Written by Jakub Rusinowski · Last updated September 19, 2026
The 14-core CPU / 30-core GPU M3 Max. Fewer memory controllers than the 40-core part: 300 GB/s rather than 400, and only 36 GB or 96 GB configurations. Modelling a 36 GB machine on the 40-core record overstates its throughput by a third.
| VRAM | 96 GB unified memory |
| Memory Bandwidth | 300 GB/s |
| TDP | 35 W |
| Architecture | ARM, 3nm TSMC |
| Release Year | 2023 |
| MSRP at Launch | $0 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | 18–38 tok/s (estimated) |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.3 70B Q4_K_M) | 2.4–5.0 tok/s (estimated) |
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All models below run comfortably in 96 GB unified memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
| Qwen 3.5 | Qwen 3.5 122B-A10B · 74 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3.5:122b |
| Mistral Small 4 | Mistral Small 4 119B-A6.5B · 73 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run mistral-small |
| Llama 4 | Llama 4 Scout 17B · 67 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama4:scout |
| Command R Family | Command R+ (104B) · 64 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run command-r-plus |
| Llama 3.2 Family | Llama 3.2 90B Vision Instruct · 54 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · llama-3-2 |
| Llama 3.2 Vision | Llama 3.2 Vision 90B · 54 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.2-vision:90b |
| Qwen3-Coder | Qwen3-Coder 80B-A3B (MoE) · 49 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3-coder:80b-a3b-q4 |
| Qwen 2.5 VL | Qwen 2.5 VL 72B Instruct · 45 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen2.5vl:72b |
62 more families also fit 96 GB — browse the full model library.
Yes — the Apple M3 Max (30-core GPU) has 96 GB unified memory and runs The 14-core CPU / 30-core GPU M3 Max. Fewer memory controllers than the 40-core part: 300 GB/s rather than 400, and only
The Apple M3 Max (30-core GPU) is estimated to run Llama 3.1 8B at 18–38 tok/s with Q4_K_M quantization. For Llama 3.3 70B the estimate is 2.4–5.0 tok/s. These are modelled estimates, not measurements — see /en/methodology.
With 96 GB you can run: Qwen 3.5, Mistral Small 4, Llama 4, Command R Family, Llama 3.2 Family. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run llama3.1:8b.
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