Can I Run GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 on Apple M1 Max?

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

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~20.5 GB of headroom running GLM-5.1 72B at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

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Apple M1 Max Specs

VRAM64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth400 GB/s

GLM-5.1 72B on the Apple M1 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 64 GB?Max context
F16146 GB✗ No
Q8_078.5 GB✗ No
Q6_K61 GB✓ Yes8K
Q5_K_M53 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M45.5 GB✓ Yes64K
Q3_K_M32.7 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K25.7 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.

GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 Sizes That Fit the Apple M1 Max

GLM-5.1 72BQ4_K_M · 43.47 GB · ~5 tok/s (est.)
GLM-5 32BQ4_K_M · 19.32 GB · ~10 tok/s (est.)
GLM-5 9BQ4_K_M · 5.43375 GB · ~33 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Is the Apple M1 Max enough to run GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 locally?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~20.5 GB of headroom running GLM-5.1 72B at Q4_K_M (43.47 GB, ~5 tok/s (est.)) with room for up to 64K context.

What's the best GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 size for the Apple M1 Max?

GLM-5.1 72B at Q4_K_M quantization (43.47 GB), estimated ~5 tokens/sec, up to 64K context.

Every GLM-5 / GLM-5.1 size on the Apple M1 Max

SizeVRAMVerdictSpeed
GLM-5 744B449.2 GBDoes not fit
GLM-5.1 72B43.5 GBRuns~5 tok/s
GLM-5 32B19.3 GBRuns~10 tok/s
GLM-5 9B5.4 GBRuns~33 tok/s

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