Can I Run Llama 3.3 on Apple M3 Pro?

Superseded model. Llama 3.3 has been superseded by Llama 4. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View Llama 4 →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~15.8 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (20.212500000000002 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)).

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Apple M3 Pro Specs

VRAM36 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth153 GB/s

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on the Apple M3 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 36 GB?Max context
F16142.1 GB✗ No—
Q8_076.5 GB✗ No—
Q6_K59.5 GB✗ No—
Q5_K_M51.8 GB✗ No—
Q4_K_M44.4 GB✗ No—
Q3_K_M32 GB✓ Yes8K
Q2_K25.2 GB✓ Yes32K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 36 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Llama 3.3 Sizes That Fit the Apple M3 Pro

Llama 3.3 70B InstructQ2_K_XS (Tight) · 20.212500000000002 GB · ~4 tok/s (est.)
Buy vs. rent Llama 3.3
Buy the GPU
~$1,999
Apple M3 Pro · MSRP
Rent by the hour
from $0.34/hr
RTX 4090 (24 GB) class

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FAQ

Can I run Llama 3.3 on the Apple M3 Pro?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~15.8 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (20.212500000000002 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)).

What's the best Llama 3.3 size for the Apple M3 Pro?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) quantization (20.212500000000002 GB), estimated ~4 tokens/sec.

Llama 3.3 on Other GPUs

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