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Can the Apple M3 Pro run llama3.1 8B?

FULL

5.4 GB needed of 16 GB usable — headroom for context

~16GB usable · Apple M3 Pro · model file 4.9GB · 8B

~17–24 tok/s

computed roofline: 150 GB/s × 0.55–0.80 efficiency window / 4.9GB (Q4_K_M) — bands, never points.

Run llama3.1 8B on instead

Tesla P100 (16GB, used) — cheapest catalog machine that runs llama3.1 8B fully ($135)

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M3 Pro · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory