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can it run

Can the Mac mini M4 Pro (64GB) run gemma3 27B?

YES

Comfortably. 64GB of memory against a 22GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~8.8–13 tok/s

weights 17GB + KV cache 1.94GB at 4k context vs ~62GB usable → full. 18.9 GB needed of 62 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 273 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 17.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file17GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory22GB working set
this machine64GB unified
params27B
licensegemma
price$2199

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull gemma3:27b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

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