Can I Run Gemma 4 on Apple M1?

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年7月12日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~8.8 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M (7.245 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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Apple M1 Specs

VRAM16 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth68 GB/s

Gemma 4 12B (Unified) on the Apple M1: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 16 GB?Max context
F1625.5 GB✗ No—
Q8_014.2 GB✓ Yes8K
Q6_K11.3 GB✓ Yes32K
Q5_K_M10 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M8.7 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M6.6 GB✓ Yes32K
Q2_K5.4 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 16 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Gemma 4 Sizes That Fit the Apple M1

Gemma 4 12B (Unified)Q4_K_M · 7.245 GB · ~5 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E4BQ4 (QAT) · 4.5 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Gemma 4 E2BQ4 (QAT) · 2.86875 GB · ~11 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Does the Apple M1 have enough VRAM for Gemma 4?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~8.8 GB of headroom running Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M (7.245 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which quantization of Gemma 4 should I use on the Apple M1?

Gemma 4 12B (Unified) at Q4_K_M quantization (7.245 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Gemma 4 size on the Apple M1

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Gemma 4 31B18.7 GBRuns at Q2_K—
Gemma 4 26B-A4B15.7 GBRuns at Q3_K_M—
Gemma 4 12B (Unified)7.2 GBRuns~5 tok/s
Gemma 4 E4B4.5 GBRuns~7 tok/s
Gemma 4 E2B2.9 GBRuns~11 tok/s

Gemma 4 on Other GPUs

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