Mac mini M4 (Base)
Apple · Apple M4 · Released 2024Verified 2026-07-21
16 GB
Unified LPDDR5X
38
NPU TOPS
120
GB/s Bandwidth
40 W
TDP
16 GBMemory (Unified LPDDR5X)
120 GB/sMemory Bandwidth
38NPU TOPS
10GPU Compute Units
10CPU Cores
40 WTDP
$799
MSRP · Verified 2026-07-21
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AI Workload Fit
Local LLM Inference
Limited — 8B class models
⚠ Limited
Image Generation
SDXL, Flux
✓ Capable
NPU/AI Acceleration
Basic NPU — 38 TOPS
⚠ Basic
Power Efficiency
Excellent — 40W TDP
✓ Efficient
Model Fit Analysis
Usable AI memory: 9.1 GB (OS reserve: 3GB, GPU allocation: 70%) Conservative
Maximum model size at Q4: 8B class models (11.2B params, ~22.4GB at FP16)
Method: unified_memory_desktop_workload. Estimates account for OS reserve, GPU memory allocation fraction, and memory architecture. Actual results vary by workload, BIOS settings, and model architecture.
Llama 3.1 8B
~5.52GB Q4
✓ Fits
Llama 3.1 70B
~37.14GB Q4
✗ Too large
Llama 3.2 1B
~2GB Q4
✓ Fits
Llama 3.2 3B
~3.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
Qwen 2.5 7B
~5.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
Qwen 2.5 14B
~8.53GB Q4
✓ Fits
Qwen 2.5 32B
~18.06GB Q4
✗ Too large
Qwen 2.5 72B
~38.14GB Q4
✗ Too large
Mistral 7B
~5.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
Mixtral 8x7B
~25.44GB Q4
✗ Too large
DeepSeek R1 7B
~5.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
DeepSeek R1 32B
~18.06GB Q4
✗ Too large
DeepSeek R1 70B
~37.14GB Q4
✗ Too large
Phi-3 Medium 14B
~8.53GB Q4
✓ Fits
Gemma 2 9B
~6.02GB Q4
✓ Fits
Gemma 2 27B
~15.05GB Q4
✗ Too large
Stable Diffusion XL
~4.81GB Q4
✓ Fits
Flux.1 Dev
~7.52GB Q4
✓ Fits
Flux.1 Schnell
~7.52GB Q4
✓ Fits
Full Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Memory Gb | 16 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Type | Unified LPDDR5X Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Bus Width | 128-bit Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Bandwidth Gbps | 120 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Npu Tops | 38 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Gpu Compute Units | 10 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Gpu Name | Apple M4 GPU Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Cpu Cores | 10 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Tdp Watts | 40 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Platform | Apple M4 Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Ai Framework | MLX, CoreML, llama.cpp Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Upgradeable | No (unified memory) Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Oculink Pcie | No Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Ethernet | 1GbE Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Os Support | macOS Source: Apple Mac mini Technical Specifications · Verified 2026-07-21 |
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Specifications sourced from manufacturer datasheets. MSRP verified 2026-07-21. Model-fit uses conservative estimates accounting for OS reserve and GPU allocation — actual performance varies. Methodology