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Can the Apple M4 run gemma3 4B?

FULL

3.8 GB needed of 14 GB usable — headroom for context

~14GB usable · Apple M4 · model file 3.3GB · 4B

~29–36 tok/s

computed roofline: 120 GB/s × 0.80–1.00 efficiency window / 3.3GB (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 gemma3 4B on instead

Raspberry Pi 5 + AI Kit (Hailo-8L) — cheapest catalog machine that runs gemma3 4B fully ($110)

every model the Apple M4 can run — full list

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2026-09-17 · ← all models on the Apple M4 · fit = weights + 4k KV vs usable memory