Hardware guide · Mistral
What hardware do you need to run Ministral 3 14B?
Ministral 3 14B needs about 9.4 GB to run at Q4_K_M, so the lightest hardware that runs it is Apple M2 (16GB). 29 of 43 devices tested can run it.
- Needs (Q4_K_M)
- ~9.4 GB
- Devices that run it
- 29
- Too small
- 14
- Lightest that runs it
- ~10.5 GB
Recommended Q4_K_M
Apple M2 (16GB) Yes
Runs at Q4_K_M using ~9.4 GB of ~10.5 GB usable.
What kind of hardware runs Ministral 3 14B
Of the 29 devices that run it, here is the split by hardware class.
9 discrete GPUs 13 Macs 2 laptops 5 phones
Hardware that runs Ministral 3 14B
Ranked by usable memory, lightest first. Prices are approximate street prices for the device itself (a GPU is the card alone; a Mac is the whole machine). Tok/s is a bandwidth estimate; see methodology.
Compatible devices 29 total
- YesApple M2 (16GB) from $1,199~10.5 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~10 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 (16GB) from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~13 tok/s est.
- YesGoogle Pixel 9 Pro from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~4 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 (16GB) from $1,099~10.5 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~16 tok/s est.
- YesGoogle Pixel 10 Pro from $999~10.5 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~4 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12GB) from $329~11 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~31 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4070 (12GB) from $599~11 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~43 tok/s est.
- YesApple M3 Pro (18GB) from $1,299~12 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~10 tok/s est.
- Yes16GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) from $750~12 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesiPad Pro M4 (16GB, 1TB/2TB config) from $1,599~12 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~8 tok/s est.
- YesSamsung Galaxy S25 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config only) from $1,619~12 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesSamsung Galaxy S26 Ultra (16GB, 1TB config) from $1,299~12 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti (16GB) from $499~15 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~24 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16GB) from $1,199~15 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~61 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 (24GB) from $1,299~16 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~13 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Pro (24GB) from $1,999~16 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~28 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 (32GB) from $1,299~21 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~16 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 4090 (24GB) from $1,599~23 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~85 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 3090 (24GB) from $1,499~23 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~79 tok/s est.
- YesAMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24GB) from $999~23 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~81 tok/s est.
- Yes32GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) from $1,100~28 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~6 tok/s est.
- YesNvidia GeForce RTX 5090 (32GB) from $1,999~31 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~152 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Pro (48GB) from $2,399~32 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~28 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 Pro (48GB) from $2,199~32 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~32 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Max (64GB) from $3,499~48 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~57 tok/s est.
- YesApple M4 Max (128GB) from $3,499~96 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~57 tok/s est.
- YesAMD Ryzen AI Halo (128GB) from $3,999~96 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~22 tok/s est.
- YesApple M5 Max (128GB) from $3,599~96 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~64 tok/s est.
- YesApple M3 Ultra (256GB) from $3,999~192 GB usable · uses ~9.4 GB · ~85 tok/s est.
Too small for Ministral 3 14B
Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra Generic Android Phone (12GB RAM) iPhone 17 Pro iPhone Air Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8GB) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB) Apple M1 (8GB) 8GB RAM Laptop (CPU/iGPU only) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6GB) iPhone 15 Pro iPhone 16 iPhone 16 Pro Generic Android Phone (8GB RAM) iPhone 17
See the full Ministral 3 14B memory breakdown, or compare it against other models.
Sources
Memory at Q4_K_M (9.4 GB = 7.67 GB weights + KV cache + overhead), validated 2026-09-07. See methodology.