Can MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB run Devstral-Small-2507?
Apple · 128 GB LPDDR5X · 546 GB/s bandwidth ·
Mistral · 23.6B · model ctx up to 128K
Yes — the MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB (128 GB LPDDR5X) can run Devstral-Small-2507. At Q4 with the default 8K context it needs ≈ 18.7 GB VRAM (weights 12.98 GB + KV cache 4.72 GB + 1 GB runtime overhead), which fits within 128 GB. Decode at Q4/8K: ≈ 14.7 tok/s (estimated, batch 1). FP16 (≈ 52.92 GB) also fits, at ≈ 4.0 tok/s (estimated). Estimates come from memory-bandwidth math; rows tagged measured override estimates. Relative ranking is more reliable than absolute tok/s. Methodology.
Fit & speed by quant and context
Quant
Context
VRAM needed
Fits?
tok/s (decode)
Q4
4K
16.34 GB
Yes
14.7est.
Q4
8K default
18.7 GB
Yes
14.7est.
Q4
32K
32.86 GB
Yes
14.7est.
FP16
4K
50.56 GB
Yes
4.0est.
FP16
8K default
52.92 GB
Yes
4.0est.
FP16
32K
67.08 GB
Yes
4.0est.
Fits = weights + KV(ctx) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM. Measured
anchors are context-agnostic; the fit verdict is recomputed per context. A missing tok/s
means the model is far beyond this card (offload-only territory).