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Can the Apple M2 Pro (16 GB) run TMax 9B?

83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 31.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15

Yes, it runs well

Runs well. At Q4_K_M it needs about 7.2 GB of 10.7 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 23.6 tok/s.

Best quant
Q4_K_M
Generation speed
23.6 tok/s
Prompt processing
471 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
2.2 s
Largest safe context
113K

Download TMax 9B

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Ai2, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/allenai/tmax-9b (opens in a new tab)

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How the A grade is scored

Every result gets up to 100 points from four parts. The points decide the letter grade.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.31.6 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when everything sits in GPU or unified memory; fewer when part spills to system RAM.25.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.11.5 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.15.0 / 15
Total83.2 / 10083 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 31.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15

Grade scale: S 85+ · A 72+ · B 58+ · C 42+ · D 25+ · F under 25 points.

Every quantization on the Apple M2 Pro (16 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Fit Grade · points Download
Q2_K 5.3 GB 10.7 GB 38.8 tok/s Runs well 74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 23.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 14.8/15, Memory use 11.4/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 6.1 GB 10.7 GB 30.5 tok/s Runs well 79 ptsGreat (A) · 79 of 100 points: Model quality 28.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 13.1/15, Memory use 13.2/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 7.2 GB 10.7 GB 23.6 tok/s Runs well 83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 31.6/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 8.1 GB 10.7 GB 19.5 tok/s Runs well 82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 32.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 10.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 9.1 GB 10.7 GB 16.4 tok/s Runs well 82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 33.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 9.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 11.2 GB 10.7 GB 10.2 tok/s Runs with offload 65 ptsGood (B) · 65 of 100 points: Model quality 33.3/45, Memory fit 10.0/25, Speed 7.6/15, Memory use 15.0/15 All files (opens in a new tab)
F16 19.6 GB 10.7 GB — Won't run 9 ptsWon't run (F) · 9 of 100 points: Model quality 10.0/45, Memory fit 0.0/25, Speed 0.0/15, Memory use 0.0/15 Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.