Intel Arc Pro B70 vs Mac mini M4 16GB
For running models locally, priced in Canada. At 128k context the first runs 50 models fully in memory, the second 13.
In short
The Intel Arc Pro B70 has more memory for models: 32 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B70 runs 50 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 13; only the Intel Arc Pro B70 holds Qwen 3.8 27B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B70 is about 3.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models). In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B70 costs $1,961 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $741 at Amazon: the Mac mini M4 16GB is $1,220 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc Pro B70 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc Pro B70 | – |
| Memory | 32 GB GDDR6 | – |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 608 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 45.8 TFLOPS | 3.76 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | Metal |
| Board power | 230 W | – |
| PCIe generation | Gen 5 | – |
| PCIe lanes | x16 | – |
| 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 B70 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.8 27B | 10tok/sUD-Q6_K | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 10tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Gemma 4 31B | 10tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | 34tok/sUD-Q5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 10tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 24tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | 32tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 15tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | 45tok/sUD-Q5_K_M | won't run |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | 57tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| gpt-oss 20B | 30tok/sMXFP4 | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | 11tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Gemma 4 12B | 20tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 22tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Gemma 3 27B | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen3 14B | 10tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 11tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Qwen3 8B | 11tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 34tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 11tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 10tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 25tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 22tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 13tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 142tok/sQ8_0 | 36tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 125tok/sQ8_0 | 32tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 99tok/sQ5_K_M | 26tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 54tok/sQ8_0 | 14tok/sQ8_0 |
| Spark X2.5 4B | 38tok/smlx-4bit | 10tok/smlx-4bit |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 37tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 37tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| FrogNano 4B 2609 | 34tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 28tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | 23tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Kimi VL A3B | 23tok/smlx-8bit | won't run |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | 22tok/smlx-5bit | won't run |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 21tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| granite 4.2 3b | 21tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 20tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 20tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | 18tok/smlx-8bit | won't run |
| Ministral 3 3B Instruct 2512 | 17tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | 14tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 12tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | 12tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | 11tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED | 10tok/smlx-4bit | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B Reasoning 2512 | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | offload | won't run |
| Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | offload | won't run |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 32B | offload | won't run |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | offload | won't run |
| Phi-4 14B | 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 |
| granite 4.2 30b | 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 |
| gpt-oss 120B | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.5 Air | 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 R1 Zero | won't run | won't run |
| DeepSeek V3 | 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 V3.1 Terminus | 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 4.5 | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.5V | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 4.6 | 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 | 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 Dev 72B | 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 |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B70 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- Choose the Intel Arc Pro B70 to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B70 for speed. Choose the Mac mini M4 16GB to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B70 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B70 runs 50 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 13; only the Intel Arc Pro B70 holds Qwen 3.8 27B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B70 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B70 is about 3.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B70 and the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- In Canada the Intel Arc Pro B70 costs $1,961 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $741 at Amazon: the Mac mini M4 16GB is $1,220 cheaper.
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