Apple · 64 GB LPDDR5X · 273 GB/s bandwidth ·
MiniMax · 456.1B (active 45.9B) · MoE · model ctx up to 1000K
No — MiniMax-M1 at Q4 needs ≈ 256.45 GB even at 4K context, beyond the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB's 64 GB LPDDR5X. It would only run with heavy CPU/disk offload. FP16 needs ≈ 922.38 GB — does not fit on this card. Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.
Fit & speed by quant and context
Quant
Context
VRAM needed
Fits?
tok/s (decode)
Q4
4K
256.45 GB
No
—
Q4
8K default
261.04 GB
No
—
Q4
32K
288.58 GB
No
—
FP16
4K
917.79 GB
No
—
FP16
8K default
922.38 GB
No
—
FP16
32K
949.92 GB
No
—
Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured
anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s
means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).
VRAM breakdown at 8K context
Quant
Weights
KV cache
Overhead
Total needed
Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB VRAM
Q4
250.86 GB
9.18 GB
1 GB
261.04 GB
64 GB
FP16
912.2 GB
9.18 GB
1 GB
922.38 GB
64 GB
Other GPUs that run MiniMax-M1
No catalog GPU fully fits MiniMax-M1 at Q4/8K — see the model page for offload estimates.