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Can I run Llama Guard 4 12B on Apple M2 (8-core GPU, 8GB unified)?

Probably not, though offload might cover it.

This one is close. The answer rests on a file size we calculated from the parameter count rather than measured. A 10% error in that size changes the verdict, so treat it as a maybe and test before you buy.

7.6 GB of weights, plus 1.6 GB for the software that runs it and the smallest conversation it can hold, comes to 9.2 GB against the 6 GB this 8 GB device leaves free.

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Llama Guard 4 12B
12B · full specs & benchmarks →
Apple M2 (8-core GPU, 8GB unified)
8 GB · everything it runs →