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Can the Apple M1 Ultra run moondream 2B?

FULL

3.7 GB needed of 62 GB usable — headroom for context

~62GB usable · Apple M1 Ultra · model file 1.7GB · 2B

~260–380 tok/s

computed roofline: 800 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 1.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points. Small models (under ~4.5B) run BELOW these bands — kernel-launch overhead keeps them from saturating bandwidth (measured against community medians, 09-06).

Run moondream 2B on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs moondream 2B fully ($110)

every model the Apple M1 Ultra can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M1 Ultra · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory