Compatibility check
Can I run Mistral Small 3 on Apple M1 (8-core GPU)?
Probably partially, with CPU offload.best quant:
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.
14.9 GB of weights, plus 2 GB for the software that runs it and the smallest conversation it can hold, comes to 16.9 GB against the 12 GB this 16 GB device leaves free.
Decode speed
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Usable context
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Memory
16 GB
Spills to system RAMest
Too largeest
Too large
Plan B — rent it
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