MacBook Pro M4 Max 96GBBudget pick
C80.6 tok/s decode
~$2,499 MSRP
Can it run?
Runs well
Using Q4_K_M in Ollama
Fit status
Runs well
Decode
109.6 tok/s
TTFT
1766 ms
Safe context
79K
Memory
13.0 GB / 64.0 GB
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic Coding | C | Runs well | 109.6 tok/s | 2569 ms | 146K |
| Chat | C | Runs well | 109.6 tok/s | 963 ms | 40K |
| Coding | C | Runs well | 109.6 tok/s | 1766 ms | 79K |
| RAG | C | Runs well | 109.6 tok/s | 3212 ms | 146K |
| Reasoning | C | Runs well | 109.6 tok/s | 2088 ms | 79K |
How Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 (7B params) fits at each quantization level on NVIDIA A16 64GB (64.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | D30 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | D31 |
NVFP4 | 4 | 3.9 GB | Medium | D31 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | D31 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | D31 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | D31 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | D32 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | D34 |
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