Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated March 17, 2025
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — Mistral Small 3.1 24B at Q8_0 needs about 27.2 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~20.8 GB spare and running at ~5.7 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~5.7 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 | 49.3 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 47.2 GB |
| Q8_0 | 27.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~5.7 tok/s | 25.1 GB |
| Q6_K | 21.5 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~7.3 tok/s | 19.4 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 18.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~8.4 tok/s | 16.7 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 16.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~9.7 tok/s | 14.2 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 12.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~13.4 tok/s | 10.1 GB |
| Q2_K | 9.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~16.9 tok/s | 7.8 GB |
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput
Yes, comfortably — Mistral Small 3.1 24B at Q8_0 needs about 27.2 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~20.8 GB spare and running at ~5.7 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Q8_0 — it needs about 27.2 GB of the 48 GB available, downloads as roughly 25.1 GB, and runs at an estimated 5.7 tokens/sec with up to 64K 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
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