Can the Mac Mini Support a 4K Monitor?

I'm assembling my workplace and I'm looking into Mac Mini MD387LL along with some 4k monitor like this one, Samsung 28-inch UHD.

Problem is that I'm not sure if the Mac Mini will support this humongous 4k resolution. Does anyone has rock solid information on that?

Solution 1:

I can confirm 100% that you CAN in fact get 3840x2160 @30Hz 4K from a Late 2012 mini running 10.10.5 using only one MDP to DP cable. I'm writing this using a 2012 Mac mini (Intel HD4000 internal graphics card + 8G ram) with Dell P2815Q 4K monitor. How I achieved this: 1) Used Mini Displayport to Displayport cable that came with the monitor - MDP/thunderbolt from Mac Mini to DP on display. 2) Ran the Mac Pixel Clock Patch for Yosemite: https://code.google.com/p/mac-pixel-clock-patch/source/clones 3) Downloaded and configured SwitchResX, set the resolution, saved and rebooted. Hope the info helps. Enjoy!

Solution 2:

MD387LL has Intel HD Graphics 4000, which uses DisplayPort 1.1, with 8 Gbps maximum throughput. In theory, this could support 4k resolution at 30 Hz (Edit: or maybe not, see comment below) but in practice 4k support generally requires 15 Gbps.

So the answer is: unless you write your own graphics driver, 2560x1600 is the highest you can go.