How much VRAM does Devstral Small 1.1 need?

Devstral Small 1.1 (24B parameters) requires approximately 21.3 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

What is the best quantization for Devstral Small 1.1?

The recommended quantization for Devstral Small 1.1 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

Can it run?

No, Devstral Small 1.1 requires more memory than MacBook Air M2 16GB provides.

FWon't run

Too heavy

Using Q4_K_M in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Too heavy

Decode

4.4 tok/s

TTFT

43605 ms

Safe context

Memory

21.3 GB / 11.5 GB

Weights14.6 GB

KV Cache3.8 GB

Runtime1.2 GB

Headroom1.7 GB

Workload	Grade	Fit	Decode	TTFT	Context
Agentic Coding	F	Too heavy	4.4 tok/s	63425 ms	15K
Chat	F	Too heavy	4.4 tok/s	23784 ms	5K
Coding	F	Too heavy	4.4 tok/s	43605 ms	9K
RAG	F	Too heavy	4.4 tok/s	79281 ms	15K
Reasoning	F	Too heavy	4.4 tok/s	51533 ms	9K

How Devstral Small 1.1 (24B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Air M2 16GB (11.5 GB usable).

Quant	Bits	VRAM	Quality	Fit
Q2_K	2	9.4 GB	Low	C44
Q3_K_S	3	11.8 GB	Low	F0
NVFP4	4

Upgrade options

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