Apple M4 Max meets the minimum VRAM requirement for Q4 inference of mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512. Review the quantization breakdown below to see how higher precision settings impact VRAM and throughput.
Apple M4 Max can run mistralai/Ministral-3-14B-Instruct-2512 with Q4 quantization. At approximately 49 tokens/second, you can expect Moderate speed - useful for batch processing.
You have 120GB headroom, which is sufficient for system overhead and smooth operation.
| Quantization | VRAM needed | VRAM available | Estimated speed | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 | 8GB | 128GB | 49.49 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| Q8 | 16GB | 128GB | 35.90 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |
| FP16 | 32GB | 128GB | 22.69 tok/s | ✅ Fits comfortably |