Can I Run / Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512 / on Apple M1 Ultra (64GB)

Can I Run Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512 on a Apple M1 Ultra (64GB)?

Yes

Runs at full precision (fp16). Zero quality loss.

Model size
24.0B
GPU memory
64.0GB
Smallest quant
Q2_K
Best fit
fp16

13 quantizations fit your 64.0GB

QuantMin VRAMRecommendedFile sizeHeadroom
fp16BEST49.0 GB50.5 GB0.9 GB+15.0 GB
Q8_026.5 GB28.0 GB25.1 GB+37.5 GB
Q6_K20.8 GB22.3 GB19.4 GB+43.2 GB
Q5_K_M18.0 GB19.5 GB16.8 GB+46.0 GB
Q5_K_S17.6 GB19.1 GB16.3 GB+46.4 GB
Q4_116.0 GB17.5 GB14.9 GB+48.0 GB
Q4_K_M15.6 GB17.1 GB14.3 GB+48.5 GB
Q4_K_S14.7 GB16.2 GB13.6 GB+49.3 GB
Q4_014.5 GB16.0 GB13.5 GB+49.5 GB
Q3_K_L11.7 GB13.2 GB12.4 GB+52.3 GB
Q3_K_M11.1 GB12.6 GB11.5 GB+53.0 GB
Q3_K_S10.2 GB11.7 GB10.4 GB+53.8 GB
Q2_K8.9 GB10.4 GB8.9 GB+55.1 GB

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Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512

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Best models for this GPU
Apple M1 Ultra (64GB)

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FAQ

Can the Apple M1 Ultra (64GB) run Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512?

Yes. The Apple M1 Ultra (64GB)'s 64.0GB of unified memory is enough to run Devstral Small 2 24B Instruct 2512 at fp16 quantization (49.0GB required).

What's the best quantization to use?

fp16 is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 64.0GB. It uses about 49.0GB of memory and 50.5GB recommended for comfortable inference.

What if I need more headroom for context length?

KV cache memory grows with context length. The numbers above assume a baseline 2K-4K context. For long-context use (32K+), add another 2-6GB depending on the model architecture.