Can a MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB) run Mistral Small 3.2 24B?

Just about — Mistral Small 3.2 24B runs at Q2_K (8.9 GB) at about 5–7 tok/s on a MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB).

How much memory does Mistral Small 3.2 24B need?

Mistral Small 3.2 24B needs about 10.4 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB) has 16.0 GB.

Tight fit: Mistral Small 3.2 24B on a MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB) at Q2_K

Yes, but it's tight.

Tight / slow

Best fit: Mistral Small 3.2 24B at Q2_K · 8.9 GB weights · 5–7 tok/s on a MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,356Q2_K untested

mistral-small-2506 · published configuration reference · Q2_K not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry mistral-small-2506, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,356.2. Published confidence bounds 1,351–1,361.5. 17,466 votes. Published mistral-small-2506 configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected Q2_K has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 10.4 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 5–7 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~110s

Every quantization on this machine

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Mistral Small 3.2 24B quantizations on MacBook Air/Pro / Mac mini M1 (16GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	8.9 GB	10.4 GB	5–7 tok/s	Tight / slow
Q3_K_M	11.5 GB	12.9 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q4_K_M	14.3 GB	15.8 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	16.8 GB	18.2 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q6_K	19.4 GB	20.8 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q8_0	25.1 GB	26.5 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
FP16	47.2 GB	48.6 GB	— not resident	Won't fit

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