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Can I summarize 30 finance PDFs/hour with a local LLM on a Mac mini M4 (16GB) or an i7 desktop (32GB)?

I'm building a personal tool to batch-summarize PDFs with a local LLM, and I'd like to know if my hardware can handle it. Task: - Volume: ~30 PDFs per hour (about one per 2 minutes) - Output: a 30-40 word summary per PDF - Content: finance documents about companies. Since the domain is narrow, I as…

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  1. 2026-09-21 09:27 · r/LocalLLM
    Can I summarize 30 finance PDFs/hour with a local LLM on a Mac mini M4 (16GB) or an i7 desktop (32GB)?

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