Hardware
Mac mini M6 16GB
Current entry mini. Fine for 8B, too tight for 32B.
Memory
16 GB unifiedBandwidth
153 GB/swww.apple.com/mac-mini/specs/Price
$894€799
14 Oct 2026
price unverifiedParts in the catalog
- Mac mini M6, 16 GB, 153 GB/s
- Current line on apple.com/mac-mini/specs
Which models fit
Estimate at 8,192 tokens, or the model's maximum when that is shorter. full means the formula fits in usable memory. offload means GPU plus system RAM. no means it does not fit. This is not a measured file.
| Model | Q4estimate | Q5estimate | Q8estimate | FP16estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.2 3B | full | full | full | full |
| Llama 3.1 8B | full | full | no | no |
| Mistral 7B v0.3 | full | full | full | no |
| Gemma 2 9B | full | full | no | no |
| Qwen2.5 14B | no | no | no | no |
| Phi-4 14B | no | no | no | no |
| Gemma 2 27B | no | no | no | no |
| Qwen2.5 32B | no | no | no | no |
| Llama 3.3 70B | no | no | no | no |
| Qwen2.5 72B | no | no | no | no |
| DeepSeek-R1-Distill 70B | no | no | no | no |