Apple M2 Ultra 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 Ultra can run mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 79 tokens/second, you can expect Good speed - acceptable for interactive use.
You have 184GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 8GB | 192GB | 79.04 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 16GB | 192GB | 59.81 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 32GB | 192GB | 30.23 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |