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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 32.0 GB configuration

Maker	Apple
Type	Mini PC
Chip	Apple M2 Pro (32 GB) · 10-core CPU, 16-core GPU
Unified memory	32.0 GB
Usable for AI models	21.4 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) 32.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
91 ptsExcellent (S) · 91 of 100 points: Model quality 39.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 12.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q4_K_M`	18.5 GB	27.8 tok/s	Tight fit
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 35.3/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	20.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	20.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 33.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	`Q3_K_M`	18.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 34.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q3_K_M`	20.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 33.6/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex	`Q3_K_M`	20.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 33.6/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.0 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	`Q3_K_M`	20.1 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 34.2/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 14.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	North Mini Code 1.0 (30B-A3B)Cohere	`Q4_K_M`	21.2 GB	35.2 tok/s	Tight fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 32.9/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Agents-A1 35B-A3BInternScience	`Q3_K_M`	19.7 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 32.9/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen AgentWorld 35B-A3BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	19.5 GB	45.6 tok/s	Tight fit

Best Image models for the Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro) 32.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
85 ptsExcellent (S) · 85 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 10.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	19.9 GB	20 s	Tight fit
84 ptsGreat (A) · 84 of 100 points: Model quality 34.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.2/15, Memory use 11.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`FP8`	10.2 GB	11 s	Runs well
84 ptsGreat (A) · 84 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 9.0/15, Memory use 13.5/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	28 s	Runs well
78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 30.9/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 10.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 [schnell]Black Forest Labs	`FP8`	19.6 GB	22 s	Tight fit
78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 27.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.2/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large TurboStability AI	`FP8`	16.3 GB	18 s	Runs well
78 ptsGreat (A) · 78 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 4.1/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 Krea [dev]Black Forest Labs	`FP8`	19.6 GB	2.2 min	Tight fit

Best Video models for the Apple Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro) 32.0 GB

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
70 ptsGood (B) · 70 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 12.1/15, Memory use 11.6/15	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	10.8 GB	4.6 min	Runs well
70 ptsGood (B) · 70 of 100 points: Model quality 31.0/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 1.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 I2V 14B 480PAlibaba	`Q4 GGUF`	20.6 GB	3.7 h	Tight fit
68 ptsGood (B) · 68 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 4.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.3 GB	33.4 min	Runs well
68 ptsGood (B) · 68 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 4.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.9 GB	33.4 min	Runs well
68 ptsGood (B) · 68 of 100 points: Model quality 32.6/45, Memory fit 18.0/25, Speed 2.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FramePack I2V (HunyuanVideo 13B)lllyasviel	`FP8`	19.6 GB	77.9 min	Tight fit

Other products with the Apple M2 Pro (32 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.