[prvc]

> ~15GB (MLX) leaving plenty of memory for running other apps.

Is that small enough to run well (without thrashing) on a system with only 16GiB RAM?

[simonw]

I expect not. On my Mac at least I've found I need a bunch of GB free to have anything else running at all.

[mnoronha]

Any idea why MLX and ollama use such different amounts of ram?