Apple M3 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 M3 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 117GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 11GB | 128GB | 29.41 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 23GB | 128GB | 21.78 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 46GB | 128GB | 11.03 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |