Poolside Laguna XS.2
Poolside Laguna XS.2 loads in 23 GB at Q4_K_M and is comfortable from 48 GB of memory, Macs included from the MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB. Below: the full memory math, the cheapest card that runs it well, and the fastest machine we track.
Memory math
KV = fp16 estimate (q8_0 cache roughly halves it). "Comfortable" = weights + KV within the engine's tiered budget (~70-85% of memory).
Hardware snapshot
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Frequently asked questions
How much memory does Poolside Laguna XS.2 need?
23 GB for the Q4_K_M weights, plus ~4.0 GB of KV-cache at 16k context — about 27.0 GB total. Comfortable from 48 GB of VRAM or unified memory.
Does Poolside Laguna XS.2 run on a Mac?
Yes — from the MacBook Pro M5 Pro 48GB (~40 tok/s est.). Unified memory means the RAM budget is the only limit.
What is the cheapest GPU for Poolside Laguna XS.2?
The AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395 (Strix Halo) is the cheapest tracked card that runs Poolside Laguna XS.2 comfortably — ~25 tok/s est. at ~$3,847 used (as of 2026-07-31).
Cite this page
ModelFit: Poolside Laguna XS.2 — specs, memory math and hardware verdicts. https://modelfit.io/models/laguna-xs2/ (dataset updated 2026-09-03, CC BY 4.0).