Could an informed reader briefly explain whether the current M1 chips are overly hard on their hard drives? I'm debating between 8GB and 16GB for an M1 Mac Mini

Could an informed reader briefly explain whether the current M1 chips are overly hard on their hard drives? I'm debating between 8GB and 16GB for an M1 Mac Mini. Between the two sizes my main concern is more about whether the swapping on the 8GB will kill the hard drive, rather than whether 8GB will be enough