Can I run this LLM?
Can a MacBook Air/Pro M2 (16GB) run Kimi Linear 48B-A3B (MoE)?
Kimi · MIT · estimated for a 16.0 GB machine at 4K context.
No — too big for this machine.
Kimi Linear 48B-A3B (MoE) needs more memory than the 16.0 GB on a MacBook Air/Pro M2 (16GB), even at its smallest quantization.
Too big for your machine — run it in the cloud
Needs 1–2× 80 GB GPU (A100 / H100) · about $2–4/hr
- RunPod — Per-second GPU pods — bring your own GGUF, spin up on demand.
- Vast.ai — Cheap GPU marketplace — rent by the hour, bring your own GGUF.
- Vultr — Cloud GPU VMs by the hour — full root access, run any stack.
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