Hardware · Apple Silicon

What AI models can the Apple M4 Pro (24 GB) run?

Unified memory: 24.0 GB
Usable for models: 16.1 GB
Memory bandwidth: 273 GB/s
FP16 compute: 9.2 TFLOPS
Released: 2024

macOS lets the GPU use roughly two-thirds to three-quarters of unified memory by default, so we plan around that figure rather than the full 24.0 GB.

Specifications

Maker	Apple Silicon
Type	Apple silicon (system on a chip)
Chip	Apple M4 Pro
Unified memory	24.0 GB
Usable for AI models	16.1 GB
Memory bandwidth	273 GB/s
FP16 compute	9.2 TFLOPS
Interface	UNIFIED
Released	2024

3 products with the Apple M4 Pro (24 GB)

MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · from $1,999Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024) (M4 Pro or M4 Max)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · from $2,499Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
Mac mini (2024) (M4 or M4 Pro)Apple · Mini PC · 16, 24, 32, 48 or 64 GB · from $599Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)

Best LLMs for the Apple M4 Pro (24 GB)

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 35.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q3_K_M`	14.9 GB	49.1 tok/s	Tight fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 35.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.6/15, Memory use 14.1/15	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	`Q4_K_M`	9.9 GB	24.1 tok/s	Runs well
85 ptsExcellent (S) · 85 of 100 points: Model quality 31.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	gpt-oss 20BOpenAI	`MXFP4`	14.0 GB	42.9 tok/s	Tight fit
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 29.9/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	ERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B ThinkingBaidu	`Q4_K_M`	15.7 GB	48.1 tok/s	Tight fit
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 36.1/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 8.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	16.0 GB	13.4 tok/s	Tight fit
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 29.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B ITGoogle	`Q3_K_M`	14.9 GB	46.6 tok/s	Tight fit
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 35.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 8.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	16.0 GB	13.4 tok/s	Tight fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 8.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	16.0 GB	13.4 tok/s	Tight fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 32.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.0/15, Memory use 11.5/15	Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	`Q4_K_M`	8.0 GB	29.9 tok/s	Runs well
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 27.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B)Ant Group (inclusionAI)	`Q8_0`	10.5 GB	56.5 tok/s	Runs well
81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 32.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.0/15, Memory use 11.5/15	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	`Q4_K_M`	8.0 GB	29.9 tok/s	Runs well
81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 34.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 8.8/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 27BAi2	`Q3_K_M`	15.8 GB	13.6 tok/s	Tight fit

Best Image models for the Apple M4 Pro (24 GB)

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 34.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 14.6/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	10.2 GB	8.9 s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 10.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	22 s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 11.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	11.7 GB	17 s	Runs well
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 3.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	2.5 min	Runs well
77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 29.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 10.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs	`NF4`	14.4 GB	22 s	Tight fit
77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 12.8/15	SDXL-Lightning (4-step)ByteDance	`FP16`	8.9 GB	6.9 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple M4 Pro (24 GB)

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	10.8 GB	3.7 min	Runs well
68 ptsGood (B) · 68 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 4.4/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	`FP8`	12.8 GB	35.5 min	Runs well
68 ptsGood (B) · 68 of 100 points: Model quality 19.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 8.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	`FP8`	11.0 GB	8.9 min	Runs well
67 ptsGood (B) · 67 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 5.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.3 GB	26.6 min	Tight fit
67 ptsGood (B) · 67 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 5.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.9 GB	26.6 min	Tight fit

Best LLMs by task on this hardware Open in Model Finder

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.