Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated September 25, 2024
Yes — comfortably
Yes, comfortably — Llama 3.2 Vision 90B at Q5_K_M needs about 67.1 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~28.9 GB spare and running at ~5.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Confidence: high · Recommended quantization: Q5_K_M · Estimated speed: ~5.1 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 | 181.8 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 177.6 GB |
| Q8_0 | 98.5 GB | ✗ No | — | — | 94.4 GB |
| Q6_K | 77 GB | ✓ Yes | 32K | ~4.5 tok/s | 72.8 GB |
| Q5_K_M | 67.1 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~5.1 tok/s | 62.9 GB |
| Q4_K_M | 57.8 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~6 tok/s | 53.6 GB |
| Q3_K_M | 42 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~8.3 tok/s | 37.9 GB |
| Q2_K | 33.3 GB | ✓ Yes | 64K | ~10.6 tok/s | 29.2 GB |
| Variant | Needs at Q4_K_M | Fits? | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.2 Vision 90B | 57.8 GB | ✓ Fits | ~6 tok/s |
| Llama 3.2 Vision 11B | 8.5 GB | ✓ Fits | ~41.6 tok/s |
Ollama or LM Studio (Metal) — MLX for the fastest Apple-native throughput
Yes, comfortably — Llama 3.2 Vision 90B at Q5_K_M needs about 67.1 GB of the 96 GB usable on MacBook Pro 16" (M5 Max, 128 GB), leaving ~28.9 GB spare and running at ~5.1 tok/s (estimated), with room for about 65,536 tokens of context.
Q5_K_M — it needs about 67.1 GB of the 96 GB available, downloads as roughly 62.9 GB, and runs at an estimated 5.1 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
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