Can I Run Nemotron 70B on Apple M5 Pro?

Superseded model. Nemotron 70B has been superseded by Nemotron 3 Super. This page is kept for reference; the newer family is a better starting point. View Nemotron 3 Super →

Autor: Jakub Rusinowski · Ostatnia aktualizacja: 12 lipca 2026

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.4 GB of headroom running Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M (42.62475 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

Nemotron 70B Instruct on the Apple M5 Pro: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 64 GB?Max context
F16143.3 GB✗ No
Q8_077.2 GB✗ No
Q6_K60 GB✓ Yes8K
Q5_K_M52.2 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M44.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M32.2 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K25.4 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.

Nemotron 70B Sizes That Fit the Apple M5 Pro

Nemotron 70B InstructQ4_K_M · 42.62475 GB · ~4 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Can I run Nemotron 70B on the Apple M5 Pro?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~21.4 GB of headroom running Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M (42.62475 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 32K context.

What's the best Nemotron 70B size for the Apple M5 Pro?

Nemotron 70B Instruct at Q4_K_M quantization (42.62475 GB), estimated ~4 tokens/sec, up to 32K context.

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