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Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 16GB

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 64k context the first runs 22 models fully in memory, the second 5.

In short

The Intel Arc Pro B60 has more memory for models: 24 GB against 16 GB. At 64k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 5; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.5× as fast as the Mac mini M4 16GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $650 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $749 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $99 cheaper.

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

Intel Arc Pro B60

$650

Amazon

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Mac mini M4 16GB

$749

eBay

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Specifications

SpecIntel Arc Pro B60Mac mini M4 16GB
GPUArc Pro B60–
Memory24 GB GDDR6–
Memory bus192-bit128-bit
Memory bandwidth456 GB/s120 GB/s
FP16 compute98.5 TFLOPS3.76 TFLOPS
SoftwareSYCL / oneAPIMetal
Board power200 W–
PCIe generationGen 5–
PCIe lanesx8–
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.

ModelIntel Arc Pro B60Mac mini M4 16GB
Qwen 3.8 27B11tok/sUD-Q4_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.6 27B11tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B39tok/sUD-Q4_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.5 27B11tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Gemma 4 26B-A4B26tok/sUD-Q5_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B39tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
GLM 4.7 Flash19tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
gpt-oss 20B31tok/sMXFP4won't run
Gemma 4 12B16tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ5_K_M
Qwen 3.5 9B19tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ6_K
Gemma 3 27B10tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Ministral 3 14B10tok/sQ6_Kwon't run
Qwen3 14B10tok/sQ6_Kwon't run
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B12tok/sQ8_0won't run
Qwen3 8B12tok/sQ8_0won't run
Phi-4 14B10tok/sQ4_K_Mwon't run
Qwen 3.5 4B34tok/sQ8_012tok/sQ8_0
Ministral 3 8B13tok/sQ8_0won't run
Granite 4.2 8B11tok/sQ8_0won't run
Gemma 4 E4B23tok/sQ8_08tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B29tok/sQ8_012tok/sUD-Q6_K
Llama 3.1 8B15tok/sQ6_Kwon't run
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 Coder Nextoffloadwon't run
Gemma 4 31Boffloadwon't run
Mistral Small 4 119Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 Next 80B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Devstral Small 2 24Boffloadwon't run
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Kimi Linear 48B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 Coder 30B-A3Boffloadwon't run
Qwen3 32Boffloadwon't run
Mistral Small 3.2 24Boffloadwon't run
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32Boffloadwon't run
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
gpt-oss 120Bwon't runwon't run
GLM 4.5 Airwon't runwon't run
Llama 3.3 70Bwon't runwon'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 64k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 22 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 16GB 5; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Qwen 3.8 27B.
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 2.5× 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 US the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $650 at Amazon and the Mac mini M4 16GB $749 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $99 cheaper.

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