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Can the Apple M2 run llava 7B?

OFFLOAD PARTIAL

6.7 GB vs 6 GB usable — partial CPU offload, expect large speed loss With a q8 (quantized) KV cache it comes to the edge (5.7GB) — possible with modest context, at some quality cost.

~6GB usable · Apple M2 · model file 4.7GB · 7B

~17–21 tok/s

computed roofline: 100 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 4.7GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run llava 7B on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs llava 7B fully ($110)

every model the Apple M2 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M2 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory