The 64GB M5 Pro Mac mini Can Fit a 70B LLM—but AI Video Buyers Should Buy the Mac Studio

The 64GB M5 Pro Mac mini is a rare compact computer that can hold some 70B-class LLMs at 4-bit quantization. That does not make it the best Apple desktop for every AI workload. At $3,199, a top mini runs directly into a 64GB M5 Max Mac Studio with twice the GPU cores and twice the memory bandwidth. Here is the configuration math, the software reality, and the honest buying advice. The post The…