← CanIRunLocal · All hardware · All models

Can a M2 8GB run Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B?

Yes. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B fits in fast memory on M2 8GB at Q5_K_M (4.5 GB needed, 5.4 GB usable), about 22 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 8GB · Model: Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B

M2 8GB has 8 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M3 8GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M2 8GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 5.4 GB. Nemotron Labs Dory 1.0 4B (3.98B, NVIDIA) at Q5_K_M is a 3.67 GB download and needs 4.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ5_K_M
Download size3.67 GB
Memory needed4.5 GB
Usable fast memory5.4 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~22 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run hf.co/nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Labs-Dory1.0-4B-GGUF:Q5_K_M
Open M2 8GB 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.

A project by OnDevice Labs · llms.txt