Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated August 15, 2026
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — Granite 4.0 Small-H 32B-A9B at Q8_0 needs about 36.6 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~59.4 GB spare and running at ~29.3 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Confidence: medium · Recommended quantization: Q8_0 · Estimated speed: ~29.3 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 | 66.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~16.9 tok/s | 64 GB |
| Q8_0 | 36.6 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~29.3 tok/s | 34 GB |
| Q6_K | 28.9 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~36.1 tok/s | 26.2 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 25.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~40.5 tok/s | 22.7 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 22 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~45.7 tok/s | 19.3 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 16.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~58.3 tok/s | 13.6 GB |
| Q2_K | 13.2 GB | ✓ Yes | 128K | ~68.8 tok/s | 10.5 GB |
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput
Yes, comfortably — Granite 4.0 Small-H 32B-A9B at Q8_0 needs about 36.6 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~59.4 GB spare and running at ~29.3 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 131,072 tokens of context.
Q8_0 — it needs about 36.6 GB of the 96 GB available, downloads as roughly 34 GB, and runs at an estimated 29.3 tokens/sec with up to 128K 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
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