Magistral 7B needs ~11.0 GB VRAM. MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB has 25.9 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~28 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
27.6 tok/s
TTFT
7023 ms
Safe context
8K
Memory
11.0 GB / 25.9 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 | 27.6 tok/s | 3831 ms | 8K |
| Coding | A | Runs well | 27.6 tok/s | 7023 ms | 8K |
| Agentic Coding | A | Runs well | 27.6 tok/s | 10215 ms | 8K |
| Reasoning | A | Runs well | 27.6 tok/s | 8300 ms | 8K |
| RAG | A | Runs well | 27.6 tok/s | 12769 ms | 8K |
How Magistral 7B (7B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB (25.9 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 2.7 GB | Low | A72 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 3.4 GB | Low | A72 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Magistral 7B on your machine.
Run
lms load Magistral-7B && lms server startYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 16.6 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 7.2 tok/s |
Yes, MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB can run Magistral 7B with a A grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 27.6 tok/s.
Magistral 7B (7B parameters) requires approximately 11.0 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Magistral 7B is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB, Magistral 7B achieves approximately 27.6 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 7023ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Magistral 7B on MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB receives a A grade with 27.6 tok/s and 8K context.
On MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB, Magistral 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:
3.9 GB |
| Medium |
| A72 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 4.3 GB | Medium | A72 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 5.0 GB | High | A73 |
Q6_K | 6 | 5.7 GB | High | A73 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 7.5 GB | Very High | A74 |
F16Best for your GPU | 16 | 14.3 GB | Maximum | A78 |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 5.5 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | A | 12.1 tok/s |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 17.1 tok/s |
Not always. MacBook Pro M3 Pro 36GB 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.