Mac mini M4 32GB vs Framework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB

For running models locally, priced in India. At 8k context the first runs 26 models fully in memory, the second 41.

Specifications

SpecMac mini M4 32GBFramework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB
ChipApple M4 (10-core GPU)Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Radeon 8060S)
Memory bus128-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth120 GB/s256 GB/s
FP16 compute3.76 TFLOPS59.4 TFLOPS
SoftwareMetalROCm
Unified memory32 GB128 GB
GPU can use by default21.3 GB96 GB
GPU can use, tuned24 GB120 GB
Operating systemmacoslinux
ProcessorM4 10-coreRyzen AI Max+ 395
Storage512 GB1000 GB

What each runs

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

ModelMac mini M4 32GBFramework Desktop Ryzen AI Max+ 395 128GB
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't run11tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't run3tok/sUD-Q3_K_XL
Qwen 3.8 27B4tok/sUD-Q5_K_M5tok/sQ8_0
MiniMax M2.7won't run15tok/sUD-Q2_K_XL
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't run10tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.6 27B4tok/sQ5_K_M5tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 31B4tok/sQ4_K_M4tok/sQ8_0
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't run10tok/sUD-Q4_K_M
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't run19tok/sQ8_0
gpt-oss 120Bwon't run25tok/sMXFP4
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't run14tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen 3.5 27B4tok/sQ5_K_M5tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Bwon't run26tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 26B-A4B13tok/sUD-Q5_K_M19tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.5 Airwon't run5tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.7 Flash12tok/sQ5_K_M15tok/sQ8_0
Devstral Small 2 24B4tok/sQ6_K5tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Bwon't run26tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't run25tok/sQ8_0
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Bwon't run25tok/sUD-Q6_K_XL
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B18tok/sQ4_K_M21tok/sQ8_0
gpt-oss 20B18tok/sMXFP432tok/sMXFP4
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Bwon't run26tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 32B4tok/sQ4_K_M4tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 12B6tok/sQ8_011tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B8tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 3 27B4tok/sQ5_K_M5tok/sQ8_0
Mistral Small 3.2 24B4tok/sQ6_K5tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B4tok/sQ4_K_M4tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't run2tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 14B5tok/sQ8_09tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 14B5tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B8tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3 8B8tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Phi-4 14B5tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B16tok/sQ8_029tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B8tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Granite 4.2 8B7tok/sQ8_013tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B9tok/sQ8_017tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B32tok/sQ8_058tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8B10tok/sQ6_K18tok/sQ6_K
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run