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Apple Silicon

Mac Mini M4 (16GB)

$799

Chip

Apple M4

Unified memory

16 GB

Llama 3.1 8B tok/s

28

Max model size

~12 GB

Notes

Best entry price for Apple Silicon LLMs
Fits 7B models at Q4 comfortably — fast enough to read as it types
Cannot run 14B at Q4 without offloading to slower system memory
Performance estimate — actual results vary by workload

Compare configs

MacBook Pro 14" M4 Pro (48GB) — $2,499
Mac Studio M4 Max (64GB) — $1,999
Mac Studio M3 Ultra (128GB) — $3,999

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