Apple M4 Max~80 tok/s (Q4)

unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct speed on Apple M4 Max

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for unsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct running on Apple M4 Max.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelunsloth/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct

GPUApple M4 Max

Q4 speed80 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required4GB

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	4GB	128GB	80 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	9GB	128GB	46 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	17GB	128GB	29 tok/s	✅ Fits