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Can the Mac mini M6 (16GB) run devstral 24B?

STRETCH

Only with compromises. 16GB is below the 19GB working set — expect a lower quant, offloading, or heavy swap. Possible, not pleasant.

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Specs

model file14.6GB (GGUF Q4_K_M)
minimum memory19GB working set
this machine16GB unified (config to 32GB)
params24B
licenseapache-2.0
price$899

Run it

model files: hugging face ↗

easy run: ollama pull devstral:24b

runs with: ollama · llama.cpp · koboldcpp · lm studio

Alternatives

Mac mini M4 (32GB) — cheapest machine that runs it ($999)

ASUS ExpertCenter Pro ET900N G3 (GB300) — this model on the biggest machine

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