Can I Run MiniMax M3 on Apple M2 Ultra?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.1 GB of headroom running MiniMax M3 230B-A10B at Q4_K_M (138.8625 GB, ~48 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple Mac Studio M2 Ultra
192 GB VRAM · 60 W board power
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Apple M2 Ultra Specs

VRAM192 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth800 GB/s

MiniMax M3 230B-A10B on the Apple M2 Ultra: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 192 GB?Max context
F16462.6 GB✗ No
Q8_0246.9 GB✗ No
Q6_K191.2 GB✓ Yes4K
Q5_K_M165.6 GB✓ Yes64K
Q4_K_M141.4 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M100.6 GB✓ Yes128K
Q2_K78.2 GB✓ Yes256K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 192 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

MiniMax M3 Sizes That Fit the Apple M2 Ultra

MiniMax M3 230B-A10BQ4_K_M · 138.8625 GB · ~48 tok/s (est.)
MiniMax M3-VLQ4_K_M · 138.8625 GB · ~48 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

MiniMax M3 on the Apple M2 Ultra — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~53.1 GB of headroom running MiniMax M3 230B-A10B at Q4_K_M (138.8625 GB, ~48 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which MiniMax M3 variant fits best on the Apple M2 Ultra?

MiniMax M3 230B-A10B at Q4_K_M quantization (138.8625 GB), estimated ~48 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

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