Magistral Small 2507 needs ~21.9 GB VRAM. MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB has 25.9 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~29 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
Tight fit
Decode
29.3 tok/s
TTFT
6607 ms
Safe context
43K
Memory
21.9 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 | S | Runs well | 29.3 tok/s | 3604 ms | 43K |
| Coding | S | Tight fit | 29.3 tok/s | 6607 ms | 43K |
| Agentic Coding | S | Tight fit | 29.3 tok/s | 9610 ms | 43K |
| Reasoning | S | Tight fit | 29.3 tok/s | 7808 ms | 43K |
| RAG | S | Tight fit | 29.3 tok/s | 12012 ms | 43K |
How Magistral Small 2507 (24B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB (25.9 GB usable).
| Quant | Bits | VRAM | Quality | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q2_K | 2 | 9.4 GB | Low | S89 |
Q3_K_S | 3 | 11.8 GB | Low | S91 |
NVFP4 | 4 |
Copy-paste commands to run Magistral Small 2507 on your machine.
Run
ollama run magistralYour hardware
| Model | Params | Grade | Decode | Capabilities |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Qwen3-Coder 30B A3B Instruct | 30.5B | S | 39.1 tok/s | |
| Qwen 3.5 27B | 27B | S | 28.8 tok/s |
Yes, MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB can run Magistral Small 2507 with a S grade (Tight fit). Expected decode speed: 29.3 tok/s.
Magistral Small 2507 (24B parameters) requires approximately 21.9 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
The recommended quantization for Magistral Small 2507 is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.
On MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB, Magistral Small 2507 achieves approximately 29.3 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 6607ms using Q4_K_M quantization.
For coding workloads, Magistral Small 2507 on MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB receives a S grade with 29.3 tok/s and 43K context.
On MacBook Pro M4 Max 36GB, Magistral Small 2507 can safely use up to 43K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is 131K, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.
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Preview:
13.4 GB |
| Medium |
| S92 |
Q4_K_M | 4 | 14.6 GB | Medium | S91 |
Q5_K_M | 5 | 17.3 GB | High | S91 |
Q6_KBest for your GPU | 6 | 19.7 GB | High | S91 |
Q8_0 | 8 | 25.7 GB | Very High | F0 |
F16 | 16 | 49.2 GB | Maximum | F0 |
| Qwen 3.6 27B | 27B | S | 21.9 tok/s |
| Qwen 3.6 35B A3B | 35B | A | 28.5 tok/s |
| Qwen3-VL 30B A3B Instruct | 30B | S | 40.4 tok/s |
Not always. MacBook Pro M4 Max 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.