Apple M2 Max~19 tok/s (Q4)

moonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct speed on Apple M2 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for moonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct running on Apple M2 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmoonshotai/Kimi-Linear-48B-A3B-Instruct

GPUApple M2 Max

Q4 speed19 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required25GB

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	25GB	96GB	19 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	50GB	96GB	12 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	101GB	96GB	8 tok/s	❌ Not recommended