Can I Run GPT-oss 120B on Apple M4 Max?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated April 1, 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~63 GB of headroom running GPT-oss 120B at Q4_K_M (65 GB, ~8 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

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Apple M4 Max Specs

VRAM128 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth546 GB/s

GPT-oss 120B on the Apple M4 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 128 GB?Max context
F16279.2 GB✗ No
Q8_0166.7 GB✗ No
Q6_K137.6 GB✗ No
Q5_K_M124.2 GB✓ Yes4K
Q4_K_M111.7 GB✓ Yes4K
Q3_K_M90.4 GB✓ Yes4K
Q2_K78.6 GB✓ Yes8K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 128 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

GPT-oss 120B Sizes That Fit the Apple M4 Max

GPT-oss 120BQ4_K_M · 65 GB · ~8 tok/s (est.)
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~$3,499
Apple M4 Max · MSRP
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A100 (80 GB) class

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FAQ

GPT-oss 120B on the Apple M4 Max — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~63 GB of headroom running GPT-oss 120B at Q4_K_M (65 GB, ~8 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 4K context.

Which GPT-oss 120B variant fits best on the Apple M4 Max?

GPT-oss 120B at Q4_K_M quantization (65 GB), estimated ~8 tokens/sec, up to 4K context.

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