Laptop
MacBook Pro 14" (M5 Max 32-core GPU, 36 GB) — Local LLM Performance
MacBook Pro 14" (M5 Max 32-core GPU, 36 GB) is a Laptop running macOS, with 36 GB unified memory.
Specifications
- Memory for models
- 36 GB unified
- Memory bandwidth
- 460 GB/s
- Memory upgradeable
- No — soldered, decided at purchase
- Architecture
- ARM, 3nm TSMC
- Form factor
- Laptop
- Operating system
- macOS
- Released
- 2026
- Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M
- 27–56 tok/s
Worth knowing before you buy
- Unified memory is soldered and cannot be upgraded after purchase.