Apple Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro)

Configurations

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Specifications 48.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) 48.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q6_K	25.0 GB	48.8 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q5_K_M	28.6 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q5_K_M	28.6 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q5_K_M	28.3 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DROrnith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	68.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZAGLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	Q6_K	29.5 GB	59.1 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q6_K	27.1 GB	44.0 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) 48.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP16	22.7 GB	24 s	Runs well
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP16	26.4 GB	31 s	Runs well
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	19.9 GB	16 s	Runs well
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	18.1 GB	9.7 s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP16	22.4 GB	55 s	Slow
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP8	20.2 GB	38 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) 48.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP8	26.0 GB	1.7 h	Very slow
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled)Lightricks	FP8	30.1 GB	8.7 min	Runs well
A81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	Q4 GGUF	26.8 GB	18.5 min	Slowencoder unloaded after use
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZASCAIL-2 14B (character animation)Zhipu AI	FP8	29.8 GB	2.9 h	Very slow
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	THY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent	FP8	24.6 GB	77.1 min	Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro) 48.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	F16	4.9 GB	65 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3Jina AI	F16	4.9 GB	65 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAFRIDA-DecisionsSber AI	F16	2.4 GB	49 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FGLiNER2.5 DecideFastino	F16	1.7 GB	31 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 0.6BAlibaba	F16	4.9 GB	65 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	Q8_0	5.2 GB	149 ms	Runs well
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Llama Prompt Guard 2 86MMeta	F16	1.2 GB	35 ms	Runs great
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Mmxbai-rerank-base v2Mixedbread	F16	4.5 GB	53 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M5 Pro (48 GB)

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