InternLM Chat 7B needs ~16.4 GB VRAM. MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB has 23.0 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~54 tok/s.
Operating mode
Interactive favors responsiveness, while light API and scale-out lean harder on serving readiness. The fit stays the same, but the recommendation lens changes.
Current mode
Balanced
Balanced for general local use. Keeps the ranking neutral across personal and serving workflows.
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Fit status
Runs well
Decode
54.3 tok/s
TTFT
3563 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
16.4 GB / 23.0 GB
This setup is broadly balanced for this model.
Shared-memory contention still exists
The OS, browser, and inference runtime all compete for the same physical memory pool, so real-world headroom is less forgiving than raw capacity suggests.
| Workload | Grade | Fit | Decode | TTFT | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | A | Runs well | 54.3 tok/s | 1944 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 54.3 tok/s | 3563 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.2 GB host RAM) | 49.4 tok/s | 5701 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 54.3 tok/s | 4211 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs with offload (needs ~0.2 GB host RAM) | 49.4 tok/s | 7127 ms |
How InternLM Chat 7B (7B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB (23.0 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | B65 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | B65 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run InternLM Chat 7B on your machine.
Run
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "InternLM/InternLM-Chat-7B" \
--hf-file "InternLM-Chat-7B-Q4_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | A | 31.5 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 14.1 tok/s |
Yes, MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB can run InternLM Chat 7B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 54.3 tok/s.
InternLM Chat 7B (7B parameters) requires approximately 16.4 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for InternLM Chat 7B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB, InternLM Chat 7B achieves approximately 54.3 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 3563ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, InternLM Chat 7B on MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB receives a A grade with 54.3 tok/s and 8K context.
On MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB, InternLM Chat 7B can safely use up to 8K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 8K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
| 8K |
3.9 GB |
| Medium |
| B66 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | B66 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | B66 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | B67 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | B68 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | A71 |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 11.6 tok/s |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 33.3 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.5 9B | 9B | S | 45.4 tok/s |
Not always. MacBook Pro M2 Max 32GB can often fit larger models thanks to unified memory, but a discrete GPU with dedicated high-bandwidth VRAM may still decode faster once the model fits. For this combination, the important distinction is capacity versus sustained throughput.