Mac mini, M5 Pro, 64GB
512GB of storage, 307GB/s of memory bandwidth, and 59GB of unified memory left for a model once macOS has taken its share. It holds 5 of the 11 models we track.
Offers
checked 9 hours ago- Applelist pricein stockchecked 9 hours ago$2,899
Timing
Collecting price history — 1 of 90 days. No timing verdict yet.
Models it runs — 8K context
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Won't fit— headroom
- Llama-4-Scout-17B-16EQ3_K_MTight3GB headroomest. 18.5 tok/s
- Llama-3.3-70BQ5_K_MFits5GB headroomest. 4.0 tok/s
- Qwen3-32BQ8_0Fits22GB headroomest. 5.9 tok/s
- Gemma-3-27BBF16Tight2GB headroomest. 3.7 tok/s
- gpt-oss-20bBF16Fits15GB headroomest. 21.3 tok/s
| Model | Best quant | Fit | Headroom | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama-4-Behemoth | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| DeepSeek-V3 | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Mistral-Large-2411 | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E | Q3_K_M | Tight | 3GB | 18.5 tok/s |
| Llama-3.3-70B | Q5_K_M | Fits | 5GB | 4.0 tok/s |
| Qwen3-32B | Q8_0 | Fits | 22GB | 5.9 tok/s |
| Gemma-3-27B | BF16 | Tight | 2GB | 3.7 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-20b | BF16 | Fits | 15GB | 21.3 tok/s |
Best quant is the highest-quality one that still loads with headroom. Every speed is an estimate; the formula is here.