Can a MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB) run Granite 4.2 30B?

Just about — Granite 4.2 30B runs at Q2_K (10.9 GB) at about 7–10 tok/s on a MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB).

How much memory does Granite 4.2 30B need?

Granite 4.2 30B needs about 12.7 GB at 4K context at its smallest quantization. A MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB) has 24.0 GB.

Tight fit: Granite 4.2 30B on a MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB) at Q2_K

Yes, but it's tight.

Tight / slow

Best fit: Granite 4.2 30B at Q2_K · 10.9 GB weights · 7–10 tok/s on a MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB).

Arena Text Overall · style-controlled

1,340Q2_K untested

granite-4.2-30b · published configuration reference · Q2_K not tested

Arena Text Overall (style-controlled), exact published entry granite-4.2-30b, 2026-10-08: reference rating 1,339.7. Published confidence bounds 1,329.2–1,350.1. 3,410 votes. Published granite-4.2-30b configuration reference. Reasoning mode is not disclosed by the Arena dataset. Tested precision, runtime and sampling settings are not disclosed in this dataset. Selected Q2_K has not been measured by this Arena entry. No quantization quality adjustment is applied.

Snapshot published 2026-10-08 · snapshot imported 2026-10-11 UTC · validated last-good data · manual refresh

Arena leaderboard dataset · Arena / lmarena-ai, Arena Leaderboard Dataset (CC BY 4.0). Selected Text Overall style-controlled rows; field names adapted, ratings unchanged. · dataset CC BY 4.0 · revision e16f90232986

Total memory at 4K context: 12.7 GB; Weights + KV cache + runtime overhead
Estimated generation: 7–10 tok/s
Estimated first token: ~83s

Every quantization on this machine

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Granite 4.2 30B quantizations on MacBook Air / Mac mini M4 (24GB), estimated at 4K context. Weights and total memory are shown separately.
Quant	Weights	Total memory	Speed	Fit
Q2_K	10.9 GB	12.7 GB	7–10 tok/s	Tight / slow
Q3_K_M	14.1 GB	16.0 GB	5–8 tok/s	Tight / slow
Q4_K_M	17.7 GB	19.6 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q5_K_M	20.8 GB	22.7 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q6_K	24.0 GB	25.9 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
Q8_0	31.1 GB	33.0 GB	— not resident	Won't fit
FP16	58.6 GB	60.4 GB	— not resident	Won't fit

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