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Mac mini M4 32GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

For running models locally, priced in the US. At 128k context the first runs 25 models fully in memory, the second 22.

In short

The Mac mini M4 32GB has more memory for models: 32 GB against 16 GB. At 128k context the Mac mini M4 32GB runs 25 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 22; only the Mac mini M4 32GB holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B. On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is about 7.2× as fast as the Mac mini M4 32GB (estimated, median across models). In the US the Mac mini M4 32GB costs $1,420 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti $995 at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is $425 cheaper.

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

Mac mini M4 32GB

$1,420

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti

$995

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Specifications

SpecMac mini M4 32GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
ChipApple M4 (10-core GPU)–
Memory bus128-bit256-bit
Memory bandwidth120 GB/s896 GB/s
FP16 compute3.76 TFLOPS88 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–GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Memory–16 GB GDDR7
Board power–300 W
PCIe generation–Gen 5
PCIe lanes–x16

What each runs

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

ModelMac mini M4 32GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Gemma 4 26B-A4B9tok/sQ4_K_Moffload
gpt-oss 20B8tok/sMXFP460tok/sQ4_K_M
Gemma 4 12B5tok/sQ8_045tok/sQ6_K
Qwen 3.5 9B6tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ8_0
Qwen 3.5 4B9tok/sQ8_063tok/sQ8_0
Gemma 4 E4B7tok/sQ8_046tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 8B-A1B6tok/sQ8_046tok/sUD-Q6_K
Qwen2.5 0.5B36tok/sQ8_0259tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 0.8B32tok/sQ8_0228tok/sQ8_0
Qwen3.5 2B26tok/sQ5_K_M181tok/sQ5_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B14tok/sQ8_098tok/sQ8_0
Mellum2.1 12B A2.5B Thinking10tok/sQ8_073tok/sQ8_0
Spark X2.5 4B10tok/smlx-4bit70tok/smlx-4bit
MiniCPM5 2B9tok/sQ8_067tok/sQ8_0
FrogNano 4B 26099tok/sQ8_062tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B7tok/smlx-6bitoffload
LFM2.5 2.6B7tok/sQ8_051tok/sQ8_0
LFM2.5 VL 3B7tok/sQ8_051tok/sQ8_0
Kimi VL A3B Thinking 25067tok/sQ8_056tok/sQ4_K_M
GLM 4 9B 04146tok/smlx-5bit41tok/smlx-5bit
granite vision 4.1 4b5tok/sQ8_039tok/sQ8_0
granite 4.2 3b5tok/sQ8_038tok/sQ8_0
GLM 4.6V Flash5tok/sQ8_048tok/sQ4_K_M
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B5tok/sQ8_040tok/sQ6_K
GLM 4.1V 9B Thinking5tok/smlx-8bitoffload
Qwen 3.8 27Bwon't runoffload
Qwen 3.6 27Bwon't runoffload
Gemma 4 31Bwon'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
Ministral 3 8Bwon't runoffload
Llama 3.1 8Bwon't runoffload
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 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
Ministral 3 8B Reasoning 2512won'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
Qwen 3.5 122B-A10Bwon'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
Mistral Small 4 119Bwon'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 5won'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 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?
Choose the Mac mini M4 32GB to run bigger models. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti for speed. Choose the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti to spend less.
Which can run bigger models, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?
At 128k context the Mac mini M4 32GB runs 25 of the models we track fully in memory and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 22; only the Mac mini M4 32GB holds Gemma 4 26B-A4B.
Which is faster for local AI, the Mac mini M4 32GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?
On the models both run fully in memory, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is about 7.2× 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 GeForce RTX 5070 Ti?
In the US the Mac mini M4 32GB costs $1,420 at eBay and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti $995 at eBay: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti is $425 cheaper.

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