Intel Arc Pro B60 vs Mac mini M4 32GB
For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 27 models fully in memory, the second 25.
In short
The Mac mini M4 32GB has more memory for models: 32 GB against 24 GB. At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 27 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 25; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Llama 3.1 8B. On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,047 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 32GB $1,420 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $373 cheaper.
Updated . Speeds are estimates; how they are worked out.
Specifications
| Spec | Intel Arc Pro B60 | Mac mini M4 32GB |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | – | 32 GB |
| GPU can use by default | – | 21.3 GB |
| GPU can use, tuned | – | 24 GB |
| Operating system | – | macos |
| Processor | – | M4 10-core |
| Storage | – | 512 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 32GB |
|---|---|---|
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | 21tok/sQ5_K_M | 9tok/sQ4_K_M |
| gpt-oss 20B | 22tok/sMXFP4 | 8tok/sMXFP4 |
| Gemma 4 12B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 16tok/sQ8_0 | 6tok/sQ8_0 |
| Qwen 3.5 4B | 26tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| Gemma 4 E4B | 19tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 8B-A1B | 17tok/sQ8_0 | 6tok/sQ8_0 |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 10tok/sQ5_K_M | won't run |
| 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 |
| Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking | 27tok/sQ8_0 | 10tok/sQ8_0 |
| MiniCPM5 2B | 27tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| FrogNano 4B 2609 | 25tok/sQ8_0 | 9tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 2.6B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| LFM2.5 VL 3B | 21tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Kimi VL A3B Thinking 2506 | 18tok/sQ8_0 | 7tok/sQ8_0 |
| Kimi VL A3B | 17tok/smlx-8bit | 7tok/smlx-6bit |
| GLM 4 9B 0414 | 17tok/smlx-5bit | 6tok/smlx-5bit |
| granite vision 4.1 4b | 16tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| granite 4.2 3b | 16tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.6V Flash | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B | 15tok/sQ8_0 | 5tok/sQ8_0 |
| GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking | 13tok/smlx-8bit | 5tok/smlx-8bit |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 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 |
| Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512 | offload | won't run |
| LFM2.5 24B A2B | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 32GB?
- 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 32GB?
- At 128k context the Intel Arc Pro B60 runs 27 of the models we track fully in memory and the Mac mini M4 32GB 25; only the Intel Arc Pro B60 holds Llama 3.1 8B.
- Which is faster for local AI, the Intel Arc Pro B60 or the Mac mini M4 32GB?
- On the models both run fully in memory, the Intel Arc Pro B60 is about 2.9× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models).
- What is the price difference between the Intel Arc Pro B60 and the Mac mini M4 32GB?
- In the US the Intel Arc Pro B60 costs $1,047 at eBay and the Mac mini M4 32GB $1,420 at eBay: the Intel Arc Pro B60 is $373 cheaper.
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