Apple M3 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of moonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M3 Max can run moonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 18 tokens/second, you can expect Basic speed - best for non-interactive tasks.
You have 103GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 25GB | 128GB | 18.25 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 50GB | 128GB | 12.80 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 101GB | 128GB | 7.62 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |