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Mac mini M5 Pro (16-core GPU) 24GB for local AI: price in Australia & what it can run

A$2,699cheapest found · Apple AU
24 GBunified (18.0 GB usable)
307 GB/smemory bandwidth
68 tok/smeasured, Llama 2 7B Q4_0

View at Apple AU → Price checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST.

Benchmark

67.59 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: https://www.apple.com/au/mac-mini/specs/

AU prices found

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Apple AU
A$2,699
in stock
20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST

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Which models fit? (8k context)

ModelQuantNeeds / usableFitEst. tok/s
Q4_K_M
464.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
499.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
20.0 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
348.5 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
15.7 / 18.0 GB
fits
211 estimate
Q4_K_M
45.9 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
22.5 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
305.3 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
2.0 / 18.0 GB
fits
273 estimate
Q4_K_M
464.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
195.9 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
458.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
110.3 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
18.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
20.2 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
9.1 / 18.0 GB
fits
35 estimate
Q4_K_M
23.0 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
81.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
22.1 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
17.2 / 18.0 GB
tight
111 estimate
Q4_K_M
6.0 / 18.0 GB
fits
53 estimate
Q4_K_M
7.1 / 18.0 GB
fits
44 estimate
Q4_K_M
4.1 / 18.0 GB
fits
91 estimate
Q4_K_M
77.0 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
20.4 / 18.0 GB
no
–
MXFP4
12.4 / 18.0 GB
fits
134 estimate
MXFP4
63.5 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Qwen 3 4B older
Q4_K_M
4.6 / 18.0 GB
fits
105 estimate
Qwen 3 8B older
Q4_K_M
7.2 / 18.0 GB
fits
52 estimate
Q4_K_M
23.0 / 18.0 GB
no
–
Q4_K_M
6.9 / 18.0 GB
fits
53 estimate
Q4_K_M
6.5 / 18.0 GB
fits
58 estimate

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