How we got this number
Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 1.6 GB. The Mac mini M2 (16GB) moves 100 GB/s, so the ceiling is 63 tokens/sec. Real machines reach a fraction of that ceiling; we use 80%, calibrated against a measured Mac run. Send us your real numbers and we'll replace the estimate.
Faster machines for Gemma 2 2B
| Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) | 120+ tok/s | Check price → |
| Mac mini M5 Pro (64GB) | 120+ tok/s | Check price → |
| Mac Studio M5 Max (40-core GPU, 64GB) | 120+ tok/s | Check price → |
| Mac Studio M5 Ultra (96GB) | 120+ tok/s | Check price → |
Other models on the Mac mini M2 (16GB)
| Qwen3.5 0.8B | Fast | 80 tok/s |
| DeepSeek-R1 1.5B | Fast | 73 tok/s |
| Qwen 1.8B | Fast | 73 tok/s |
| Llama 3.2 1B | Fast | 62 tok/s |
| Qwen 3 1.7B | Fast | 57 tok/s |
| Granite 3.1 moe 1B | Fast | 57 tok/s |