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Can the Apple M4 Max 48GB run DeepHermes 3 - Mistral 24B?

Yes โ€” here's how fast and up to what context, with real measured numbers.

DeepHermes 3 - Mistral 24B on the Apple M4 Max 48GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 yes 68k 15.5-18.7 t/s ~0.3-0.3 (slow)
Q4 yes 108k 27.6-33.3 t/s ~0.5-0.6 (slow)

Estimate (memory-bound). Beyond "max context" the KV cache spills to SSD swap and speed drops to the "beyond" figure.

FAQ

Can the Apple M4 Max 48GB run DeepHermes 3 - Mistral 24B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~27.6-33.3 tok/s and fits up to 108k context; beyond that it spills to SSD swap and slows to ~0.5-0.6 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 108k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to SSD swap and throughput collapses.