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Can a M2 24GB run Mistral Small 24B?

Yes. Mistral Small 24B fits in fast memory on M2 24GB at Q4_K_M (15.8 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 6 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 24GB · Model: Mistral Small 24B

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. Mistral Small 24B (23.6B, Mistral) at Q4_K_M is a 14 GB download and needs 15.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size14 GB
Memory needed15.8 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~6 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run mistral-small:24b
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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