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Can a M2 Ultra 192GB run Ministral 3 3B?

Yes. Ministral 3 3B fits in fast memory on M2 Ultra 192GB at Q8_0 (5.6 GB needed, 144.0 GB usable), about 142 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Ultra 192GB · Model: Ministral 3 3B

M2 Ultra 192GB has 192 GB of unified memory and 800 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 144.0 GB. Ministral 3 3B (3.85B, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 4.5 GB download and needs 5.6 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size4.5 GB
Memory needed5.6 GB
Usable fast memory144.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~142 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run ministral-3:3b-instruct-2512-q8_0
Open M2 Ultra 192GB 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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