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Mac mini (M4, 2024)

Name: Mac mini (M4, 2024)
Brand: Apple

Previous generationM4Released November 8, 2024Launch price $599 (launch price, 16GB / 256GB)

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Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core3,838points#3 of 3 Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core14,838points#4 of 4 Blender Benchmark 1,276samples/min#4 of 4

The 2024 Mac mini, replaced by the M6 model in September 2026 but still sold new while stock lasts. Its M4 has a 10-core CPU and GPU and 120GB/s of memory bandwidth; 16GB runs 7-8B language models, at 24 tokens a second in llama.cpp's 7B 4-bit test to the M6's 35. Worth it only at a clear discount to the M6.

Buy now Mac mini 55days since update

Just updated: the next model is a long way off. Last updated August 25, 2026, Mac mini (M6 and M5 Pro); the last 4 updates came every 714 days on average.

Against the line-up

Geekbench 6 CPU Single-core · points

#3 of 3 · The Verge; † another publication

1Mac mini M64,708
2Mac mini M5 Pro4,294†
3Mac mini M43,838

Geekbench 6 CPU Multi-core · points

#4 of 4 · The Verge; † another publication

1Mac mini M5 Pro29,104†
2Mac mini M4 Pro22,661
3Mac mini M621,405
4Mac mini M414,838

Blender Benchmark samples/min

#4 of 4 · Blender Open Data

1Mac mini M5 Pro3,643
2Mac mini M62,656
3Mac mini M4 Pro2,570
4Mac mini M41,276

The whole Mac mini line-up side by side, with prices

Every benchmark

Quoted from the publications that ran them; we don't test hardware ourselves. Figures from different publications were run on different systems and scenes, so compare within a row's source.

Local LLM (llama.cpp / Ollama)

Setting	Result	Source
Llama 2 7B Q4_0, Generation one source	24.1tok/s	llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub), Oct 19, 2026 M4, 10-core GPU, 120GB/s llama-bench tg128 (generating 128 tokens), all layers on the GPU.
Llama 2 7B Q4_0, Prompt processing one source	221tok/s	llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub), Oct 19, 2026 M4, 10-core GPU, 120GB/s llama-bench pp512 (reading a 512-token prompt), all layers on the GPU.
Llama 2 7B Q8_0, Generation one source	13.5tok/s	llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub), Oct 19, 2026 M4, 10-core GPU, 120GB/s llama-bench tg128 (generating 128 tokens), all layers on the GPU.

Blender Benchmark

Setting	Result	Source
Standard run one source	1,276samples/min	Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026 Apple M4 (GPU - 10 cores), Metal, Blender 5.2.0 Median score over the three scenes, 33 submitted runs
CPU one source	213samples/min	Blender Open Data, Oct 19, 2026 Apple M4 CPU, Blender 5.2.0 Median score over the three scenes, 41 submitted runs. All M4 Macs together.

Geekbench 6 CPU

Setting	Result	Source
Multi-core one source	14,838points	Tom's Guide, Sep 21, 2026 Mac mini M4 (configuration not stated) Geekbench 6.7, in the Mac mini M6 review
Single-core one source	3,838points	Tom's Guide, Sep 21, 2026 Mac mini M4 (configuration not stated) Geekbench 6.7, in the Mac mini M6 review

Specs

Chip	Apple M4
CPU cores	10 (4 performance, 6 efficiency)
GPU cores	10
Neural Engine	38 TOPS
Memory (base)	16 GB
Memory (max)	32 GB
Memory bandwidth	120 GB/s
Storage (base)	256 GB
Storage (max)	2 TB
Ports	3x Thunderbolt 4, HDMI, Gigabit Ethernet (10Gb option), 2x USB-C 10Gb/s and headphone jack on the front
External displays	Up to 3
Max power	155 W

From Apple Support: Mac mini (2024) tech specs (2026-10-19), Apple Newsroom: the new Mac mini (2024) (2024-10-29), Apple Newsroom: Apple introduces M4 chip (Neural Engine) (2024-05-07).

Compare it

Sources

Blender Open Data (results database)
Tom's Guide (review)
llama.cpp community benchmarks (GitHub) (results database)

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