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GPU comparison

MacBook Air/Pro M4 (16GB) vs MacBook Air M4 (24GB) for local LLMs

How the two stack up for running open-source LLMs locally — memory, bandwidth, price, and how many of the 48 tracked models each one can run.

MacBook Air/Pro M4 (16GB)MacBook Air M4 (24GB)
Memory16.0 GB24.0 GB
Bandwidth120 GB/s120 GB/s
Price (approx)$1,199$1,399
LLMs it runs19 of 4829 of 48
Best model it runsDevstral Small 2 24B · 8–12 tok/sGemma 4 31B · 5–7 tok/s

The MacBook Air M4 (24GB) runs 10 more of the tracked models (29 vs 19), thanks to its 24.0 GB of memory.

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