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Macbook Unified Memory

Best local text models for MacBook 16gb

If you are searching for the best text model for MacBook 16GB, this compatibility index displays all open-source Large Language Models (LLMs) that fit your system at a baseline context length of 8,192 tokens. Compare quantization formats (FP16, Q8, Q4) to prevent CUDA OOM crashes.

Supported GPU Configurations & Tiers:

Apple M1/M2/M3 Macbook Pro (16GB)Apple M1/M2/M3 Macbook Air (16GB)

Compatible Local LLMs (8)

Meta8B params

Llama-3.1 8B (Instruct)

FP16OOM

Q8_0OOM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Mistral AI7B params

Mistral 7B v0.3

FP16OOM

Q8_0Fits in VRAM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Mistral AI3B params

Ministral 3 3B (Instruct)

FP16Fits in VRAM

Q8_0Fits in VRAM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Mistral AI8B params

Ministral 3 8B

FP16Fits in VRAM

Q8_0OOM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Mistral AI14B params

Ministral 3 14B

FP16OOM

Q8_0OOM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Google2.3B params

Gemma 4 E2B

FP16Fits in VRAM

Q8_0Fits in VRAM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Google4.5B params

Gemma 4 E4B

FP16OOM

Q8_0Fits in VRAM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM

Google11.95B params

Gemma 4 12B

FP16OOM

Q8_0OOM

Q4_K_MFits in VRAM