level 3 cache, and has an integrated memory controller (dual channel).

This system also supports "Turbo Boost 2.0" -- which "automatically increases the speed of the active cores" to improve performance when needed (up to 3.3 GHz for this model) -- and "Hyper Threading" -- which allows the system to recognize eight total "cores" or "threads" (four real and four virtual).

All Mac mini systems were configured by default without a display, keyboard, or mouse, but numerous Apple and third-party options were available.

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