Apple M4 Pro~20 tok/s (Q4)

mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 speed on Apple M4 Pro

Quantization-specific throughput and VRAM requirements for mistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409 running on Apple M4 Pro.

Speed Snapshot

Topline estimate from compatibility data

Modelmistralai/Mistral-Small-Instruct-2409

GPUApple M4 Pro

Q4 speed20 tok/s

Q4 VRAM required11GB

Data Source

Calculation and benchmark status

Speed values come from the compatibility dataset (`estimatedTokensPerSec`) and are sorted by quantization.

For full verdict logic and alternate GPUs, see the canonical compatibility page.

Quantization Speed Table

Quantization	VRAM needed	VRAM available	Speed	Verdict
Q4	11GB	64GB	20 tok/s	✅ Fits
Q8	23GB	64GB	15 tok/s	✅ Fits
FP16	46GB	64GB	8 tok/s	✅ Fits