Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022)

Configurations

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Specifications 24.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q3_K_M	14.9 GB	32.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q3_K_M	16.1 GB	28.8 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DGMaple Preview (20B-A1B)DeepGrove	Q4_K_M	14.3 GB	57.3 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OAgpt-oss 20BOpenAI	MXFP4	14.0 GB	28.4 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JBMellum2.1 Thinking (12B-A2.5B)JetBrains	Q4_K_M	9.4 GB	37.0 tok/s	Runs great
B63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q2_K	15.9 GB	49.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B ThinkingBaidu	Q4_K_M	15.7 GB	31.5 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B62Good quality (B) · 62 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LALFM2.5 24B-A2BLiquid AI	Q3_K_M	13.8 GB	47.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZAGLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	Q2_K	14.8 GB	49.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B65Good quality (B) · 65 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DiffusionGemma 26B-A4B ITGoogle	Q3_K_M	14.9 GB	30.8 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	10.2 GB	18 s	Runs well
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP8	12.4 GB	1.7 min	Slow
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP8	12.6 GB	45 s	Slow
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP8	14.5 GB	57 s	Slowtight fit
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	11.7 GB	34 s	Runs wellencoder unloaded after use
A81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	Q8 GGUF	13.0 GB	6.5 min	Very slow

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
C49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 2BLightricks	FP8	10.8 GB	7.5 min	Runs well
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	FP8	12.8 GB	71.7 min	Very slow
B68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAKandinsky 6.0 Video Lite (3B, video + audio)Sber AI	FP16	14.7 GB	1.8 h	Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 66/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP8	10.7 GB	4.7 h	Very slowCPU offload
C44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 65/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZACogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	FP8	11.0 GB	17.9 min	Slow

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Air (M2, 2022) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FGLiNER2.5 DecideFastino	F16	1.7 GB	74 ms	Runs great
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	Q8_0	2.8 GB	153 ms	Runs well
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAFRIDA-DecisionsSber AI	Q8_0	1.7 GB	106 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3Jina AI	Q8_0	2.8 GB	153 ms	Runs well
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Llama Prompt Guard 2 86MMeta	F16	1.2 GB	84 ms	Runs great
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KGLiClass ModernBERT Large v3Knowledgator	F16	1.5 GB	61 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 0.6BAlibaba	Q8_0	2.8 GB	153 ms	Runs well
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OAOpenAI Privacy FilterOpenAI	F16	3.8 GB	11 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M2 (24 GB)

• MacBook Air (15-inch, M2, 2023)Apple · Laptop · 8, 16 or 24 GB · $1,299–$1,699Product page (opens in a new tab)
• MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022)Apple · Laptop · 8, 16 or 24 GB · $1,299–$1,699Product page (opens in a new tab)
• Mac mini (2023) (M2 or M2 Pro)Apple · Mini PC · 8, 16, 24 or 32 GB · $599–$1,699Product page (opens in a new tab)