Apple M4 Pro meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Pro can run unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct with Q4 quantization. At approximately 35 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 60GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 4GB | 64GB | 35.16 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 9GB | 64GB | 27.73 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 17GB | 64GB | 12.75 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |