Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — Devstral Small 24B at Q8_0 needs about 27.6 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~20.4 GB spare and running at ~5.6 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~5.6 tok/s
| Usable memory for models | 48 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 273 GB/s |
| Form factor | Mini PC |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Memory upgradeable | No — soldered |
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits 48 GB? | Max context | Est. speed | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 50.1 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 48 GB |
| Q8_0 | 27.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~5.6 tok/s | 25.5 GB |
| Q6_K | 21.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~7.2 tok/s | 19.7 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 19.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~8.3 tok/s | 17 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 16.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~9.6 tok/s | 14.5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 12.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~13.2 tok/s | 10.2 GB |
| Q2_K | 10 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~16.6 tok/s | 7.9 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devstral-2 123B | 77.9 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| Devstral Small 24B | 16.6 GB | ✓ Fits | ~9.6 tok/s |
| Devstral-2 22B | 15.7 GB | ✓ Fits | ~10.3 tok/s |
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput
Yes, comfortably — Devstral Small 24B at Q8_0 needs about 27.6 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~20.4 GB spare and running at ~5.6 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Q8_0 — it needs about 27.6 GB of the 48 GB available, downloads as roughly 25.5 GB, and runs at an estimated 5.6 tokens/sec with up to 128K of context.
Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput