Apple M4 Pro 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 M4 Pro can run mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 20 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 53GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 11GB | 64GB | 20.29 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 23GB | 64GB | 14.98 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 46GB | 64GB | 8.27 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |