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Can the Apple M4 Max 48GB run Nemotron-H 47B?

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

Nemotron-H 47B on the Apple M4 Max 48GB

QuantFits?Max contextSpeedBeyond context
FP16 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q8 no โ€” โ€” โ€”
Q4 yes 47k 14.1-17 t/s ~0.3-0.3 (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 Nemotron-H 47B?โ–ถ

Yes. At Q4 it generates ~14.1-17 tok/s and fits up to 47k context; beyond that it spills to SSD swap and slows to ~0.3-0.3 tok/s.

How much context fits?โ–ถ

At Q4, up to about 47k tokens stay in fast memory; longer context spills to SSD swap and throughput collapses.