Mac mini M4 32GB vs AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 128k context the first runs 24 models fully in memory, the second 20.
In short
The Mac mini M4 32GB has more memory for models: 32 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Mac mini M4 32GB runs 24 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 20; only the Mac mini M4 32GB holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is about 4.4× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models). In Germany the Mac mini M4 32GB costs 1.450 € at eBay (used) and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 1.278 € at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 172 € cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Mac mini M4 32GB | AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | Apple M4 (10-core GPU) | – |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 120 GB/s | 624 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 3.76 TFLOPS | 74 TFLOPS |
| Software | Metal | ROCm |
| 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 | – |
| GPU | – | Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Memory | – | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Board power | – | 263 W |
| PCIe generation | – | Gen 4 |
| PCIe lanes | – | x16 |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Mac mini M4 32GB | AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 9tok/sQ4_K_M | offload |
| gpt-oss 20B | 8tok/sMXFP4 | offload |
| Gemma 4 12B | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 28tok/sQ6_K |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 25tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 9tok/sQ8_0 | 39tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 29tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 28tok/sUD-Q6_K |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 36tok/sQ8_0 | 160tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 32tok/sQ8_0 | 141tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 26tok/sQ5_K_M | 112tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 14tok/sQ8_0 | 61tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 10tok/sQ8_0 | 48tok/sQ6_K |
| Spark X2.5 4B | 10tok/smlx-4bit | 43tok/smlx-4bit |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 9tok/sQ8_0 | 41tok/sQ8_0 |
| Kimi VL A3B | 7tok/smlx-6bit | offload |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 31tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 31tok/sQ8_0 |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 34tok/sQ4_K_M |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | 6tok/smlx-5bit | 25tok/smlx-5bit |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 24tok/sQ8_0 |
| granite 4.2 3b | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 24tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 30tok/sQ4_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 25tok/sQ6_K |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | 5tok/smlx-8bit | offload |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | won't run | offload |
| Gemma 4 31B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | won't run | offload |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | won't run | offload |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | won't run | offload |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | won't run | offload |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | won't run | offload |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | won't run | offload |
| Gemma 3 27B | won't run | offload |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | won't run | offload |
| Ministral 3 14B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen3 14B | won't run | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | won't run | offload |
| Phi-4 14B | won't run | offload |
| Qwen3 8B | won't run | offload |
| Granite 4.2 8B | won't run | offload |
| Ministral 3 8B | won't run | offload |
| Llama 3.1 8B | won't run | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | won't run | offload |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | won't run | offload |
| Devstral Small 2507 | won't run | offload |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | won't run | offload |
| Magistral Small 2506 | won't run | offload |
| Magistral Small 2507 | won't run | offload |
| Magistral Small 2509 | won't run | offload |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | won't run | offload |
| Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED | won't run | offload |
| 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 |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | 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 |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | 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 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 |
| granite 4.2 30b | won't run | won't run |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT?
- Choose the Mac mini M4 32GB to run bigger models. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT for speed. Choose the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT?
- At 128k context the Mac mini M4 32GB runs 24 of the models we track fully in memory and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 20; only the Mac mini M4 32GB holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is about 4.4× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Mac mini M4 32GB and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT?
- In Germany the Mac mini M4 32GB costs 1.450 € at eBay (used) and the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 1.278 € at Amazon: the AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT is 172 € cheaper.
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