Can I Run Granite 4.1 30B on Apple M5 Pro?

Name: LLM Configurator — GPU VRAM Checker
Author: LLM Configurator

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 15 sierpnia 2026

Yes. Granite 4.1 30B needs 30.9 GB at FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed) and the Apple M5 Pro has 64 GB, leaving about 33.1 GB of headroom, at roughly 5 tok/s (estimated) with room for up to 128K of context.

The numbers

Model	Granite 4.1 30B
Parameters	30B
Quantization	FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed)
VRAM needed	30.9 GB
Apple M5 Pro VRAM	64 GB
Verdict	Runs
Max context	128K
Estimated speed	~5 tok/s

What to do next

Nothing to change — run it at FP8 (Q4 est. ~12-15GB, unconfirmed). If you want more capability, check whether the next size up also fits.

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Running Granite 4.1 30B on this card:

Apple MacBook Pro M5 Pro

64 GB VRAM · 30 W board power

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Other IBM Granite 4.1 sizes on the Apple M5 Pro

Granite 4.1 8B — runs (4.8 GB)
Granite 4.1 3B — runs (1.8 GB)

Granite 4.1 30B on nearby hardware

NVIDIA L40S (48 GB) — runs

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