Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB vs Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
For running models locally, priced in Germany. At 128k context the first runs 28 models fully in memory, the second 30.
Specifications
| Spec | Mac mini M4 Pro 48GB | Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB |
|---|---|---|
| Chip | Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU) | Apple M4 Pro (20-core GPU) |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 273 GB/s | 273 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 8.08 TFLOPS | 8.08 TFLOPS |
| Software | Metal | Metal |
| Unified memory | 48 GB | 64 GB |
| GPU can use by default | 36 GB | 48 GB |
| GPU can use, tuned | 40 GB | 56 GB |
| Operating system | macos | macos |
| Processor | M4 Pro 14-core | M4 Pro 14-core |
| 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 Pro 48GB | Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen 3.8 27B | 6tok/sUD-Q6_K | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | won't run | 16tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 6tok/sQ6_K | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 31B | 5tok/sQ6_K | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | won't run | 20tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | 21tok/sUD-Q6_K | 18tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 6tok/sQ6_K | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 15tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | 21tok/sQ6_K | 18tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | 10tok/sQ6_K | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | 5tok/sQ4_K_M | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | 26tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL | 26tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | 33tok/sQ5_K_M | 30tok/sQ6_K |
| gpt-oss 20B | 19tok/sMXFP4 | 19tok/sMXFP4 |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | 7tok/sQ5_K_M | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 12tok/sQ8_0 | 12tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 13tok/sQ8_0 | 13tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 3 27B | 5tok/sQ6_K | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | 5tok/sQ4_K_M | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 14B | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 14B | 5tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 6tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3 8B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 6tok/sQ8_0 |
| Phi-4 14B | 5tok/sQ4_K_M | 4tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 20tok/sQ8_0 | 20tok/sQ8_0 |
| Ministral 3 8B | 7tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Granite 4.2 8B | 6tok/sQ8_0 | 6tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 15tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 14tok/sQ8_0 | 14tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 8tok/sQ6_K | 8tok/sQ6_K |
| 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 |
| Qwen3 Coder Next | 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 |
| 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 |