Can I Run Cogito v1 on Apple M5 Pro?

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.7 GB of headroom running Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

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Apple M5 Pro Specs

VRAM64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth307 GB/s

Cogito v1 70B on the Apple M5 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 64 GB?Max context
F16142.1 GB✗ No
Q8_076.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K59.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M51.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M44.4 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M32 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K25.2 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 64 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Cogito v1 Sizes That Fit the Apple M5 Pro

Cogito v1 70BQ4_K_M · 42.2625 GB · ~4 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 32BQ4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~8 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 14BQ4_K_M · 8.4525 GB · ~17 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 8BQ4_K_M · 4.83 GB · ~29 tok/s (est.)
Cogito v1 3BQ4_K_M · 1.81125 GB · ~60 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Cogito v1 on the Apple M5 Pro — does it fit?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.7 GB of headroom running Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M (42.2625 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

Which Cogito v1 variant fits best on the Apple M5 Pro?

Cogito v1 70B at Q4_K_M quantization (42.2625 GB), estimated ~4 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

Every Cogito v1 size on the Apple M5 Pro

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Cogito v1 70B42.3 GBRuns~4 tok/s
Cogito v1 32B19.3 GBRuns~8 tok/s
Cogito v1 14B8.5 GBRuns~17 tok/s
Cogito v1 8B4.8 GBRuns~29 tok/s
Cogito v1 3B1.8 GBRuns~60 tok/s

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