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Can a M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB run Devstral Small 2 24B?

Yes. Devstral Small 2 24B fits in fast memory on M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB at Q8_0 (27.8 GB needed, 96.0 GB usable), about 12 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB · Model: Devstral Small 2 24B

M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB has 128 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 96.0 GB. Devstral Small 2 24B (24B, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 26 GB download and needs 27.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size26 GB
Memory needed27.8 GB
Usable fast memory96.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~12 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run devstral-small-2:24b-instruct-2512-q8_0
Open M3 Max (40c GPU) 128GB 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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