Can I Run Mistral Small 4 on Apple M2 Max?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Only with offload — Mistral Small 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the Apple M2 Max (96 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

Apple M2 Max Specs

Mistral Small 4 119B-A6.5B on the Apple M2 Max: VRAM by quantization

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 96 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Why It Does Not Fit

Every Mistral Small 4 variant requires more VRAM than the Apple M2 Max provides (96 GB).

Nearest GPU That Fits

Apple M4 Max (128 GB VRAM).

FAQ

Is the Apple M2 Max enough to run Mistral Small 4 locally?

Only with offload — Mistral Small 4 spills onto CPU/system RAM on the Apple M2 Max (96 GB), so expect a large speed penalty.

What's the cheapest GPU that runs Mistral Small 4?

The Apple M4 Max (128 GB VRAM) is the cheapest upgrade that fits it.

Mistral Small 4 on Other GPUs

• Mistral Small 4 on AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
• Mistral Small 4 on NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell
• Mistral Small 4 on NVIDIA A100 80GB
• Mistral Small 4 on NVIDIA H100 80GB
• Mistral Small 4 on Apple M4 Max

Popular Models on the Apple M2 Max

• Qwen 2.5 Family on Apple M2 Max
• DeepSeek V4 on Apple M2 Max

VRAM Tier

• Best LLMs for 80 GB VRAM

Troubleshooting

• Ollama: "model requires more system memory than is available"
• Out of memory at long context (the KV cache, not the weights)

Buying Guide

• Best GPU Buyer Guide 2026

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