InternVL2 8B needs ~21.6 GB VRAM. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~102 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
102.2 tok/s
TTFT
1894 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
21.6 GB / 92.2 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 | 102.2 tok/s | 1033 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 102.2 tok/s | 1894 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 102.2 tok/s | 2755 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 102.2 tok/s | 2238 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 102.2 tok/s | 3444 ms | 8K |
How InternVL2 8B (8B params) fits at each quantization level on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB (92.2 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 3.1 GB | Low | A72 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.9 GB | Low | A72 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run InternVL2 8B on your machine.
Run
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/ggerganov/llama.cpp:full \
--hf-repo "OpenGVLab/InternVL2-8B" \
--hf-file "InternVL2-8B-Q4_K_M.gguf" \
-c 4096 -ngl 99Your hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Devstral 2 123B Instruct | 123B | S | 6.3 tok/s | |
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S |
Yes, Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can run InternVL2 8B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 102.2 tok/s.
InternVL2 8B (8B parameters) requires approximately 21.6 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for InternVL2 8B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, InternVL2 8B achieves approximately 102.2 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 1894ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, InternVL2 8B on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB receives a A grade with 102.2 tok/s and 8K context.
On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, InternVL2 8B 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:
4.5 GB |
| Medium |
| A72 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.9 GB | Medium | A72 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.8 GB | High | A72 |
Q6_K | 6 | 6.6 GB | High | A72 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 8.6 GB | Very High | A72 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 16.4 GB | Maximum | A73 |
| 70.2 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 30.4 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 23.1 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.5 122B A10B | 122B | S | 28.9 tok/s |
Not always. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB 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.