Mac Mini M4 Pro 48GB
48GB Unified memory
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273 GB/s
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30W
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$1,799 MSRP
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Released 2024
Overview
The 2024 Mac mini generation: M4 base at $599 (16GB, 120 GB/s) and M4 Pro at $1,399 (24GB, 273 GB/s), with a 48GB M4 Pro option. Still sold, now alongside the 2026 M6/M5 Pro refresh.
What it does well:
- $599 entry point: the least expensive current Apple machine on this site, at 15W - an always-on inference box that disappears into a shelf.
- M4 Pro bandwidth: 273 GB/s matches the DGX Spark’s number at a quarter of the price, for models that fit in 24-48GB.
Where it falls short: the M4 base tops out at 16GB and 120 GB/s, so 14B dense 4-bit models are near the practical ceiling. Non-upgradeable.
Run it locally: Ollama or LM Studio. The modeldex results rank checkpoints by fit and estimated tok/s on this config.
Chip specs
- Apple M4 Pro
- 48GB unified
- 273 GB/s
- 2024
- Moderate
Top models (92 compatible)
Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Q4_K_M
Runs comfortably
20.0GB / 20.0GB min
95
ⓘ estimated
Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B
Q4_K_M
Runs comfortably
21.7GB / 22.0GB min
90
ⓘ estimated
Pokee-Isaac 28B
Q4_K_M
Runs comfortably
16.0GB / 18.0GB min
10
ⓘ estimated
Qwen3.8-27B
UD-IQ1_S
Runs comfortably
6.2GB / 8.0GB min
26
ⓘ estimated
Gemma 4 31B
QAT
Runs comfortably
18.0GB / 19.0GB min
9
ⓘ estimated