Apple M2 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Max can run mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 37 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 88GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 8GB | 96GB | 37.04 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 16GB | 96GB | 30.30 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 32GB | 96GB | 14.33 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |