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Can a Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run Ministral 3 14B?

Yes. Ministral 3 14B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB at Q8_0 (16.6 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 22 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: Ministral 3 14B

Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 410 GB/s of memory bandwidth. M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. Ministral 3 14B (13.9B, Mistral) at Q8_0 is a 15 GB download and needs 16.6 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size15 GB
Memory needed16.6 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~22 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run ministral-3:14b-instruct-2512-q8_0
Open Mac Studio M4 Max (32c GPU) 36GB 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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