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Mac mini M6 (12-core GPU) 16GB for local AI: price in Australia & what it can run
A$1,449cheapest found · Apple AU
16 GBunified (12.0 GB usable)
153 GB/smemory bandwidth
30 tok/sestimated, Llama 2 7B Q4_0
View at Apple AU → Price checked 20 Oct 2026, 7:44 am AEST.
Apple lists 153GB/s for the 16GB config and 170GB/s for 24/32GB. The Metal scoreboard's M6 row is an 8-core-GPU part, so it is not used here.
Benchmark
No public benchmark found for this exact hardware. Speeds on this page are bandwidth-based estimates using a median efficiency of 74%.
Specs: https://www.apple.com/au/mac-mini/specs/
AU prices found
| Retailer | Listing | Price | Stock | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apple AU | A$1,449 | 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 | 121 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 | 16 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 | 23 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 7.1 / 12.0 GB | fits | 19 estimate | |
Q4_K_M | 4.1 / 12.0 GB | fits | 40 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 | 46 estimate |
Qwen 3 8B older | Q4_K_M | 7.2 / 12.0 GB | fits | 23 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 | 23 estimate |
Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 older | Q4_K_M | 6.5 / 12.0 GB | fits | 26 estimate |