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Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 32GB

For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 128k context the first runs 8 models fully in memory, the second 7.

In short

The Mac mini M4 32GB has more memory for models: 32 GB against 24 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 8 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 7; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Llama 3.1 8B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models). In Germany the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs 1.074 € at eBay and the Mac mini M4 32GB 1.400 € at eBay (used): the Intel Arc Pro B60 is 326 € cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

Intel Arc Pro B60

1.074 €

eBay

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Mac mini M4 32GB

1.400 €

eBay, used (asking)

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc Pro B60Mac mini M4 32GB
GPUArc Pro B60–
Memory24 GB GDDR6–
Memory bus192-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s120 GB/s
FP16 compute98.5 TFLOPS3.76 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIMetal
Board power200 W–
PCIe generationGen 5–
PCIe lanesx8–
Chip–Apple M4 (10-core GPU)
Unified memory–32 GB
GPU can use by default–21.3 GB
GPU can use, tuned–24 GB
Operating system–macos
Processor–M4 10-core
Storage–512 GB

What each runs

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

ModelIntel Arc Pro B60Mac mini M4 32GB
Gemma 4 26B-A4B23tok/sUD-Q4_K_M9tok/sUD-Q4_K_M
gpt-oss 20B22tok/sMXFP48tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B15tok/sQ8_05tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B16tok/sQ8_06tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B26tok/sQ8_09tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B19tok/sQ8_07tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B17tok/sQ8_06tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B10tok/sQ5_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.8 27Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.6 27Boffloadwon't run
Gemma 4 31Boffloadwon't run
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.5 27Boffloadwon't run
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Boffloadwon't run
GLM 4.7 Flashoffloadwon't run
Devstral Small 2 24Boffloadwon't run
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Gemma 3 27Boffloadwon't run
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadwon't run
Ministral 3 14Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 14Boffloadwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 8Boffloadwon't run
Phi-4 14Boffloadwon't run
Ministral 3 8Boffloadwon't run
Granite 4.2 8Boffloadwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 32GB?
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 32GB?
At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 8 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 7; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Llama 3.1 8B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 32GB?
On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models).
What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the Mac mini M4 32GB?
In Germany the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs 1.074 € at eBay and the Mac mini M4 32GB 1.400 € at eBay (used): the Intel Arc Pro B60 is 326 € cheaper.

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