✅ FITS IN Q6_K QUANTIZATION
Mistral-Large-2-123B on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) (128GB VRAM)
Full FP16 (256.8 GB) exceeds 128 GB VRAM, but 4-bit GGUF Q4_K_M / AWQ requires 80.23 GB (76.81 GB weights + 2.75 GB KV cache at 8K context), delivering ~5 tokens/sec.
🎛️ Interactive VRAM & KV-Cache Tuner
📊 Real-Time Memory Footprint
80.23 GB / 128 GB
🟦 Weights (76.81 GB)
🟪 KV Cache (2.75 GB)
🟨 Activation Buffer (0.67 GB)
Total Required VRAM80.23 GB
Available Hardware VRAM128 GB (Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified))
VRAM Headroom / Overflow47.77 GB
Estimated Generation Speed~5 tokens/sec
Architecture & AttentionDense-GQA (88L, 8 KV heads)
🚀 Ready-to-Run Launch Command
ollama run mistral-large:123b # Or with llama.cpp server (8K context, Flash Attention): llama-server -hf mistralai/Mistral-Large-Instruct-2411-GGUF -c 8192 -ngl 99 -fa
CLOUD GPU ALTERNATIVE
Need 80.23 GB+ VRAM to run Mistral-Large-2-123B?
Recommended cloud setup for 4-bit: Multi-GPU H100 / H200 Node (or 256.8 GB for full FP16). Spin up a pre-configured vLLM / Ollama instance in 60 seconds:
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All Quantization Formats: Mistral-Large-2-123B on Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified)
| Quantization Format | Bits/Weight | Weights VRAM | KV Cache (8K) | Total VRAM | Fits on 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) (128GB)? | Est. Speed | GPUs Needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FP16 / BF16 (Unquantized) | 16 bpw | 253.38 GB | 2.75 GB | 256.8 GB | No (Over by 128.8GB) | ~1.2 tok/s | 3x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| FP8 (W8A8 / E4M3) | 8.5 bpw | 134.61 GB | 2.75 GB | 138.03 GB | No (Over by 10.0GB) | ~1.2 tok/s | 2x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF Q8_0 (8-bit) | 8.5 bpw | 134.61 GB | 2.75 GB | 138.03 GB | No (Over by 10.0GB) | ~1.2 tok/s | 2x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF Q6_K (6-bit) | 6.56 bpw | 103.89 GB | 2.75 GB | 107.31 GB | Yes (84%) | ~3.7 tok/s | 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF Q5_K_M (5-bit) | 5.69 bpw | 90.11 GB | 2.75 GB | 93.53 GB | Yes (73%) | ~4.2 tok/s | 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF Q4_K_M / AWQ (4-bit) | 4.85 bpw | 76.81 GB | 2.75 GB | 80.23 GB | Yes (63%) | ~5 tok/s | 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF IQ4_XS (4.25 bpw) | 4.25 bpw | 67.3 GB | 2.75 GB | 70.73 GB | Yes (55%) | ~5.7 tok/s | 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
| GGUF Q3_K_M (3-bit) | 3.91 bpw | 61.92 GB | 2.75 GB | 65.34 GB | Yes (51%) | ~6.2 tok/s | 1x Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) |
Frequently Asked Questions (Mistral-Large-2-123B + Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified))
Can Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) (128GB) run Mistral-Large-2-123B locally?
Yes — Apple M4 Max (128GB Unified) (128GB) can run Mistral-Large-2-123B using GGUF Q6_K (6-bit). Full FP16 (256.8 GB) exceeds 128 GB VRAM, but 4-bit GGUF Q4_K_M / AWQ requires 80.23 GB (76.81 GB weights + 2.75 GB KV cache at 8K context), delivering ~5 tokens/sec.
How is KV Cache calculated for Mistral-Large-2-123B?
Mistral-Large-2-123B uses Dense-GQA with 88 transformer layers, 96 attention heads, and 8 KV heads (head dimension 128). At 8,192 tokens in FP16, KV cache consumes 2.75 GB. Enabling 8-bit KV cache (-ctk q8_0 -ctv q8_0 in llama.cpp or --kv-cache-dtype fp8 in vLLM) cuts this in half to 1.38 GB.
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