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Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro)

Chips: Apple M2 or Apple M2 Pro
Unified memory: 8, 16, 24 or 32 GB
Launch price from: $599
Released: 2023

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Configurations

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Configuration	Memory	Usable for AI	Bandwidth	LLMs that run well	Launch price
Apple M2 · 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU	8.0 GB	5.4 GB	100 GB/s	207 of 536	$599
Apple M2 · 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU	16.0 GB	10.7 GB	100 GB/s	303 of 536	$799
Apple M2 Pro · 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU	16.0 GB	10.7 GB	200 GB/s	303 of 536	$1,299
Apple M2 Pro · 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU	16.0 GB	10.7 GB	200 GB/s	303 of 536	$1,599
Apple M2 · 8-core CPU, 10-core GPU	24.0 GB	16.1 GB	100 GB/s	363 of 536	$999
Apple M2 Pro · 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU	32.0 GB	21.4 GB	200 GB/s	401 of 536	$1,699
Apple M2 Pro · 12-core CPU, 19-core GPU	32.0 GB	21.4 GB	200 GB/s	401 of 536	—

Specifications 16.0 GB configuration

Maker	Apple
Type	Mini PC
Chip	Apple M2 Pro (16 GB) · 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU
Unified memory	16.0 GB
Usable for AI models	10.7 GB
Memory bandwidth	200 GB/s
FP16 compute	6.8 TFLOPS
Maker’s page	support.apple.com (opens in a new tab)

Best LLMs for the Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro) 16.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
84 ptsGreat (A) · 84 of 100 points: Model quality 35.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 10.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	`Q4_K_M`	9.4 GB	17.7 tok/s	Tight fit
84 ptsGreat (A) · 84 of 100 points: Model quality 32.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	`Q4_K_M`	7.6 GB	21.9 tok/s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 32.5/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	`Q4_K_M`	7.6 GB	21.9 tok/s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 32.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce	`Q4_K_M`	7.6 GB	21.9 tok/s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 31.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 9BAi2	`Q4_K_M`	7.2 GB	23.6 tok/s	Runs well
81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 26.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ling 3.0 Tiny (8B-A1.3B)Ant Group (inclusionAI)	`Q6_K`	8.2 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs well
81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 29.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	UI-Mate 9BTencent	`Q4_K_M`	7.5 GB	22.5 tok/s	Runs well
81 ptsGreat (A) · 81 of 100 points: Model quality 29.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	UI-Venus 2 9BAnt Group (inclusionAI)	`Q4_K_M`	7.5 GB	22.5 tok/s	Runs well
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 29.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Granite 4.2 8BIBM	`Q4_K_M`	8.2 GB	24.1 tok/s	Runs well
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 29.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.2/15, Memory use 13.9/15	Gemma 4 E4BGoogle	`Q4_K_M`	6.5 GB	26.4 tok/s	Runs well

Best Image models for the Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro) 16.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 34.4/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 14.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	10.2 GB	11 s	Tight fit
80 ptsGreat (A) · 80 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 7.8/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`Q4 GGUF`	10.1 GB	37 s	Tight fit
79 ptsGreat (A) · 79 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	SDXL-Lightning (4-step)ByteDance	`FP16`	8.9 GB	8.7 s	Runs well
79 ptsGreat (A) · 79 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 9.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`Q4 GGUF`	8.0 GB	28 s	Runs well
75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 34.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 3.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`Q4 GGUF`	10.1 GB	4.2 min	Tight fit
75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 25.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.5/15, Memory use 12.0/15	DreamShaper XL v2 TurboLykon	`FP8`	5.6 GB	14 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro) 16.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
66 ptsGood (B) · 66 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 11.8/15, Memory use 13.0/15	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	6.1 GB	4.9 min	Runs well
63 ptsGood (B) · 63 of 100 points: Model quality 15.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.8/15, Memory use 10.1/15	AnimateDiff v3 (SD 1.5)Shanghai AI Lab	`FP16`	4.7 GB	4.1 min	Runs well
63 ptsGood (B) · 63 of 100 points: Model quality 24.8/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 3.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	`FP16`	8.4 GB	51.9 min	Runs well
62 ptsGood (B) · 62 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 3.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 VACE 1.3BAlibaba	`FP8`	8.0 GB	50.6 min	Runs well
62 ptsGood (B) · 62 of 100 points: Model quality 20.3/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 7.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	`FP16`	7.9 GB	13.0 min	Runs well

Other products with the Apple M2 Pro (16 GB)

MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max)Apple · Laptop · 16, 32, 64 or 96 GB · from $1,999Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)
MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max)Apple · Laptop · 16, 32, 64 or 96 GB · from $2,499Maker’s page (opens in a new tab)

Spec sources

support.apple.com

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.