Apple M2 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Max can run mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 29 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 85GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 11GB | 96GB | 29.25 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 23GB | 96GB | 19.03 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 46GB | 96GB | 12.10 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |