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Can the Apple M3 run moondream 2B?

FULL

3.7 GB needed of 6 GB usable — headroom for context

~6GB usable · Apple M3 · model file 1.7GB · 2B

~47–59 tok/s

computed roofline: 100 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 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 M3 can run — full list

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