M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s)

Name: M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s)
Brand: Apple
Price: 29900 TWD

Apple M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s): 16 GB of memory at 153 GB/s. Below: the open models it can run, estimated at 16 GB with an 8K context. The $899 Mac mini with M6 and 16 GB at 153 GB/s: an entry point for 8–14B models.

Last updated: 2026-10-14

Specifications

Memory	16 GB[src]
Memory bandwidth	153 GB/s[src]
Launch	2026-09[src]
Launch price	US$899[src]
Architecture	Apple M6 (2 nm)[src]
Software	Metal / MLX

What it can run

Best-quality quantization that fits with a 8K context, and the estimated generation speed. Estimates, not benchmarks. See the methodology.

Model	Params	Best quant	Memory	tok/s (est.)
Phi-4 (14B)	14B	Q5_K_M	11.8 GiB	10.0
Gemma 3 12B IT	12B	Q6_K	11.0 GiB	10
Gemma 4 12B Unified IT	11.95B	Q6_K	10.5 GiB	10
Qwen3.5-9B	9B	Q8_0	10.1 GiB	10
Qwen3-8B	8.2B	Q8_0	10.1 GiB	11
DeepSeek-R1-0528-Qwen3-8B	8.19B	Q8_0	10.1 GiB	11
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct	8B	Q8_0	9.8 GiB	12
Gemma 4 E4B IT	8B	Q8_0	9.1 GiB	12
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct	3.21B	FP16	7.7 GiB	15
Kimi K2.6	1000B (32B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
DeepSeek-R1-0528 (671B)	671B (37B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
DeepSeek-V4-Flash	284B (13B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next	180B (6B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B	122B (10B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Mistral Small 4 119B (2603)	119B (6.5B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
gpt-oss-120b	117B (5.1B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Llama 4 Scout 17B-16E Instruct	109B (17B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
GLM-4.5-Air	106B (12B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3-Coder-Next (80B-A3B)	80B (3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct	70B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	35B (3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.6-35B-A3B	35B (3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3-32B	32.8B	Doesn't fit	–	–
DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B	32.76B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Gemma 4 31B IT	30.7B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3-30B-A3B (2507)	30.5B (3.3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5B (3.3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
GLM-4.7-Flash (30B-A3B)	30B (3B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.5-27B	27B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.6-27B	27B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Qwen3.8-27B	27B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Gemma 3 27B IT	27B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT	25.2B (3.8B)	Doesn't fit	–	–
Mistral Small 3.2 24B Instruct (2506)	24B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Magistral Small 1.2 (2509)	24B	Doesn't fit	–	–
Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct (2512)	24B	Doesn't fit	–	–
gpt-oss-20b	21B (3.6B)	Doesn't fit	–	–

Prices

Latest price at each shop, as listed on the day we checked.

Region	Shop	Listing	Price	Per GB	Checked
Taiwan	Apple	Mac mini，M6 晶片，12 核心 CPU，12 核心 GPU，16GB 記憶體，256GB 儲存裝置Price shown in Apple Store configurator for this configuration	NT$29,900	NT$1,869/GB	2026-10-14
US	Apple	Mac mini, M6 chip, 12-core CPU, 12-core GPU, 16GB memory, 256GB storagePrice shown in Apple Store configurator for this configuration	US$899	US$56/GB	2026-10-14

Taiwan value: about 20.5 tok/s on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Q4_K_M, 8K), or 0.7 tok/s per NT$1,000.
US value: about 20.5 tok/s on Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (Q4_K_M, 8K), or 2.3 tok/s per US$100.

A price history chart appears once we have checked this device on two or more days.

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Frequently asked questions

Which LLMs can the M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s) run?

With 16 GB and an 8K context, the largest models that fit include: Phi-4 (14B), Gemma 3 12B IT, Gemma 4 12B Unified IT, Qwen3.5-9B, Qwen3-8B. See the full table below.

How fast is the M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s) for local LLMs?

Generation speed is mostly set by memory bandwidth (153 GB/s). For Llama 3.1 8B Instruct at Q8_0, expect roughly 12 tokens/s; bigger models are slower.

Can the M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s) run 70B models?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct does not fit on the M6 (16GB configuration, 153 GB/s) (16 GB), even at Q4_K_M with an 8K context.