Can I Run Devstral on Apple M5 Max?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.7 GB of headroom running Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M (74.26125 GB, ~13 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple MacBook Pro M5 Max
128 GB VRAM · 35 W board power
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Apple M5 Max Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth614 GB/s

Devstral-2 123B on the Apple M5 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max context
F16248.2 GB✗ No
Q8_0132.9 GB✗ No
Q6_K103.1 GB✓ Yes64K
Q5_K_M89.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M76.5 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M54.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K42.7 GB✓ Yes64K

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 Sizes That Fit the Apple M5 Max

Devstral-2 123BQ4_K_M · 74.26125 GB · ~13 tok/s (est.)
Devstral Small 24BQ4_K_M · 14.49 GB · ~21 tok/s (est.)
Devstral-2 22BQ4_K_M · 13.2825 GB · ~22 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the Apple M5 Max have enough VRAM for Devstral?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.7 GB of headroom running Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M (74.26125 GB, ~13 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which quantization of Devstral should I use on the Apple M5 Max?

Devstral-2 123B at Q4_K_M quantization (74.26125 GB), estimated ~13 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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