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⇱ Compare GPUs for Local AI — Side-by-Side Hardware Analysis | Will It Run AI

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Compare local AI hardware with workload-aware output.

MacBook Air M4 24GB wins for coding in balanced mode

Based on model fit, speed, and quality across top recommendations.

MacBook Air M4 24GB

Winner
SQwen 3.5 9B
llama.cppQ4_K_MRuns well
11.2 GB / 17.3 GB
15.6 tok/s60K ctx
ANemotron Nano 9B v2
llama.cppQ4_K_MRuns well
11.4 GB / 17.3 GB
16.8 tok/s54K ctx
AGemma 4 E4B
llama.cppQ4_K_MRuns well
9.7 GB / 17.3 GB
13.3 tok/s111K ctx

Quick comparison

MetricMacBook Air M4 24GBMacBook Pro M4 32GB
Models that fit33
Avg decode tok/s15.28.6
Best grade score9288

Operating mode: Balanced. Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.

MacBook Pro M4 32GB

SDevstral Small 2 24B Instruct
llama.cppQ4_K_MTight fit
21.4 GB / 23.0 GB
9.5 tok/s27K ctx
SQwen 3.6 27B
llama.cppQ4_K_MTight fit
21.8 GB / 23.0 GB
7.1 tok/s36K ctx
ACodestral 2 25.08
llama.cppQ4_K_MTight fit
20.2 GB / 23.0 GB
9.1 tok/s34K ctx