Apple M3 Max~12 tok/s (Q4)

mistralai/Mistral-Large-Instruct-2411 speed on Apple M3 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for mistralai/Mistral-Large-Instruct-2411 running on Apple M3 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmistralai/Mistral-Large-Instruct-2411

GPUApple M3 Max

Q4 speed12 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required60GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	60GB	128GB	12 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	120GB	128GB	7 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	240GB	128GB	4 tok/s	❌ Not recommended