Mac mini M4 32GB vs Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB for Local LLMs

The Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB has about 127% more memory bandwidth (273 vs 120 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 127% faster on the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB. The Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 44 vs 38 of 61 models (64 vs 32 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB but not the Mac mini M4 32GB: Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct (81.3B). MSRP is $999 for the Mac mini M4 32GB vs $2,199 for the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (47 shared models), the Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB posts the higher tok/s in 47 rows vs 0. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	Mac mini M4 32GB	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Vendor	Apple	Apple
VRAM	32 GB	64 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR5X
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s	273 GB/s
TDP	155 W	155 W
MSRP (list)	$999	$2,199
Buy	Search Amazon (affiliate)	Search Amazon (affiliate)

MSRP is the launch list price, not live retail. Buy links are Amazon affiliate links — the price after you click is the live price.

Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 47 shared models

Model	Params (B)	Mac mini M4 32GB tok/s	Mac mini M4 32GB fits	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB tok/s	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB fits	Winner
Qwen3-0.6B	0.8	95.5 est.	Yes	217.2 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
gemma-3-1b-it	1.0	76.4 est.	Yes	173.7 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct	1.2	63.6 est.	Yes	144.8 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-1.7B	2.0	38.2 est.	Yes	86.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
gpt-oss-120b	120.4	9.4 est.	No	85.6 est.	No	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B	30.5	25.5 est.	Yes	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5	25.5 est.	Yes	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	25.5 est.	Yes	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	25.5 est.	Yes	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct	81.3	34.7 est.	No	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Qwen3-Coder-Next	79.7	36.1 est.	No	57.9 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	41.3 measured	Yes	54.3 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	21.2 est.	Yes	48.3 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Phi-4-mini-instruct	3.8	20.1 est.	Yes	45.7 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Phi-4-mini-reasoning	3.8	20.1 est.	Yes	45.7 est.	Yes	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB

est. = bandwidth-based estimate; measured = curated real benchmark that overrides the estimate. Fits = weights + KV(8K) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM.

Fit coverage at Q4 / 8K

	Mac mini M4 32GB	Mac mini M4 Pro 64GB
Catalog models that fit	38 of 61	44 of 61
Largest exclusive fit	—	Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct (81.3B)

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