Can I run Ministral 3 14B?

chatcodinggeneral · sizes: 14B

What runs it

machinebest fitverdictspeed
Apple M1 · 8GB 14B Q4_K_M ❌ Won't fit —
Apple M1 Pro · 16GB 14B Q4_K_M 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 2–3 tok/s
Apple M2 · 16GB 14B Q4_K_M 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 0.9–1 tok/s
Apple M3 Pro · 18GB 14B Q8_0 🐢 CPU-only (slow) 0.7–1 tok/s
Apple M2 Pro · 32GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs (tight) 7–12 tok/s
Apple M4 Pro · 48GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 10–17 tok/s
Apple M3 Max · 36GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 13–20 tok/s
Apple M2 Max · 64GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 13–20 tok/s
Apple M4 Max · 128GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 16–25 tok/s
Apple M2 Ultra · 192GB 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 25–40 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 · 12GB VRAM 14B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 18–30 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 · 12GB VRAM 14B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs (tight) 25–40 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 · 24GB VRAM 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 30–50 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · 16GB VRAM 14B Q4_K_M ✅ Runs comfortably 50–85 tok/s
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 · 32GB VRAM 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 55–90 tok/s
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX · 24GB VRAM 14B Q8_0 ✅ Runs comfortably 25–45 tok/s

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Architectural kin

20 models share Ministral 3 14B's KV-cache geometry — they size memory the same way, so a rig that fits one tends to fit its same-size kin.

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