作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2026年9月11日
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — LFM2.5-8B-A1B at Q8_0 needs about 10.8 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~37.2 GB spare and running at ~56.9 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~56.9 tok/s
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| 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 | 18.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~37.1 tok/s | 16.6 GB |
| Q8_0 | 10.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~56.9 tok/s | 8.8 GB |
| Q6_K | 8.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~66 tok/s | 6.8 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 7.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~71.3 tok/s | 5.9 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 7 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~77.1 tok/s | 5 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 5.5 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~89.3 tok/s | 3.5 GB |
| Q2_K | 4.7 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~97.8 tok/s | 2.7 GB |
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Yes, comfortably — LFM2.5-8B-A1B at Q8_0 needs about 10.8 GB of the 48 GB usable on Mac mini (M4 Pro, 64 GB), leaving ~37.2 GB spare and running at ~56.9 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Q8_0 — it needs about 10.8 GB of the 48 GB available, downloads as roughly 8.8 GB, and runs at an estimated 56.9 tokens/sec with up to 128K 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