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Can the Mac mini M6 (32GB) run translateGemma 4B?

Fast Yes, at about 41 tokens/sec (estimated). Replies stream faster than you can read.

41estimated tokens/sec
4.8 GBmemory needed
21.4 GBavailable to the model
170 GB/smemory bandwidth
ollama run translategemma:4b

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 3.3 GB. The Mac mini M6 (32GB) moves 170 GB/s, so the ceiling is 52 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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