Will it run? / Gemma 4 26B (A4B) / Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB)

Can the Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) run Gemma 4 26B (A4B)?

Fast Yes, at about 29 tokens/sec (estimated). Replies stream faster than you can read. It only fits if you raise the GPU memory limit, and it'll be slower than usual.

29estimated tokens/sec
20.5 GBmemory needed
16.1 GBavailable to the model
307 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run gemma4:26b-a4b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the active part of the model from memory once: 2.9 GB. The Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) moves 307 GB/s, so the ceiling is 106 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 80%, calibrated against a measured Mac run. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.

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