Can I Run Devstral on Apple M3 Pro?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.5 GB of headroom running Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M (14.49 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple MacBook Pro M3 Pro
Launch MSRP: $1,999
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Apple M3 Pro Specs

VRAM36 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth153 GB/s

Devstral Small 24B on the Apple M3 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 36 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✓ Yes128K
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 36 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 M3 Pro

Devstral Small 24BQ4_K_M · 14.49 GB · ~5 tok/s (est.)
Devstral-2 22BQ4_K_M · 13.2825 GB · ~6 tok/s (est.)
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~$1,999
Apple M3 Pro · MSRP
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from $0.34/hr
RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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FAQ

Devstral on the Apple M3 Pro — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.5 GB of headroom running Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M (14.49 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which Devstral variant fits best on the Apple M3 Pro?

Devstral Small 24B at Q4_K_M quantization (14.49 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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