mistral

If you want a straightforward choice that feels smart, responsive, and fits on a Mac with 64 GB RAM, pick Mistral-Small-3.2-24B-Instruct-2506 in q8 format. It is a compact, high-quality build that handles long documents and gives clear, helpful answers without slowing your laptop to a crawl. Think of q8 as a careful compression of the model. You keep almost all the quality, use far less memory, and get faster replies than the full uncompressed version. If you work with very large notes or codebases, this model’s long context lets it follow the thread across many pages. If you prefer extra speed over maximum accuracy, keep a smaller 12B model on hand for quick tasks, and load the 24B only when you need top quality. For most people, the 24B q8 is the best everyday default.

See the same in Interslavic:
https://snoveni.blogspot.com/2025/09/llm.html