Mac mini M4 Max (128GB)
Apple · Apple M4 Max · Released 2024Verified 2026-07-21
128 GB
Unified LPDDR5X
38
NPU TOPS
546
GB/s Bandwidth
80 W
TDP
128 GBMemory (Unified LPDDR5X)
546 GB/sMemory Bandwidth
38NPU TOPS
40GPU Compute Units
16CPU Cores
80 WTDP
$3,199
MSRP · Verified 2026-07-21
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AI Workload Fit
Local LLM Inference
Good — 70B class models
✓ Capable
Image Generation
SDXL, Flux
✓ Capable
NPU/AI Acceleration
Basic NPU — 38 TOPS
⚠ Basic
Power Efficiency
Good — 80W TDP
⚠ Moderate
Model Fit Analysis
Usable AI memory: 87.5 GB (OS reserve: 3GB, GPU allocation: 70%) Conservative
Maximum model size at Q4: 70B class models (168B params, ~336GB 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
✓ Fits
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
✓ Fits
Qwen 2.5 72B
~38.14GB Q4
✓ Fits
Mistral 7B
~5.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
Mixtral 8x7B
~25.44GB Q4
✓ Fits
DeepSeek R1 7B
~5.01GB Q4
✓ Fits
DeepSeek R1 32B
~18.06GB Q4
✓ Fits
DeepSeek R1 70B
~37.14GB Q4
✓ Fits
Phi-3 Medium 14B
~8.53GB Q4
✓ Fits
Gemma 2 9B
~6.02GB Q4
✓ Fits
Gemma 2 27B
~15.05GB Q4
✓ Fits
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 | 128 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Type | Unified LPDDR5X Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Bus Width | 256-bit Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Bandwidth Gbps | 546 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Npu Tops | 38 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Gpu Compute Units | 40 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Gpu Name | Apple M4 Max GPU Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Cpu Cores | 16 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Tdp Watts | 80 Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Platform | Apple M4 Max Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Storage Type | NVMe SSD Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Ai Framework | MLX, CoreML, llama.cpp Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Memory Upgradeable | No (unified memory) Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Oculink Pcie | No Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Ethernet | 10GbE (optional) Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · Verified 2026-07-21 |
| Os Support | macOS Source: Apple M4 Max Specs (MacBook Pro page) · 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