Mac Mini local task: 34s vs cloud 7s

I Pay $200. I Use $12,500 in Tokens. AI Costs Crashed 850x … · Mar 9, 2026

Writing a 400-word section takes 34 seconds on a Mac Mini running a quantised 32B Llama model, versus 7 seconds using Claude Sonnet in the cloud — making local inference impractical for fast workflows.