Apple M2 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M2 Max can run nvidia/NVIDIA-Nemotron-Nano-9B-v2 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 44 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 91GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 5GB | 96GB | 44.10 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 10GB | 96GB | 26.69 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 19GB | 96GB | 14.46 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |