Can the Mac Mini M4 run Muse Glimmer?
Yes. Muse Glimmer fits the Mac Mini M4's 16 GB at Q4_K_M (about 11.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 6.9 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.
Every quantization
Muse Glimmer (18.1B) on 16 GB
| Quant | Weights | Needs | Fit | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4_K_M | 10 GB | 11.8 GB | Fits | ~6.9 tok/s |
| Q5_K_M | 13 GB | 14.8 GB | Tight | ~5.3 tok/s |
| Q8_0 | 19 GB | 20.8 GB | Too big | - |
| FP16 | 36 GB | 37.8 GB | Too big | - |
Estimates. Needs = weights + 1.8 GB for KV cache and runtime at modest context. Speed is single-stream decode scaled from the Mac Mini M4's 120 GB/s bandwidth (Estimated from memory bandwidth (llama.cpp decode)). Long contexts need more memory and run slower.
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Same model, other hardware - and other models on this card
Muse Glimmer on other hardware
- RTX 5090~103 tok/s
- RTX 5090 D~103 tok/s
- RTX 6000D~90 tok/s
- RTX 4090~63 tok/s
- RTX 3090~55 tok/s
- Radeon RX 7900 XTX~55 tok/s
- RTX 5080~55 tok/s
- RTX 3080 Ti~52 tok/s
Also runs on the Mac Mini M4
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning~6.9 tok/s
- Qwen3 14B~8.6 tok/s
- Ornith-1.5-9B~11 tok/s
- Ornith-1.5-9B-OBLITERATED~11 tok/s
- Qwen3.5 9B~11 tok/s
- Llama 3.1 8B~12 tok/s
- Qwen3.5 4B~23 tok/s
- Qwen3-4B-Instruct-2507~34 tok/s
Frequently asked
Quick answers
Can the Apple Mac Mini M4 run Muse Glimmer?
Yes. Muse Glimmer fits the Mac Mini M4's 16 GB at Q4_K_M (about 11.8 GB needed), running at an estimated 6.9 tok/s. There's room for up to Q5_K_M if you want higher quality.
How much VRAM does Muse Glimmer need?
About 10 GB of weights at Q4_K_M, 19 GB at Q8_0 and 36 GB at FP16. Add roughly 1.8 GB for the KV cache and runtime at modest context lengths.
How fast is Muse Glimmer on the Mac Mini M4?
Roughly 6.9 tokens per second at Q4_K_M (single user, llama.cpp-style decode). This is an estimate from the Mac Mini M4's 120 GB/s memory bandwidth.