Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 16GB
For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 128k context the first runs 8 models fully in memory, the second 4.
In short
The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 8 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 4; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.2× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB £765 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £23 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc Pro B60 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Arc Pro B60 | – |
| Memory | 24 GB GDDR6 | – |
| Memory bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 456 GB/s | 120 GB/s |
| FP16 compute | 98.5 TFLOPS | 3.76 TFLOPS |
| Software | SYCL / oneAPI | Metal |
| Board power | 200 W | – |
| PCIe generation | Gen 5 | – |
| 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 Pro B60 | Mac mini M4 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 23tok/sUD-Q4_K_M | won't run |
| gpt-oss 20B | 22tok/sMXFP4 | won't run |
| Gemma 4 12B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 16tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ4_K_M |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 19tok/sQ8_0 | 8tok/sQ5_K_M |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 17tok/sQ8_0 | won't run |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| Qwen 3.8 27B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | offload | won't run |
| Gemma 4 31B | offload | won't run |
| Mistral Small 4 119B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B | offload | won't run |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Questions
- Which is better for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to run bigger models. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 for speed. Choose the Intel Arc Pro B60 to spend less.
- Which can run bigger models, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 8 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 4; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.2× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the Mac mini M4 16GB?
- In the UK the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs £742 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 16GB £765 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is £23 cheaper.
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