Apple M4 Pro 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 M4 Pro can run moonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 12 tokens/second, you can expect Basic speed - best for non-interactive tasks.
You have 39GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 25GB | 64GB | 12.40 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 50GB | 64GB | 9.76 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 101GB | 64GB | 5.20 tok/s | ❌ Not recommended |