Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?

Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to spend less.

Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 16GB

For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 128k context the first runs 23 models fully in memory, the second 11.

In short

The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 23 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 11; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models). In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,060 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $1,399 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $339 cheaper.

Updated October 15, 2026. Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

Intel Arc Pro B60

$1,060

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Mac mini M4 16GB

$1,399

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Specifications

Spec	Intel Arc Pro B60	Mac mini M4 16GB
GPU	Arc Pro B60	–
Memory	24 GB GDDR6	–
Memory bus	192-bit	128-bit
Memory bandwidth	456 GB/s	120 GB/s
FP16 compute	98.5 TFLOPS	3.76 TFLOPS
Software	SYCL / oneAPI	Metal
Board power	200 W	–
PCIe generation	Gen 5	–
PCIe lanes	x8	–
Chip	–	Apple M4 (10-core GPU)
Unified memory	–	16 GB
GPU can use by default	–	10.7 GB
GPU can use, tuned	–	10.666666666666666 GB
Operating system	–	macos
Processor	–	M4 10-core
Storage	–	256 GB

What each runs

Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.

Model	Intel Arc Pro B60	Mac mini M4 16GB
Gemma 4 26B-A4B	21tok/sQ5_K_M	won't run
gpt-oss 20B	22tok/sMXFP4	won't run
Gemma 4 12B	15tok/sQ8_0	8tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 9B	16tok/sQ8_0	8tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.5 4B	26tok/sQ8_0	9tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B	19tok/sQ8_0	8tok/sQ5_K_M
LFM2.5 8B-A1B	17tok/sQ8_0	won't run
Llama 3.1 8B	10tok/sQ5_K_M	won't run
Qwen2.5 0.5B	107tok/sQ8_0	36tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B	93tok/sQ8_0	32tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B	74tok/sQ5_K_M	26tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B	40tok/sQ8_0	14tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking	27tok/sQ8_0	won't run
MiniCPM5 2B	27tok/sQ8_0	9tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 2.6B	21tok/sQ8_0	8tok/sQ5_K_M
LFM2.5 VL 3B	21tok/sQ8_0	8tok/sQ5_K_M
Kimi VL A3B	17tok/smlx-8bit	won't run
granite vision 4.1 4b	16tok/sQ8_0	won't run
granite 4.2 3b	16tok/sQ8_0	won't run
GLM 4.6V Flash	15tok/sQ8_0	won't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B	15tok/sQ8_0	won't run
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking	13tok/smlx-8bit	won't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B	10tok/sQ5_K_M	won't run
Qwen 3.8 27B	offload	won't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B	offload	won't run
Qwen 3.6 27B	offload	won't run
Gemma 4 31B	offload	won't run
Mistral Small 4 119B	offload	won't run
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B	offload	won't run
Qwen 3.5 27B	offload	won't run
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B	offload	won't run
GLM 4.7 Flash	offload	won't run
Devstral Small 2 24B	offload	won't run
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B	offload	won't run
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B	offload	won't run
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B	offload	won't run
Gemma 3 27B	offload	won't run
Mistral Small 3.2 24B	offload	won't run
Ministral 3 14B	offload	won't run
Qwen3 14B	offload	won't run
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B	offload	won't run
Qwen3 8B	offload	won't run
Phi-4 14B	offload	won't run
Ministral 3 8B	offload	won't run
Granite 4.2 8B	offload	won't run
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512	offload	won't run
LFM2.5 24B A2B	offload	won't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B	offload	won't run
Devstral Small 2507	offload	won't run
Magistral Small 2506	offload	won't run
Magistral Small 2507	offload	won't run
Magistral Small 2509	offload	won't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash	won't run	won't run
GLM 5.3 Flash	won't run	won't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Next	won't run	won't run
MiniMax M2.7	won't run	won't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B	won't run	won't run
Qwen3 Coder Next	won't run	won't run
gpt-oss 120B	won't run	won't run
GLM 4.5 Air	won't run	won't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B	won't run	won't run
Qwen3 32B	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B	won't run	won't run
Llama 3.3 70B	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek R1	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek R1 0528	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek V3 0324	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek V3.1	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek V3.2	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731	won't run	won't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Exp	won't run	won't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512	won't run	won't run
GLM 4.5V	won't run	won't run
GLM 4.6V	won't run	won't run
GLM 4.7	won't run	won't run
GLM 5.1	won't run	won't run
GLM 5.2	won't run	won't run
GLM 5.3	won't run	won't run
Kimi K2	won't run	won't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905	won't run	won't run
Kimi K2 Thinking	won't run	won't run
Kimi K2.5	won't run	won't run
MiniMax M2	won't run	won't run
MiniMax M2.1	won't run	won't run
MiniMax M2.5	won't run	won't run
MiniMax M3	won't run	won't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B	won't run	won't run
granite 4.2 30b	won't run	won't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?: Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?: At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 23 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 11; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?: On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the Mac mini M4 16GB?: In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,060 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $1,399 at Amazon: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $339 cheaper.

Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 16GB

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