Can I Run Llama 3.2 Family on Apple M3 Max?

Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated June 15, 2026

Yes — the Llama 3.2 Family family runs on the Apple M3 Max.

Apple M3 Max Specs

VRAM64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth400 GB/s

Llama 3.2 Family Variants That Fit

Llama 3.2 90B Vision InstructQ4_K_M · 54 GB · ~7 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 11B Vision InstructQ4_K_M · 7.8 GB · ~51 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 3B InstructQ4_K_M · 2.2 GB · ~182 tok/s (est.)
Llama 3.2 1B InstructQ4_K_M · 0.8 GB · ~400 tok/s (est.)

FAQ

Can I run Llama 3.2 Family on the Apple M3 Max?

Yes — the Llama 3.2 Family family runs on the Apple M3 Max.

Which Llama 3.2 Family variant fits best on the Apple M3 Max?

Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (54 GB), estimated ~7 tokens/sec.

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