M1 8GB

APPLE · 8GB unified memory · 1 report

Use the calculator to check which models fit in 8 GB of unified memory. The reports below include different GPU counts and memory setups; a model listed here may need extra cards or CPU offloading.

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Gemma 4 5.1B E2B Instruct

M1 8GB · Ollama

reported speed:: 17.5 tokens/s generation
quant:: Q4 (gguf)

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text-generation

User reports Gemma 4 at 15-20 t/s, a range the user calls usable for simple tasks.