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Can the Apple M2 Max run FLUX dev fp8?

TIGHT

25.0 of 30 GB usable — keep context modest

~30GB usable · Apple M2 Max · model file 23GB · dev fp8

~9.6–14 tok/s

computed roofline: 400 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 23.0GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run FLUX dev fp8 on instead

Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) — cheapest catalog machine that runs FLUX dev fp8 fully ($1669)

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