Can I Run Aya Expanse on Apple M5?

作者: Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新: 2026年7月12日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~12.5 GB of headroom running Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M (19.501125 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple M5 Specs

VRAM32 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth153 GB/s

Aya Expanse 32B on the Apple M5: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 32 GB?Max context
F1666.1 GB✗ No
Q8_035.8 GB✗ No
Q6_K28 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M24.4 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M21 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M15.2 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K12.1 GB✓ Yes64K

VRAM needed assumes a 4K-token context with an f16 KV cache; “Max context” is the largest window that still fits in 32 GB of unified memory. Figures are estimates from parameter count, quantization and memory bandwidth — the analyzer lets you tune KV-cache quant and context.

Aya Expanse Sizes That Fit the Apple M5

Aya Expanse 32BQ4_K_M · 19.501125 GB · ~4 tok/s (est.)
Aya Expanse 8BQ4_K_M · 4.8481125 GB · ~15 tok/s (est.)
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Apple M5 · MSRP
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FAQ

Does the Apple M5 have enough VRAM for Aya Expanse?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~12.5 GB of headroom running Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M (19.501125 GB, ~4 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

Which quantization of Aya Expanse should I use on the Apple M5?

Aya Expanse 32B at Q4_K_M quantization (19.501125 GB), estimated ~4 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

Every Aya Expanse size on the Apple M5

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
Aya Expanse 32B19.5 GBRuns~4 tok/s
Aya Expanse 8B4.8 GBRuns~15 tok/s

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