The 3nm upgrade to M2 Pro. Up to 36 GB unified memory at 153 GB/s. 55 t/s on 8B models. Handles Qwen 3 14B and Phi-4 14B comfortably at Q4. 30W total system power in a laptop.
| VRAM | 36 GB unified memory |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153 GB/s |
| TDP | 30 W |
| Architecture | ARM, 3nm TSMC |
| Release Year | 2023 |
| MSRP at Launch | $1,999 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | ~55 tokens/sec |
All models below run comfortably in 36 GB unified memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
| Llama 3.1 Family | 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1 |
| Llama 3.2 Family | 8 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.2-vision:11b |
| Qwen 3 | 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:32b |
| Gemma 3 | 16 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:27b |
| Phi-4 Family | 10 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4 |
| Phi-4 Mini | 2 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4-mini |
| Mistral Family | 16 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run mistral-small |
| DeepSeek R1 | 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run deepseek-r1:32b |
Install Ollama then run the recommended model for this GPU:
ollama run qwen3:14b
Yes — the Apple M3 Pro has 36 GB unified memory and runs The 3nm upgrade to M2 Pro. Up to 36 GB unified memory at 153 GB/s. 55 t/s on 8B models. Handles Qwen 3 14B and Phi-4 14B
The Apple M3 Pro runs Llama 3.1 8B at ~55 tokens/sec with Q4_K_M quantization.
With 36 GB you can run: Llama 3.1 Family, Llama 3.2 Family, Qwen 3, Gemma 3, Phi-4 Family. Use Ollama for the easiest setup: ollama run qwen3:14b.
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