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Can the Apple M4 Pro (48GB) run Mistral Small 24B?

Apple M4 Pro (48GB) × Mistral Small 24B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_027 GB of 36 GB
Weights 25.1 GBKV cache 1.3 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Memory27 GBof 36 GB usable
Speed~7tokens per second
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The Apple M4 Pro (48GB) can run Mistral Small 24B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 27 GB of the 36 GB available, at roughly 7 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts Mistral Small 24B:

ollama run mistral-small:24b

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 16.2 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 36 GB the Apple M4 Pro (48GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 36 GB of the 48 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality49.1 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless27 GBFits~7 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent21.3 GBFits~8 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good18.7 GBFits~10 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular16.2 GBFits~11 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded13.5 GBFits~14 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded10.8 GBFits~19 tok/s

GPUs that run Mistral Small 24B comfortably

Models that run well on the Apple M4 Pro (48GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M4 Pro (48GB) run Mistral Small 24B?

Yes. The Apple M4 Pro (48GB) can run Mistral Small 24B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 27 GB of the 36 GB available, at roughly 7 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does Mistral Small 24B need?

About 16.2 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 49.1 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is Mistral Small 24B on the Apple M4 Pro (48GB)?

Roughly 7 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the Apple M4 Pro (48GB)'s 273 GB/s memory bandwidth.