Mac mini M6
A desktop mini computer from Apple featuring the M6 chip and a unified memory architecture. The initial release offers a 24 GB memory configuration, making it suitable for everyday productivity workloads and lightweight AI inference tasks.
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The macOS 27 system on a Mac mini M6 uses approximately 12 GB of memory at startup, and in actual use can reach 14 GB.
The Mac mini M6 24 GB version cannot launch the Qwen 3.8B model because only about 10 GB of memory is available, and entering 'Hello' immediately triggers an out-of-memory error.
Apple's M6 Mac mini launched with only the 24 GB version available; the 32 GB version has not yet been released by the company.
The 32 GB version of the Mac mini M6 is not expected to be available until mid-October.
Users who want to run local large language models on a Mac mini should give up on the 24 GB version and wait at least for the 32 GB version.
At a price of around 1,000+ USD, the Mac mini achieves a local large language model inference speed of approximately 10 tokens per second.
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The macOS 27 system on a Mac mini M6 uses approximately 12 GB of memory at startup, and in actual use can reach 14 GB.
60%UnverifiedThe Mac mini M6 24 GB version cannot launch the Qwen 3.8B model because only about 10 GB of memory is available, and entering 'Hello' immediately triggers an out-of-memory error.
50%UnverifiedApple's M6 Mac mini launched with only the 24 GB version available; the 32 GB version has not yet been released by the company.
50%UnverifiedUsers who want to run local large language models on a Mac mini should give up on the 24 GB version and wait at least for the 32 GB version.
50%UnverifiedAt a price of around 1,000+ USD, the Mac mini achieves a local large language model inference speed of approximately 10 tokens per second.
50%UnverifiedThe 32 GB version of the Mac mini M6 is not expected to be available until mid-October.
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