Can Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB run Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct?

Apple · 64 GB LPDDR5X · 273 GB/s bandwidth · Meta · 70.6B · model ctx up to 128K

Yes — the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB (64 GB LPDDR5X) can run Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 53.83 GB VRAM (weights 38.83 GB + KV cache 14.0 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 64 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 5.0 tok/s (measured, batch 1). FP16 needs ≈ 156.2 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	46.83 GB	Yes	5.0 measured
Q4	8K default	53.83 GB	Yes	5.0 measured
Q4	32K	95.83 GB	No	5.0 measured
FP16	4K	149.2 GB	No	0.4 est.
FP16	8K default	156.2 GB	No	0.3 est.
FP16	32K	198.2 GB	No	0.2 est.

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	38.83 GB	14.0 GB	1 GB	53.83 GB	64 GB
FP16	141.2 GB	14.0 GB	1 GB	156.2 GB	64 GB

Other GPUs that run Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct

• B200 192GB SXM — ≈520.0 tok/s Q4 measured
• MI300X 192GB — ≈48.2 tok/s Q4 est.
• H200 141GB SXM5 — ≈43.6 tok/s Q4 est.
• H100 80GB SXM5 — ≈30.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Gaudi 3 128GB — ≈29.8 tok/s Q4 est.
• A100 80GB SXM4 — ≈18.5 tok/s Q4 est.
• Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB — ≈8.0 tok/s Q4 measured
• Mac Studio M3 Ultra 96GB — ≈7.4 tok/s Q4 est.

All GPUs for Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct →

Other models for the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB

• Qwen3-0.6B — ≈217.2 tok/s Q4 est.
• gemma-3-1b-it — ≈173.7 tok/s Q4 est.
• Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct — ≈144.8 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-1.7B — ≈86.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B — ≈57.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct — ≈57.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• GLM-4.7-Flash — ≈57.9 tok/s Q4 est.
• Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507 — ≈57.9 tok/s Q4 est.

All models on the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB →