GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) vs Mac mini M4 Pro for Local AI: Local AI Performance

Side-by-side specification comparison with AI model-fit analysis. Data sourced from manufacturer specs, verified 2026-07-21.

	GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395) GMKtec	Mac mini M4 Pro Apple
Price	$2,199MSRP	$1,599MSRP
AI Framework	ROCm, Vulkan, DirectML	MLX, CoreML, llama.cpp
CPU Cores	16	14
Ethernet	2.5GbE	10GbE (optional)
GPU Compute Units	40	20
GPU	Radeon 8060S	Apple M4 Pro GPU
Memory Bandwidth (GB/s)	256	273
Memory Bus Width	256-bit	192-bit
Memory (GB)	128	48
Memory Type	LPDDR5X 8000	Unified LPDDR5X
Memory Upgradeable	No (soldered LPDDR5X)	No (unified memory)
NPU TOPS	50	38
OCuLink / PCIe	Yes (OCuLink)	No
OS Support	Windows 11, Linux	macOS
Platform	AMD Strix Halo	Apple M4 Pro
Storage Type	NVMe Gen4 SSD	NVMe SSD
TDP (W)	120	70
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Model Fit Analysis

GMKtec EVO-X2 (Ryzen AI Max+ 395)

Max Q4: 70B class models (169.4B params)

Usable AI memory: 88.2GB · Method: unified_memory_desktop_workload Conservative

Llama 3.1 8B ✓

Llama 3.1 70B ✓

Llama 3.2 1B ✓

Llama 3.2 3B ✓

Qwen 2.5 7B ✓

Qwen 2.5 14B ✓

Qwen 2.5 32B ✓

Qwen 2.5 72B ✓

Mistral 7B ✓

Mixtral 8x7B ✓

DeepSeek R1 7B ✓

DeepSeek R1 32B ✓

DeepSeek R1 70B ✓

Phi-3 Medium 14B ✓

Gemma 2 9B ✓

Gemma 2 27B ✓

Stable Diffusion XL ✓

Flux.1 Dev ✓

Flux.1 Schnell ✓

Mac mini M4 Pro

Max Q4: 34B class models (56B params)

Usable AI memory: 31.5GB · Method: unified_memory_desktop_workload Conservative