Will it run? / Nemotron 3 33B / Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB)

Can the Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) run Nemotron 3 33B?

Won't fit No. Nemotron 3 33B needs about 29.5 GB of memory, and the Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) can give a model about 16.1 GB. You'd need a machine with more memory, or a smaller model.

–estimated tokens/sec
29.5 GBmemory needed
16.1 GBavailable to the model
307 GB/smemory bandwidth

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How we got this number

Each generated token reads the whole model from memory once: 28 GB. The Mac mini M5 Pro (24GB) moves 307 GB/s, so the ceiling is 11 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.

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