HWBench

Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) vs Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB)

Apple Mac mini (M4, 2024), small silver aluminium desktop, front view
Apple Mac mini (M4, 2024) — the M4 Pro model shares this enclosure. Photo: Seasider53, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) is faster in all 2 like-for-like comparisons (largest gap: LLM generation, 8.93×).

Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB)
Best LLM generation41.31 tok/s C
2026-09-22 (page last edited)
33.80 tok/s C
2026-10-15 (page last edited)
Power30.10 W measuredn/a
Perf / W1.37 tok/s/W measuredn/a
Pricen/an/a
Workloads with data6 of 71 of 7

Best published LLM generation result per platform (may be from different like-for-like groups — see data). n/a = not published; never estimated.

Show data — all workloads, sources and like-for-like groups

object detection

Only Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) has published object detection results.

PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)357 FPS
latency_e2e · b=1
YOLO26n
FP16 · Ultralytics 8.4.168 Core AI (coreai-torch 0.4.3), macOS 27.0 · nano (YOLO-n)
Bunknown power n/a
no power published
Ultralytics documentation: Apple Core AI integration benchmark
2026-10-01 (page last edited)

Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB):

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No published object detection results for Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) or Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

instance segmentation

Only Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) has published instance segmentation results.

PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)196 FPS
latency_e2e · b=1
YOLO26n-seg
FP16 · Ultralytics 8.4.168 Core AI (coreai-torch 0.4.3), macOS 27.0 · nano (YOLO-n)
Bunknown power n/a
no power published
Ultralytics documentation: Apple Core AI integration benchmark
2026-10-01 (page last edited)

Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB):

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No published instance segmentation results for Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) or Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

pose estimation

Only Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) has published pose estimation results.

PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)370 FPS
latency_e2e · b=1
YOLO26n-pose
FP16 · Ultralytics 8.4.168 Core AI (coreai-torch 0.4.3), macOS 27.0 · nano (YOLO-n)
Bunknown power n/a
no power published
Ultralytics documentation: Apple Core AI integration benchmark
2026-10-01 (page last edited)

Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB):

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No published pose estimation results for Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) or Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

image classification

Only Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) has published image classification results.

PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)417 FPS
latency_e2e · b=1
YOLO26n-cls
FP16 · Ultralytics 8.4.168 Core AI (coreai-torch 0.4.3), macOS 27.0 · nano (YOLO-n)
Bunknown power n/a
no power published
Ultralytics documentation: Apple Core AI integration benchmark
2026-10-01 (page last edited)

Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB):

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No published image classification results for Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) or Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

semantic segmentation

Only Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) has published semantic segmentation results.

PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)53.48 FPS
latency_e2e · b=1
YOLO26n-sem
FP16 · Ultralytics 8.4.168 Core AI (coreai-torch 0.4.3), macOS 27.0 · nano (YOLO-n)
Bunknown power n/a
no power published
Ultralytics documentation: Apple Core AI integration benchmark
2026-10-01 (page last edited)

Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB):

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No published semantic segmentation results for Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) or Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

speech-to-text

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No published speech-to-text results for Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s) or Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB) yet.
We only show cited public figures — nothing is estimated to fill gaps. Requests tell us what to source or test next.

LLM generation

✓ Like-for-like: model-size class LLM 5–14B, batch 1. Model, precision and stack may still differ.
PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)24.11 tok/s
tg128 · b=1
Llama 2 7B
Q4_0 · llama.cpp Metal (commit 8e672ef) · LLM 5–14B
Cunknown power n/a
no power published
llama.cpp discussion #4167 scoreboard (via GitHub API)
2026-10-01 (page last edited)
Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB)2.70 tok/s
generation_throughput · b=1
qwen3-8b
not stated · Voyager SDK model_axscript.llm · LLM 5–14B
Cunknown power n/a
no power published
Axelera Voyager SDK model zoo (docs/reference/models/model-zoo.md)
2026-10-15 (page last edited)
✓ Like-for-like: model-size class LLM ≤4B, batch 1. Model, precision and stack may still differ.
PlatformResultModel · precision · stackGradePowerSource
Apple M4 (10-core GPU, 120 GB/s)41.31 tok/s
generation_throughput · b=1
Llama 3.2:3b
as in linked issue (Ollama default tags are 4-bit) · Ollama / llama.cpp (see linked issue) · LLM ≤4B
C30.10 W measured
reported in result source — measured
Jeff Geerling ai-benchmarks README (Findings tables)
2026-09-22 (page last edited)
Axelera Metis Edge 130p PCIe card (16GB)19.40 tok/s
generation_throughput · b=1
qwen3-0.6b
not stated · Voyager SDK model_axscript.llm · LLM ≤4B
Cunknown power n/a
no power published
Axelera Voyager SDK model zoo (docs/reference/models/model-zoo.md)
2026-10-15 (page last edited)
How to read these numbers
Every number is labelled. Confidence: A MLPerf closed, audited · B documented third-party method · C community / review · D vendor-published, not independently verified · E estimate. Power basis: measured with the result · spec vendor spec/envelope · power n/a not published.

Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.