Can I Run Devstral-2 on Apple M4 Max?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated April 5, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~60 GB of headroom running Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M (68 GB, ~25 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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Apple M4 Max Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth546 GB/s

Devstral-2 123B on the Apple M4 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max context
F16286.2 GB✗ No
Q8_0170.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K141 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M127.3 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M114.4 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M92.6 GB✓ Yes4K
Q2_K80.6 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 128 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-2 Sizes That Fit the Apple M4 Max

Devstral-2 123BQ4_K_M · 68 GB · ~25 tok/s (est.)
Devstral-2 22BQ4_K_M · 13 GB · ~42 tok/s (est.)
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Apple M4 Max · MSRP
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FAQ

Will Devstral-2 run on the Apple M4 Max?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~60 GB of headroom running Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M (68 GB, ~25 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

Which Devstral-2 variant fits best on the Apple M4 Max?

Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M quantization (68 GB), estimated ~25 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

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