Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 16GB
For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 8k context the first runs 56 models fully in memory, the second 30.
In short
The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 8k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 56 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 30; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B. 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 Germany the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs 1.074 € at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB 800 € at eBay: the Mac mini M4 16GB is 274 € cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | 60tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 10tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 32tok/sUD-Q6_K | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | 61tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 31tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | 11tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | 54tok/sMXFP4 | won't run |
| gpt-oss 20B | 48tok/sMXFP4 | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | 43tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen3 32B | 10tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Gemma 4 12B | 17tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 23tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | 11tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | 10tok/sQ4_K_M | won't run |
| Gemma 3 27B | 10tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen3 14B | 13tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 23tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 23tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| Phi-4 14B | 13tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 48tok/sQ8_0 | 16tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 22tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 27tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 86tok/sQ8_0 | 32tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 30tok/sQ6_K | 10tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 361tok/sQ8_0 | 124tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 245tok/sQ8_0 | 84tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 147tok/sQ5_K_M | 50tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 107tok/sQ8_0 | 37tok/sQ8_0 |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 75tok/sQ8_0 | 26tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 68tok/sQ8_0 | 23tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 68tok/sQ8_0 | 23tok/sQ8_0 |
| Spark X2.5 4B | 67tok/smlx-4bit | 23tok/smlx-4bit |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 53tok/sQ8_0 | 18tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | 52tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| granite 4.2 3b | 50tok/sQ8_0 | 17tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 45tok/sQ8_0 | 21tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | 37tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Kimi VL A3B | 36tok/smlx-8bit | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 27tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | 27tok/smlx-5bit | 9tok/smlx-5bit |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | 24tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | 22tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 22tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | 19tok/smlx-8bit | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | 13tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Devstral Small 2507 | 13tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2507 | 13tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2509 | 13tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2506 | 11tok/sQ6_K | won't run |
| Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED | 11tok/smlx-4bit | won't run |
| granite 4.2 30b | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | offload | won't run |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | won't run |
| GLM 4.5 Air | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Llama 3.3 70B | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B | 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 |
| gpt-oss 120B | 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 Zero | 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 4.5V | 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 5.1 | 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 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 Mac mini M4 16GB to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- At 8k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 56 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 30; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B.
- 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 Germany the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs 1.074 € at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB 800 € at eBay: the Mac mini M4 16GB is 274 € cheaper.
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