Intel Arc B580 vs Mac mini M4 16GB
For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 128k context the first runs 13 models fully in memory, the second 13.
In short
The Mac mini M4 16GB has more memory for models: 16 GB against 12 GB. At 128k context both run the same 13 models we track fully in memory. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc B580 costs £700 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB £765 at eBay: the Intel Arc B580 is £65 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc B580 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc B580 | – |
| Memory | 12 GB GDDR6 | – |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 116.5 TFLOPS | 3.76 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | Metal |
| Board power | 190 W | – |
| PCIe generation | Gen 4 | – |
| PCIe lanes | x8 | – |
| Chip | – | Apple M4 (10-core GPU) |
| Unified memory | – | 16 GB |
| GPU can use by default | – | 10.7 GB |
| GPU can use, tuned | – | 10.666666666666666 GB |
| Operating system | – | macos |
| Processor | – | M4 10-core |
| Storage | – | 256 GB |
What each runs
Estimated decode speed with the most precise quant that fits each one est.
| Model | Intel Arc B580 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 12B | 24tok/sQ4_K_M | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 23tok/sQ4_K_M | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 25tok/sQ5_K_M | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen2.5 0.5B | 107tok/sQ8_0 | 36tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | 93tok/sQ8_0 | 32tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen3.5 2B | 74tok/sQ5_K_M | 26tok/sQ5_K_M |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B | 40tok/sQ8_0 | 14tok/sQ8_0 |
| Spark X2.5 4B | 29tok/smlx-4bit | 10tok/smlx-4bit |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 27tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| FrogNano 4B 2609 | 25tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 22tok/sQ6_K | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 22tok/sQ6_K | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | won't run |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | offload | won't run |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| GLM 4.7 Flash | offload | won't run |
| Devstral Small 2 24B | offload | won't run |
| Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Kimi Linear 48B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| gpt-oss 20B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Gemma 3 27B | offload | won't run |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 14B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 14B | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3 8B | offload | won't run |
| Phi-4 14B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 8B | offload | won't run |
| Granite 4.2 8B | offload | won't run |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | offload | won't run |
| Llama 3.1 8B | offload | won't run |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | offload | won't run |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | offload | won't run |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | offload | won't run |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | offload | won't run |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | offload | won't run |
| granite 4.2 3b | offload | won't run |
| Kimi VL A3B | offload | won't run |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | offload | won't run |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | offload | won't run |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | offload | won't run |
| Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATED | offload | won't run |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B | offload | won't run |
| Devstral Small 2507 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2506 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2507 | offload | won't run |
| Magistral Small 2509 | offload | won't run |
| 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 4.5 | 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 | 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 Intel Arc B580 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- Choose the Intel Arc B580 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc B580 to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc B580 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- At 128k context both run the same 13 models we track fully in memory.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc B580 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc B580 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc B580 and the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- In the UK the Intel Arc B580 costs £700 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB £765 at eBay: the Intel Arc B580 is £65 cheaper.
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