Haswell Mac Mini? Is this real?

[OhHaiThere]

Was looking at GeekBench scores to see what to expect out of a Haswell i7-4770 and didn't expect to see "Mac Mini" in the listing...

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/2167973

Can someone confirm whether it's possible that this is real? Does Apple use GeekBench internally prior to releasing machines?

 

[Omnius]

That's a link to newegg selling a mac mini. There is no mac mini using haswell.

 

[Cave Man]

The Mac Mini you linked to is the current 2.3 gHz Ivy Bridge model. What you're probably seeing in the GeekBench database is a hackintosh with the Haswell chipset and processor that has been labeled as a Mac Mini by its owner.

 

[DisMyMac]

There is this clue: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17610053/

 

[OhHaiThere]

Sorry, it was late and I just pasted something I had copied for another thread. Fixed the link. 😱

 

[benwiggy]

However:

Does Apple use GeekBench internally prior to releasing machines?

Yes.

 

[OhHaiThere]

The Mac Mini you linked to is the current 2.3 gHz Ivy Bridge model. What you're probably seeing in the GeekBench database is a hackintosh with the Haswell chipset and processor that has been labeled as a Mac Mini by its owner.

Look at the OS, BIOS, Motherboard, etc... are all those things that the owner can label?

There is this clue: https://forums.macrumors.com/posts/17610053/

Went to your link, but don't see the clue...

 

[Ice Dragon]

Seems odd... wouldn't the mobile graphics benefit the mini more? Even if they didn't have a quad-core version and went from the Intel HD 4000 to the Iris 5100, it would be a nice jump, no?

Edit: Why is the memory 1066 MHz?

 

[Cave Man]

Look at the OS, BIOS, Motherboard, etc... are all those things that the owner can label?

Yes, during Multibeast installation of OS X you can set the computer's identifier to whatever you want. Of course, it could be a real Mini in testing since undoubtably the next Mini will be Haswell based.

 

[MacReloaded]

Mac OS X 10.9 (Build 13A510d)
It's using Mavericks DP3 that's seeded to developers rather than an internal machine specific build as seen with benchmarks of other unreleased hardware in the past few weeks.

Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.39 GHz
Apple doesn't use desktop processors in the Mac mini.

Apple Inc. MM71.88Z.0106.B00.1307301121
Date of July 30, 2013?

8192 MB 1066 MHz DDR3
Old RAM.

It's a hackintosh, guys.

 

[OhHaiThere]

Mac OS X 10.9 (Build 13A510d)
It's using Mavericks DP3 that's seeded to developers rather than an internal machine specific build as seen with benchmarks of other unreleased hardware in the past few weeks.

Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.39 GHz
Apple doesn't use desktop processors in the Mac mini.

Apple Inc. MM71.88Z.0106.B00.1307301121
Date of July 30, 2013?

8192 MB 1066 MHz DDR3
Old RAM.

It's a hackintosh, guys.

Thanks for confirming...

 

[philipma1957]

Was looking at GeekBench scores to see what to expect out of a Haswell i7-4770 and didn't expect to see "Mac Mini" in the listing...

http://browser.primatelabs.com/geekbench2/2167973

Can someone confirm whether it's possible that this is real? Does Apple use GeekBench internally prior to releasing machines?

bogus no i7 4770 is in a mac mini this cpu is a desk top not a mobile cpu

 

[opinio]

Mac OS X 10.9 (Build 13A510d)
It's using Mavericks DP3 that's seeded to developers rather than an internal machine specific build as seen with benchmarks of other unreleased hardware in the past few weeks.

Intel Core i7-4770 @ 3.39 GHz
Apple doesn't use desktop processors in the Mac mini.

Apple Inc. MM71.88Z.0106.B00.1307301121
Date of July 30, 2013?

8192 MB 1066 MHz DDR3
Old RAM.

It's a hackintosh, guys.

Nice work.