Can MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 GB run Devstral Small 2 (24B)?
16 GB unified · 200 GB/s memory bandwidth · Devstral Small 2 (24B) has 24B parameters.
Short answer
No. It doesn't fit in memory.
Needs ≈12 GB but only ≈8.5 GB is available after the OS, other apps and Open WebUI.
Why it doesn’t fit
Even its smallest practical version (3-bit) needs about 12 GB for the model, its context memory and the runtime. After macOS (≈3.5 GB), a browser with a few tabs (≈3.0 GB) and Open WebUI (≈1.0 GB), MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 GB has about 8.5 GB left, so it’s 3.9 GB short.
Ways to make it work
Close everything else
Not enough on its own: with every other app closed it’s still about 0.9 GB short.
Pick a smaller model from the same family
No smaller Devstral model in our catalog runs well here. See the other models below.
Get more memory
The same chip with 32 GB handles it: Acceptable.
Check your exact setup
These pages assume typical settings. A shorter context or a lighter chat app can change the answer.
Check MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 GB
The same applies to every workload we rate (chat, coding questions, coding in a repository, agentic coding and long documents): they all need at least as much memory as chat.
Other models for MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16 GB
The best-rated models for chat on this machine.
- MiniCPM5 2B45–60 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3.5 4B30–40 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3.5 9B20–30 tok/sExcellent
- GLM-4.6V-Flash (10B)20–30 tok/sExcellent
- Llama 3.2 3B Instruct40–55 tok/sExcellent
- Qwen3 8B25–35 tok/sExcellent
Cheapest machines for Devstral Small 2 (24B)
Hardware rated comfortable or better for chat, lowest price first.
- Mac mini M4 Pro 24 GB$1,399 · 12–16 tok/sComfortable
- Desktop PC · Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · 32 GB RAM$1,500 · 10–17 tok/sComfortable
- Desktop PC · Radeon RX 7900 XT · 32 GB RAM$1,550 · 30–45 tok/sExcellent
- Ryzen AI Max+ 395 mini PC / Framework Desktop · 64 GB$1,600 · 11–15 tok/sComfortable
- Desktop PC · Intel Arc Pro B60 24GB · 64 GB RAM$1,628 · 10–17 tok/sComfortable
- Mac mini M5 Pro 24 GB$1,699 · 11–18 tok/sComfortable
Same chip, other memory: 32 GB
Different tool, context size or workload?
These pages use typical settings. The full check models your exact setup.