Can I Run Ministral 3 14B on a Apple M4 (32GB)?
Runs at full precision (fp16). Zero quality loss.
13 quantizations fit your 32.0GB
| Quant | Min VRAM | Recommended | File size | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| fp16BEST | 29.0 GB | 30.5 GB | 0.9 GB | +3.0 GB |
| Q8_0 | 15.9 GB | 17.4 GB | 14.4 GB | +16.1 GB |
| Q6_K | 12.5 GB | 14.0 GB | 11.1 GB | +19.5 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 10.9 GB | 12.4 GB | 9.6 GB | +21.1 GB |
| Q5_K_S | 10.7 GB | 12.2 GB | 9.4 GB | +21.3 GB |
| Q4_1 | 9.8 GB | 11.3 GB | 8.6 GB | +22.3 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 9.5 GB | 11.0 GB | 8.2 GB | +22.5 GB |
| Q4_K_S | 9.0 GB | 10.5 GB | 7.8 GB | +23.0 GB |
| Q4_0 | 8.9 GB | 10.4 GB | 7.8 GB | +23.1 GB |
| Q3_K_L | 7.2 GB | 8.7 GB | 7.2 GB | +24.8 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 6.9 GB | 8.4 GB | 6.7 GB | +25.1 GB |
| Q3_K_S | 6.4 GB | 7.9 GB | 6.1 GB | +25.6 GB |
| Q2_K | 5.6 GB | 7.1 GB | 5.3 GB | +26.4 GB |
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FAQ
Can the Apple M4 (32GB) run Ministral 3 14B?
Yes. The Apple M4 (32GB)'s 32.0GB of unified memory is enough to run Ministral 3 14B at fp16 quantization (29.0GB required).
What's the best quantization to use?
fp16 is the highest-precision quantization that fits in your 32.0GB. It uses about 29.0GB of memory and 30.5GB 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.