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sroussey 55 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Notes from the Mistral AI Now Summit

As a Mac user:

1. tiny <2-3B -- could run in a browser even, mac neo

2. small 4-8B -- last of browser options, MacBook Air base

3. medium 9-24B -- 32GB machine, air or pro notebook or mini

4. large 25-48B -- 64GB, pro notebook or mini

5. x-large 49-100B -- 128GB MacBook Pro or Studio

6. Huge > 100B -- 256/512GB Mac Studio

ElFitz 55 days ago [–]

> tiny <2-3B -- could run in a browser even, mac neo

Or a phone. I’m running Gemma 4 E2B in one of my apps on my 14 pro (which may or may not be killing my display through overheating. It might just be a coincidence).

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