How much VRAM does Devstral 2 123B Instruct need?

Devstral 2 123B Instruct (123B parameters) requires approximately 98.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

What is the best quantization for Devstral 2 123B Instruct?

The recommended quantization for Devstral 2 123B Instruct is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

Can it run?

No, Devstral 2 123B Instruct requires more memory than MacBook Air M2 16GB provides.

FWon't run

Too heavy

Using Q4_K_M in vLLM

Capabilities:

Fit status

Too heavy

Decode

2.0 tok/s

TTFT

96800 ms

Safe context

Memory

98.4 GB / 11.5 GB

Weights75.0 GB

KV Cache19.2 GB

Runtime2.4 GB

Headroom1.7 GB

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Agentic Coding	F	Too heavy	2.0 tok/s	140800 ms	4K
Chat	F	Too heavy	2.0 tok/s	52800 ms	4K
Coding	F	Too heavy	2.0 tok/s	96800 ms	4K
RAG	F	Too heavy	2.0 tok/s	176000 ms	4K
Reasoning	F	Too heavy	2.0 tok/s	114400 ms	4K

How Devstral 2 123B Instruct (123B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Air M2 16GB (11.5 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	48.0 GB	Low	F0
Q3_K_S	3	60.3 GB	Low	F0
NVFP4	4

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