Apple MacBook Air M2 24GB
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Specifications
RAM
24 GB
Form Factor
laptop
Year
2022
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Memory Usage21.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:30b-a3b
Memory Usage16.6 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length32,768 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gpt-oss:20b
Memory Usage13.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length16,384 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run gemma3:12b
Memory Usage9.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run mistral-nemo
Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:8b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage7.4 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run deepseek-r1:8b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage7.3 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run llama3.1:8b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage7.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5:7b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage7.2 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-q5_k_m
Memory Usage4.9 GB
Weights
KV Cache
Overhead
Context Length131,072 tokens
Install with Ollama:
ollama run qwen3:4b-q5_k_m