Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated June 26, 2026
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — GLM-6 9B at Q8_0 needs about 11.6 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~84.4 GB spare and running at ~30.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~30.1 tok/s
| Usable memory for models | 96 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 614 GB/s |
| Form factor | Laptop |
| Operating system | macOS |
| Memory upgradeable | No — soldered |
| Quant | Memory needed | Fits 96 GB? | Max context | Est. speed | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F16 | 20 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~17.2 tok/s | 18 GB |
| Q8_0 | 11.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~30.1 tok/s | 9.6 GB |
| Q6_K | 9.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~37.4 tok/s | 7.4 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 8.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~42.1 tok/s | 6.4 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 7.4 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~47.8 tok/s | 5.4 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 5.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~61.8 tok/s | 3.8 GB |
| Q2_K | 5 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~73.6 tok/s | 3 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLM-6 355B-A32B | 219.2 GB | ✗ Too large | — |
| GLM-6 9B | 7.4 GB | ✓ Fits | ~47.8 tok/s |
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput
Yes, comfortably — GLM-6 9B at Q8_0 needs about 11.6 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~84.4 GB spare and running at ~30.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Q8_0 — it needs about 11.6 GB of the 96 GB available, downloads as roughly 9.6 GB, and runs at an estimated 30.1 tokens/sec with up to 64K of context.
Nothing binding — the model fits with headroom and generates at a usable speed on this hardware.
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput