Can stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b run on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB?

YES — Runs Great

C50Usable
Estimated from fit model

stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b needs ~65.6 GB VRAM. Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB has 92.2 GB. With Q4_K_M quantization, expect ~11 tok/s.

Runtime: llama.cppCapacity: RoomyBandwidth: HighStack: StandardBottleneck: Balanced
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Operating mode

Choose the run profile you care about

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.

Capabilities:

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Q4_K_M (Medium quality) 65.6 GB, 10.9 tok/s, Runs well
65.6 GB required92.2 GB available
71% VRAM used

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

10.9 tok/s

TTFT

17816 ms

Safe context

68K

Memory

65.6 GB / 92.2 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights42.7 GB
KV Cache8.2 GB
Runtime0.9 GB
Headroom13.8 GB

See how fast it feels

See how fast it feelsstabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB
1st promptCold start — includes initialization
>What is local AI inference?
Local AI inference means running an AI language model directly on your own hardware — your laptop, desktop, or server — instead of sending requests to a remote cloud API. When you run inference locally the model weights are loaded into your GPU or unified memory. Each token you generate requires reading those weights from memory, so memory bandwidth is the main bottleneck for decode speed. Key benefits of running locally: - Full privacy: your prompts never leave your machine - No per-token cost or rate limits - Works offline once the model is downloaded - Latency depends only on your hardware
2nd promptWarm — model ready, no init overhead
>How much VRAM do I need?
It depends on the model size and quantization level. A rough rule of thumb: Model size Q4 (4-bit) Q8 (8-bit) FP16 7B params ~4.3 GB ~7.5 GB ~14 GB 13B params ~7.9 GB ~13.9 GB ~26 GB 70B params ~42.7 GB ~74.9 GB ~140 GB Most people use 4-bit quantization (Q4_K_M) which gives 90-95% of full quality at a fraction of the memory. A 24 GB GPU can comfortably run most 7B-13B models.
Estimated: 10.9 tok/s decode · 17.8s TTFT (warm) · 27 tok/s prefill

What limits this setup

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.

Best improvement path

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
ChatCRuns well10.9 tok/s9718 ms68K
CodingCRuns well10.9 tok/s17816 ms68K
Agentic CodingCRuns well10.9 tok/s25914 ms68K
ReasoningCRuns well10.9 tok/s21056 ms68K
RAGCRuns well10.9 tok/s32393 ms68K

Inference speed

stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b inference speed — tokens per second by GPU & Mac

Estimated decode speed (tokens/sec) for stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b at Q4_K_M across popular GPUs and Apple Silicon, including multi-GPU rigs, using the fastest local runtime per device. Fastest is 2× RX 7900 XTX 24GB at ~15 tok/s. Speed is memory-bandwidth bound, so cards that fit the whole model in VRAM run far faster than ones that offload to system RAM.

GPU / MacMemoryQuantSpeed (tok/s)Fits?
2× RX 7900 XTX 24GB
48 GBQ4_K_M14.6Heavy offload
MacBook Pro M4 Max 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M14.1Fits
Mac Studio M3 Ultra 256GB
256 GBQ4_K_M13.0Fits
Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M10.9Fits
Mac Studio M1 Ultra 128GB
128 GBQ4_K_M10.3Fits
MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M9.9Too big
NVIDIA2× RTX 4090 24GB
48 GBQ4_K_M7.7Heavy offload
NVIDIARTX 5090 32GB
32 GBQ4_K_M7.0Too big
NVIDIA2× RTX 3090 24GB
48 GBQ4_K_M7.0Heavy offload
NVIDIA4× RTX 3060 12GB
48 GBQ4_K_M6.2Heavy offload
MacBook Pro M4 Pro 48GB
48 GBQ4_K_M4.7Too big
MacBook Pro M3 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M4.0Too big
MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB
64 GBQ4_K_M3.6Too big
NVIDIARTX 4090 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M2.7Too big
RX 7900 XTX 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M2.4Too big
NVIDIARTX 3090 24GB
24 GBQ4_K_M2.3Too big
NVIDIARTX 4080 Super 16GB
16 GBQ4_K_M2.1Too big
NVIDIARTX 4070 12GB
12 GBQ4_K_M2.0Too big
NVIDIARTX 3060 12GB
12 GBQ4_K_M2.0Too big
NVIDIARTX 4060 8GB
8 GBQ4_K_M2.0Too big

Estimates for single-stream decoding at Q4_K_M; real tokens/sec varies with prompt length, context, batch size, and runtime build. Prompt processing (prefill) is faster than the decode figures shown here.

Quantization options

How stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b (70B params) fits at each quantization level on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB (92.2 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
27.3 GB
LowC42
Q3_K_S
3
34.3 GB
LowC44
NVFP4
4
39.2 GB
MediumC45
Q4_K_M
4
42.7 GB
MediumC46
Q5_K_M
5
50.4 GB
HighC47
Q6_K
6
57.4 GB
HighC47
Q8_0Best for your GPU
8
74.9 GB
Very HighC47
F16
16
143.5 GB
MaximumF0

Get started

Copy-paste commands to run stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b on your machine.

Run

lms load hf-richarderkhov--stabilityai---japanese-stablelm-instruct-beta-70b-gguf && lms server start

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Frequently asked questions

Can Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB run stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b?

Yes, Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB can run stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b with a C grade (Runs well). Expected decode speed: 10.9 tok/s.

How much VRAM does stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b need?

stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b (70B parameters) requires approximately 65.6 GB of memory with Q4_K_M quantization.

What is the best quantization for stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b?

The recommended quantization for stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b is Q4_K_M, which balances quality and memory efficiency.

What speed will stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b run at on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB?

On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b achieves approximately 10.9 tokens per second decode speed with a time-to-first-token of 17816ms using Q4_K_M quantization.

Can Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB run stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b for coding?

For coding workloads, stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB receives a C grade with 10.9 tok/s and 68K context.

What context window can stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b use on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB?

On Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB, stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b can safely use up to 68K tokens of context. The model's official context limit is —, but available memory constrains the safe maximum.

Is unified memory on Mac Studio M2 Ultra 128GB as fast as VRAM for stabilityai japanese stablelm instruct beta 70b?

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.

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