Mac mini (M5 Pro, 24GB)
307GB/s memory bandwidth makes 30B mixture-of-experts models genuinely fast. The sweet spot if you want a local fallback model next to cloud APIs.
$1,699 starting price, checked 2026-10-27
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| Maker | Apple |
|---|---|
| Type | Mac mini |
| Chip | Apple M5 Pro, 15-core CPU / 16-core GPU |
| Memory | 24GB unified (up to 64GB) |
| Storage | 512GB SSD |
| Starting price | $1,699 () |
| Barebone price | — |
| Stock when checked | Available |
| Price source | Official store, checked 2026-10-27 |
| Agent tier | Mid local (~30B) |
| Power | 155W max continuous (Apple spec) (source) |
| Benchmark | 73.9 tok/s generating with Qwen3-30B-A3B (IQ3_XXS); llama.cpp Metal, community report. Measured on: Apple M5 Pro, 24GB (laptop). (source) |
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