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Mac mini M4 32GB vs NVIDIA Tesla P40

For running models locally, priced in the UK. At 128k context the first runs 24 models fully in memory, the second 28.

In short

The Mac mini M4 32GB has more memory for models: 32 GB against 24 GB. At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 28 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 24; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Ministral 3 8B. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA Tesla P40 is about 2.8× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models). In the UK the Mac mini M4 32GB costs £1,899 at eBay (used) and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 £261 at eBay (used): the NVIDIA Tesla P40 is £1,638 cheaper.

Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.

Mac mini M4 32GB

£1,899

eBay, used (asking)

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NVIDIA Tesla P40

£234

eBay

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Specifications

SpecMac mini M4 32GBNVIDIA Tesla P40
ChipApple M4 (10-core GPU)–
Memory bus128-bit384-bit
Memory bandwidth120 GB/s346 GB/s
FP16 compute3.76 TFLOPS11.8 TFLOPS
SoftwareMetalCUDA
Unified memory32 GB–
GPU can use by default21.3 GB–
GPU can use, tuned24 GB–
Operating systemmacos–
ProcessorM4 10-core–
Storage512 GB–
GPU–Tesla P40
Memory–24 GB GDDR5
Board power–250 W
PCIe generation–Gen 3
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

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

ModelMac mini M4 32GBNVIDIA Tesla P40
Gemma 4 26B-A4B9tok/sQ4_K_M22tok/sQ5_K_M
gpt-oss 20B8tok/sMXFP423tok/sMXFP4
Gemma 4 12B5tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 9B6tok/sQ8_016tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B9tok/sQ8_024tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8Bwon't run9tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 E4B7tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B6tok/sQ8_017tok/sQ8_0
Llama 3.1 8Bwon't run9tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen2.5 0.5B36tok/sQ8_0100tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B32tok/sQ8_088tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B26tok/sQ5_K_M70tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B14tok/sQ8_038tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking10tok/sQ8_028tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B10tok/smlx-4bit27tok/smlx-4bit
MiniCPM5 2B9tok/sQ8_026tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B7tok/smlx-6bit18tok/smlx-8bit
LFM2.5 2.6B7tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B7tok/sQ8_020tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 25067tok/sQ8_018tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4 9B 04146tok/smlx-5bit16tok/smlx-5bit
granite vision 4.1 4b5tok/sQ8_015tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b5tok/sQ8_015tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash5tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B5tok/sQ8_014tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking5tok/smlx-8bit13tok/smlx-8bit
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8Bwon't run9tok/sQ5_K_M
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512won't run9tok/sQ4_K_M
Qwen 3.8 27Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Bwon't runoffload
Gemma 4 31Bwon't runoffload
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.5 27Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3Bwon't runoffload
Devstral Small 2 24Bwon't runoffload
GLM 4.7 Flashwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3Bwon't runoffload
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Bwon't runoffload
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Bwon't runoffload
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Bwon't runoffload
Gemma 3 27Bwon't runoffload
Mistral Small 3.2 24Bwon't runoffload
Ministral 3 14Bwon't runoffload
Qwen3 14Bwon't runoffload
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8Bwon't runoffload
Phi-4 14Bwon't runoffload
Qwen3 8Bwon't runoffload
Granite 4.2 8Bwon't runoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14Bwon't runoffload
Devstral Small 2507won't runoffload
LFM2.5 24B A2Bwon't runoffload
Magistral Small 2506won't runoffload
Magistral Small 2507won't runoffload
Magistral Small 2509won't runoffload
Qwen3.8 27B OBLITERATEDwon't runoffload
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon't runwon't run
GLM 5.3 Flashwon't runwon't run
Qwen 3.8 Flash Nextwon't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.7won't runwon't run
Nemotron 3 Super 120B-A12Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon't runwon't run
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Bwon't runwon't run
Qwen3 32Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Bwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528won't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70Bwon't runwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Zerowon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3 0324won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon't runwon't run
DeepSeek V3.2won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731won't runwon't run
DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision Expwon't runwon't run
Devstral 2 123B Instruct 2512won't runwon't run
GLM 4.5Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.6won't runwon't run
GLM 4.6Vwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.7won't runwon't run
GLM 5.1won't runwon't run
GLM 5.2won't runwon't run
GLM 5.3won't runwon't run
Kimi Dev 72Bwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Instruct 0905won't runwon't run
Kimi K2 Thinkingwon't runwon't run
Kimi K2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.1won't runwon't run
MiniMax M2.5won't runwon't run
MiniMax M3won't runwon't run
Mistral Medium 3.5 128Bwon't runwon't run
granite 4.2 30bwon't runwon't run

Questions

Which is better for local AI, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
Choose the NVIDIA Tesla P40 to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA Tesla P40 for speed. Choose the NVIDIA Tesla P40 to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
At 128k context the NVIDIA Tesla P40 runs 28 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 24; only the NVIDIA Tesla P40 holds Ministral 3 8B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the NVIDIA Tesla P40?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA Tesla P40 is about 2.8× 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 NVIDIA Tesla P40?
In the UK the Mac mini M4 32GB costs £1,899 at eBay (used) and the NVIDIA Tesla P40 £261 at eBay (used): the NVIDIA Tesla P40 is £1,638 cheaper.

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