Can I Run IBM Granite 4.1 on Apple M3?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 10 lipca 2026

Yes — the IBM Granite 4.1 family runs on the Apple M3.

Apple M3 Specs

VRAM	24 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth	100 GB/s

Granite 4.1 30B	FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed) · 18 GB · ~6 tok/s (est.)
Granite 4.1 8B	Q4_K_M · 5 GB · ~20 tok/s (est.)
Granite 4.1 3B	Q4_K_M · 2 GB · ~50 tok/s (est.)

Yes — the IBM Granite 4.1 family runs on the Apple M3.

Granite 4.1 30B at FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed) quantization (18 GB), estimated ~6 tokens/sec.