How fast will Gemma 4 31B feel on the Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB?

Gemma 4 31B on the Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB

Gemma 4 31B is a 31.27B-parameter model. At Q4_K_M it needs about 19.1 GB of memory. The Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB has 48 GB usable, so it fits entirely in memory. Expect about 7.7 tokens/sec (4.5–11), with the first token after 0.8 s for a short prompt. This estimate is interpolated from benchmarks of similar setups.

Speed by quantization

QuantizationFile sizeMemoryGenerationFirst tokenSource
Q4_K_M18.3 GBFits7.7 tok/s0.8 sDerived
Q8_032.6 GBFits4.3 tok/s0.8 sDerived
FP1661.4 GBDoesn't fitWon't run——

Gemma 4 31B on other hardware

Other models on the Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB

All models on the Mac Mini M4 Pro 64GB · Gemma 4 31B on all hardware

Estimates for a short prompt on a single device. Measured numbers come from community benchmarks (r/LocalLLaMA, localscore.ai and more); others are derived from similar setups or projected from specs. Open source on GitHub.