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can it run

Can the Mac mini M4 (32GB) run SDXL SDXL base?

YES

Comfortably. 32GB of memory against a 9GB working set leaves headroom for context, the OS, and anything else you're running.

~14–17 tok/s

weights 6.9GB + KV cache 2GB at 4k context vs ~30GB usable → full. 8.9 GB needed of 30 GB usable — headroom for context

computed roofline: 120 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 6.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

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Specs

model file6.9GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory9GB working set
this machine32GB unified
paramsSDXL base
licenseopenrail++
price$999

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: no stock runtime yet

Alternatives

no alternatives — every machine in the catalog can run this one.

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