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Can a M2 Pro 16GB run Ministral 3 8B?

Yes. Ministral 3 8B fits in fast memory on M2 Pro 16GB at Q4_K_M (7.4 GB needed, 10.7 GB usable), about 27 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Pro 16GB · Model: Ministral 3 8B

M2 Pro 16GB has 16 GB of unified memory and 200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M1 Pro 16GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M2 Pro 16GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 10.7 GB. Ministral 3 8B (8.92B, Mistral) at Q4_K_M is a 6 GB download and needs 7.4 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size6 GB
Memory needed7.4 GB
Usable fast memory10.7 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~27 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run ministral-3:8b
Open M2 Pro 16GB 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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