Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated July 12, 2026
The original Apple Silicon powerhouse — up to 64 GB unified memory. 82 t/s on 8B models, 22 t/s on 70B Q4. Still excellent in 2025. Available as used MacBook Pro M1 Max for $800–1,200.
| VRAM | 64 GB unified memory |
| Memory Bandwidth | 400 GB/s |
| TDP | 30 W |
| Architecture | ARM, 5nm TSMC |
| Release Year | 2021 |
| MSRP at Launch | $3,499 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | 24–49 tok/s (estimated) |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M) | 3.2–6.7 tok/s (estimated) |
All models below run comfortably in 64 GB unified memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
| Llama 3.3 | Llama 3.3 70B Instruct · 43 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.3 |
| Llama 3.1 Family | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1 |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B · 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:32b |
| Qwen 3 | Qwen 3 32B · 21 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:32b |
| Gemma 3 | Gemma 3 27B Instruct · 17 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:27b |
| Mistral Small 3.1 | Mistral Small 3.1 24B · 15 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run mistral-small3.1 |
| Phi-4 Family | Phi-4 (14B) · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4 |
Install Ollama then run the recommended model for this GPU:
ollama run llama3.3:70b
Yes — the Apple M1 Max has 64 GB unified memory and runs The original Apple Silicon powerhouse — up to 64 GB unified memory. 82 t/s on 8B models, 22 t/s on 70B Q4. Still excelle
The Apple M1 Max is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 24–49 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. For Llama 3.3 70B the estimate is 3.2–6.7 tok/s. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.
With 64 GB you can run: Llama 3.3, Llama 3.1 Family, DeepSeek R1, Qwen 3, Gemma 3. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run llama3.3:70b.
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