Unsloth Gpt Oss 20B Unsloth Bnb 4bit speed on Apple M2 Max and quantization-level VRAM fit.
Apple M2 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of Unsloth Gpt Oss 20B Unsloth Bnb 4bit. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Max can run Unsloth Gpt Oss 20B Unsloth Bnb 4bit with Q4 quantization. At approximately 30 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 86GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 10GB | 96GB | 29.52 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 20GB | 96GB | 20.67 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 40GB | 96GB | 11.22 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
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Apple M2 Max can run Unsloth Gpt Oss 20B Unsloth Bnb 4bit at Q4 with an estimated 30 tok/s.
Q4 inference is estimated to need about 10GB VRAM on this page, while Apple M2 Max has 96GB available.
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