Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB

Apple · M4 Pro · 64GB Unified Memory · Can run 42 models

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Manufacturer Apple
Unified Mem 64 GB
Chip M4 Pro
CPU Cores 14
GPU Cores 20
Neural Engine 16
Bandwidth 273 GB/s
MSRP $1,799
Released Nov 8, 2024

AI Notes

The Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB is one of the best-value machines for serious local AI. With 64GB unified memory and 273 GB/s bandwidth, it runs 30B models at fast speeds and can handle 70B models with Q4 quantization. Its small form factor and low price make it an outstanding dedicated AI server.

Compatible Models

Model Parameters Best Quant VRAM Used Fit Est. Speed
Gemma 3 1B 1B Q8_0 2 GB Runs ~137 tok/s
Llama 3.2 1B 1B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 1.5B 1.5B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
Gemma 2 2B 2B Q8_0 4 GB Runs ~68 tok/s
Llama 3.2 3B 3B Q8_0 5 GB Runs ~55 tok/s
Phi-3 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q8_0 5.8 GB Runs ~47 tok/s
Phi-4 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~61 tok/s
Gemma 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 5 GB Runs ~55 tok/s
Qwen 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~61 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~30 tok/s
Mistral 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~30 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~30 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~30 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~36 tok/s
Llama 3.1 8B 8B Q8_0 10 GB Runs ~27 tok/s
Qwen 3 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~36 tok/s
Gemma 2 9B 9B Q8_0 11 GB Runs ~25 tok/s
Gemma 3 12B 12B Q4_K_M 10.5 GB Runs ~26 tok/s
Mistral Nemo 12B 12B Q4_K_M 9.5 GB Runs ~29 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~28 tok/s
Phi-4 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~28 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~28 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~23 tok/s
Qwen 3 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~23 tok/s
StarCoder2 15B 15B Q8_0 17 GB Runs ~16 tok/s
Codestral 22B 22B Q4_K_M 14.7 GB Runs ~19 tok/s
Devstral 24B 24B Q4_K_M 17 GB Runs ~16 tok/s
Mistral Small 3.1 24B 24B Q4_K_M 18 GB Runs ~15 tok/s
Gemma 2 27B 27B Q4_K_M 17.7 GB Runs ~15 tok/s
Gemma 3 27B 27B Q4_K_M 20 GB Runs ~14 tok/s
Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) 30B Q4_K_M 22 GB Runs ~12 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs ~13 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs ~13 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB Runs ~12 tok/s
Qwen 3 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB Runs ~12 tok/s
Command R 35B 35B Q4_K_M 22.5 GB Runs ~12 tok/s
Mixtral 8x7B 47B Q4_K_M 29.7 GB Runs ~9 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~6 tok/s
Llama 3.1 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~6 tok/s
Llama 3.3 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~6 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 72B 72B Q4_K_M 44.7 GB Runs ~6 tok/s
Llama 4 Scout (109B/17B active) 109B Q4_K_M 72 GB CPU Offload ~4 tok/s
1 model(s) are too large for this hardware.