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Apple Mac mini M5 Pro · 24GB: specifications and local LLMs

24 GB unified memory and 307 GB/s rated memory bandwidth. 307GB/s unified memory; compact and quiet; mature Apple-silicon local-AI runtimes; Thunderbolt 5 and Wi-Fi 7.

Catalog reviewed . Listing evidence: 2026-10-03. Price and performance records retain their own dates.

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CPU, GPU, memory and storage

CPU
Apple M5 Pro · 15-core · 15 cores / 15 threads
GPU
Apple M5 Pro GPU · 16-core
Installed memory
24 GB · Unified · 307 GB/s · Amazon.com ASIN listing
Unified memory, not separate VRAM
24 GB shared with CPU and operating system
Memory bandwidth
307 GB/s rated / theoretical · Apple-published memory bandwidth for the base 15-core CPU / 16-core GPU M5 Pro configuration.
Storage
512 GB · Amazon.com ASIN listing
Operating system
macOS 27 (manufacturer)
Expansion
Three Thunderbolt 5 ports; two front USB-C ports; HDMI 2.1; 2.5GbE; Wi-Fi 7

Fixed 24GB memory and internal storage limit model size; no CUDA support; Amazon main-offer price and stock were not verified in this run.

Amazon's product-family variant map identifies this exact ASIN as M5 Pro with 24GB unified memory and 512GB storage, without AppleCare+. Local-model fit depends on quantization, context and runtime overhead.

Amazon's direct Mac mini product-family page maps ASIN B0HGGHNQY6 to M5 Pro, 24GB unified memory and 512GB SSD without AppleCare+. Apple technical and store pages match the CPU, GPU, memory and storage configuration. Current seller, stock and checkout price can change.

What local models could Mac mini M5 Pro · 24GB run?

The 24 GB unified-memory pool gives a 16.8 GB initial weight budget using our 30% (minimum 2 GB) reserve. The CPU, GPU and OS share this capacity; software allocation limits still apply.

95 catalog files pass this size check. The largest is Qwen3.5-27B at 16.741 GB (Q4_K_M). This is a catalog weight limit, not a measured maximum practical model size. Context length, runtime and architecture support can rule out a candidate.

Model snapshot: 14 October 2026. The examples below use MMLU-Pro; models without that score are not ranked in this table.

MMLU-Pro memory candidates · GB = 1 billion bytes. Published scores may use different settings or precision.
Model / quantizationWeightsParametersScore / 100Score / GBBudget leftSources
Qwen3.5-4BQ4_K_M · Pareto choice2.741 GB4.206B79.128.85914.059 GBGet weights
Score source
MiniCPM5 2BQ4_K_M · Pareto choice1.561 GB2.517B70.845.34615.239 GBGet weights
Score source
Qwen3.5-9BQ4_K_M · Pareto choice5.681 GB9.653B82.514.52311.119 GBGet weights
Score source
LFM2.5 230MQ4_K_M · Pareto choice0.153 GB0.23B20.25132.00216.647 GBGet weights
Score source
Qwen3.5-27BQ4_K_M · Pareto choice16.741 GB27.781B86.15.1430.059 GBGet weights
Score source

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Published LLM performance

Local AI Stats has not tested this computer. No matching token-speed result is recorded for this configuration.

Advertised compute peaks and bandwidth are not tokens per second. Compare the same model, quantization, context and concurrency.

Price and value

ASIN: B0HGGHNQY6 · Amazon.com listing

$1,699 USD reference. Apple US launch price announced 22 September 2026: USD 1,699. Dated manufacturer reference, not an Amazon offer; tax and shipping may differ.

Reference price per installed-memory GB: $70.792. This measures cost per GB, not speed or total running cost.

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