Apple M4 Pro meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of unsloth/gemma-3-1b-it. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Pro can run unsloth/gemma-3-1b-it with Q4 quantization. At approximately 43 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 63GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 1GB | 64GB | 42.61 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 1GB | 64GB | 31.34 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 2GB | 64GB | 15.05 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |