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Can a M2 24GB run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B?

Yes. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B fits in fast memory on M2 24GB at Q8_0 (13.5 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 7 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 24GB · Model: Llama 3.2 Vision 11B

M2 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M3 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M2 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B (10.7B, Meta) at Q8_0 is a 12 GB download and needs 13.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size12 GB
Memory needed13.5 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~7 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run llama3.2-vision:11b-instruct-q8_0
Open M2 24GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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