Mac mini M4 32GB vs Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB
For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 128k context the first runs 7 models fully in memory, the second 39.
Specifications
| Spec | Mac mini M4 32GB | Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | Apple M4 (10-core GPU) | Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S) |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB/s | 256 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 3.76 TFLOPS | 59.4 TFLOPS |
| Software | Metal | ROCm |
| Unified memory | 32 GB | 128 GB |
| GPU can use by default | 21.3 GB | 96 GB |
| GPU can use, tuned | 24 GB | 120 GB |
| Operating system | macos | linux |
| Processor | M4 10-core | Ryzen AI Max+ 395 |
| Storage | 512 GB | 1000 GB |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Mac mini M4 32GB | Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.8 Flash Next | won't run | 3tok/sUD-Q3_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | won't run | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 31B | won't run | 3tok/sQ8_0 |
| Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12B | won't run | 9tok/sUD-Q4_K_M |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | won't run | 11tok/sQ8_0 |
| gpt-oss 120B | won't run | 11tok/sMXFP4 |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | won't run | 10tok/sUD-Q5_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | won't run | 15tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 9tok/sUD-Q4_K_M | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.5 Air | won't run | 2tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | won't run | 3tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | won't run | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | won't run | 15tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 Next 80B-A3B | won't run | 13tok/sQ8_0 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | won't run | 20tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL |
| gpt-oss 20B | 8tok/sMXFP4 | 15tok/sMXFP4 |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | won't run | 20tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | won't run | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 32B | won't run | 2tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 10tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B | won't run | 2tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 3 27B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.3 70B | won't run | 2tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | won't run | 3tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 14B | won't run | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | won't run | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Phi-4 14B | won't run | 3tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | won't run | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 9tok/sQ8_0 | 16tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | won't run | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | won't run | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 11tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | won't run | 6tok/sQ6_K |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | won't run | won't run |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | won't run | won't run |
| MiniMax M2.7 | won't run | won't run |