What fits in 24 GB of unified memory
Data updated . Last reviewed the same day, when this catalog snapshot was written.
4 catalog machines have 24 GB unified. Models are ranked against the Mac mini M4 24GB, the tightest usable pool at this sticker size (16.8 GB). The tok/s estimate uses Mac mini M4 Pro 24GB bandwidth (273 GB/s) and is not a benchmark. 4 of these fits do not clear the 16 GB tier.
Models
| Model | Best quant | Estimate | Headroom | Est. tok/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | FP16 | 3.0 GB | 13.8 GB | 110 tok/s |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | FP16 | 7.7 GB | 9.1 GB | 42.5 tok/s |
| Phi-3.5 mini | FP16 | 9.2 GB | 7.6 GB | 35.7 tok/s |
| Phi-4 mini | FP16 | 9.2 GB | 7.6 GB | 35.6 tok/s |
| Gemma 3 4B | FP16 | 10.3 GB | 6.5 GB | 31.7 tok/s |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | Q8 | 4.5 GB | 12.3 GB | 1605 tok/s |
| Gemma 4 E4B | Q8 | 8.3 GB | 8.5 GB | 33.3 tok/s |
| Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | Q8 | 8.6 GB | 8.2 GB | 33.7 tok/s |
| Mistral 7B Instruct v0.3 | Q8 | 8.8 GB | 8.0 GB | 35.4 tok/s |
| DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B | Q8 | 9.6 GB | 7.2 GB | 32.0 tok/s |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Q8 | 9.6 GB | 7.2 GB | 34.0 tok/s |
| Qwen3 8B | Q8 | 9.9 GB | 6.9 GB | 31.3 tok/s |
| Ministral 3 8B | Q8 | 10.2 GB | 6.6 GB | 30.2 tok/s |
| Gemma 2 9B | Q8 | 10.7 GB | 6.1 GB | 25.5 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-20b | Q8 | 12.3 GB | 4.5 GB | 131 tok/s |
| Gemma 3 12B | Q8 | 12.5 GB | 4.3 GB | 21.8 tok/s |
| Gemma 4 12B | Q8 | 13.2 GB | 3.6 GB | 21.5 tok/s |
| Mistral Nemo 12B | Q8 | 14.4 GB | 2.4 GB | 21.0 tok/s |
| Ministral 3 14B | Q8 | 15.7 GB | 1.1 GB | 19.0 tok/s |
| Qwen3 14B | Q4 | 10.3 GB | 6.5 GB | 30.3 tok/s |
| Phi-4 | Q4 | 10.6 GB | 6.2 GB | 30.7 tok/s |
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Q4 | 10.6 GB | 6.2 GB | 30.4 tok/s |
| Mistral Small 3.2 24B | Q4 | 15.7 GB | 1.1 GB | 19.0 tok/s |
| Gemma 3 27B | Q4 | 16.5 GB | 0.3 GB | 16.5 tok/s |
| Gemma 2 27B | Q4 | 16.6 GB | 0.2 GB | 16.4 tok/s |
Machines at 24 GB
- Mac mini M4 24GB
16.8 GB usable · $799
- MacBook Air M4 24GB
16.8 GB usable · $1,199
- Mac mini M4 Pro 24GB
16.8 GB usable · $1,399
- MacBook Pro 14-inch M4 Pro 24GB
16.8 GB usable · $1,999
Questions
- How many models fit in 24 GB of unified memory?
- 25 of 49 fit on the tightest config at this size, the Mac mini M4 24GB, which keeps 16.8 GB usable.
- Which catalog machines have 24 GB unified?
- Mac mini M4 24GB (70% usable), MacBook Air M4 24GB (70% usable), Mac mini M4 Pro 24GB (70% usable), MacBook Pro 14-inch M4 Pro 24GB (70% usable).
- Why is the ranking based on the tightest config?
- So a model listed as fitting works on every 24 GB machine here, including ones that reserve more memory for the OS. A looser machine has more headroom than the table shows.