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Can a M3 24GB run MiniCPM5 2B?

Yes. MiniCPM5 2B fits in fast memory on M3 24GB at F16 (5.8 GB needed, 16.1 GB usable), about 16 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 24GB · Model: MiniCPM5 2B

M3 24GB has 24 GB of unified memory and 100 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M2 24GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M3 24GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 16.1 GB. MiniCPM5 2B (2.52B, OpenBMB) at F16 is a 5.04 GB download and needs 5.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantF16
Download size5.04 GB
Memory needed5.8 GB
Usable fast memory16.1 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~16 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF:F16
Open M3 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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