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M4 16GB

Released 2024-10-30 · Street $1,299
vram
16 GB
unified mem
bandwidth
120
GB/s
models fit
12
top · Q4_K_M
power
22 W
low

Spec sheet · top pick

Hardware spec
M4 16GB
Apple · Apple Silicon · M4
vram
16 GB unified
bandwidth
120 GB/s
tdp
22 W
released
2024-10-30
msrp
$1,299
street
~$1,299
★ Sweet spot for this card
gemma 3 27b
Q4_K_M · GGUF · 14.7 GB
bench50.6 · conf A
vram14.7 / 16 GB
speed8 tok/s
Best benchmark per GB of VRAM in your tier. Q4_K_Mwastes <3% quality vs FP16, leaves headroom for 32k context.
Full model inspect →

Top 10 models on this GPU

#modelquantvramtok/sbench ↓fit
01gemma 3 27bQ4_K_M14.7 GB850.6Ok
02Qwen2.5 Coder 32BQ2_K13.1 GB948.8Great
03Gemma 2 9BQ8_010 GB1235.0Great
04Gemma 2 27BQ4_K_M14.7 GB846.2Ok
05Qwen3 32BQ2_K13.1 GB940.0Great
06Gemma 3 12BQ8_013.1 GB931.3Great
07deepseek r1 distill qwen 32bQ2_K13.1 GB933.3Great
08Gemma 3 4BFP168.9 GB1315.1Great
09Gemma 2 2bFP164.7 GB260.0Great
10Meta Llama 3.1 8BQ8_08.9 GB130.0Great
Showing 10 of 12 models that fit · see full ranked list →

Upgrade options

★ Best value
+RTX 5090
32 GB · ~$2,399 · +$1,100 over M4 16GB
Unlocks +4 models not in current rank
See RTX 5090
Bigger tier
+RTX 4090
24 GB · ~$1,899 · +$600 over M4 16GB
Unlocks +1 models not in current rank
See RTX 4090
Premium tier
+RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB · ~$950 · +$-349 over M4 16GB
Unlocks +1 models not in current rank
See RTX 3090 Ti

Also compare

RTX 5090
32 GB · NVIDIA · 85% more
RTX 5080
16 GB · NVIDIA · 15% cheaper
RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB · NVIDIA · 35% cheaper
RTX 5070
12 GB · NVIDIA · 54% cheaper
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