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Mac mini M4 (10-core GPU) 16GB / 512GB for local AI: price in Australia & what it can run
A$1,597cheapest found · Mwave
16 GBunified (12.0 GB usable)
120 GB/smemory bandwidth
24 tok/smeasured, Llama 2 7B Q4_0
View at Mwave → Price checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST.
Previous generation; still sold by some AU retailers.
Benchmark
24.11 tok/s on Llama 2 7B Q4_0, tg128 (llama.cpp llama-bench), Metal backend. Source: ggml-org/llama.cpp/discussions/4167 scoreboard (checked 2026-10-19).
Specs: Apple M4 published specification (manually entered)
AU prices found
| Retailer | Listing | Price | Stock | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mwave | A$1,597 | in stock | 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST |
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Which models fit? (8k context)
| Model | Quant | Needs / usable | Fit | Est. tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q4_K_M | 464.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 499.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 20.0 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 348.5 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 15.7 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 45.9 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 22.5 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 305.3 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
MiniCPM V 4.7 1B new | Q4_K_M | 2.0 / 12.0 GB | fits | 97 estimate |
Q4_K_M | 464.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 195.9 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
GLM 5.3 (MoE) new | Q4_K_M | 458.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – |
Q4_K_M | 110.3 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 18.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 20.2 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 9.1 / 12.0 GB | fits | 13 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 23.0 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 81.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 22.1 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 17.2 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 6.0 / 12.0 GB | fits | 19 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 7.1 / 12.0 GB | fits | 16 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 4.1 / 12.0 GB | fits | 32 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 77.0 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
Q4_K_M | 20.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – | |
gpt-oss 20B (MoE) older | MXFP4 | 12.4 / 12.0 GB | no | – |
gpt-oss 120B (MoE) older | MXFP4 | 63.5 / 12.0 GB | no | – |
Qwen 3 4B older | Q4_K_M | 4.6 / 12.0 GB | fits | 38 estimate |
Qwen 3 8B older | Q4_K_M | 7.2 / 12.0 GB | fits | 18 estimate |
Qwen 3 32B older | Q4_K_M | 23.0 / 12.0 GB | no | – |
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct older | Q4_K_M | 6.9 / 12.0 GB | fits | 19 estimate |
Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 older | Q4_K_M | 6.5 / 12.0 GB | fits | 21 estimate |