Can I Run Devstral on Apple M1 Pro?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~17.5 GB of headroom running Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M (14.49 GB, ~7 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple MacBook Pro M1 Pro
32 GB VRAM · 30 W board power
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Apple M1 Pro Specs

VRAM32 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth200 GB/s

Devstral Small 24B on the Apple M1 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 32 GB?Max context
F1649.5 GB✗ No
Q8_027 GB✓ Yes32K
Q6_K21.2 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M18.5 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M16 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M11.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K9.4 GB✓ Yes128K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 32 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Devstral Sizes That Fit the Apple M1 Pro

Devstral Small 24BQ4_K_M · 14.49 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Devstral-2 22BQ4_K_M · 13.2825 GB · ~8 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the Apple M1 Pro have enough VRAM for Devstral?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~17.5 GB of headroom running Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M (14.49 GB, ~7 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which quantization of Devstral should I use on the Apple M1 Pro?

Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M quantization (14.49 GB), estimated ~7 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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