Mac mini M5 Pro · 64 GB (20-core GPU)

Mac mini, Apple M5 Pro, 18-core CPU / 20-core GPU / 64 GB unified memory

Announced configuration; not yet shipping as of 2026-09-06.

Physical memory64GiB
Available in calculator 48.0GiB
Peak bandwidth 307GB/s

Use Metal or MLX with support for the chosen model. The OS and other apps share memory; Metal working-set limits vary.

Specifications and setup

Memory
64 GiB Unified memory
Connection
On-chip unified memory; no discrete VRAM pool
Runtime
Metal / MLX. Actual usable memory is runtime- and OS-dependent; query recommendedMaxWorkingSetSize rather than treating all RAM as VRAM.
Bandwidth basis
Apple-published chip bandwidth; shared CPU/GPU traffic reduces bandwidth available to inference.
System reserve
Planner assumption: 25% of installed memory reserved for macOS, other apps and allocation headroom. This is adjustable, not an Apple GPU-allocation guarantee.