Can I Run Llama 3.3 on Apple M3 Max?

作者： Jakub Rusinowski · 最后更新： 2024年12月8日

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~38 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (26 GB, ~15 tok/s (est.)).

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Apple M3 Max Specs

VRAM64 GB unified memory
Memory Bandwidth400 GB/s

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on the Apple M3 Max: VRAM by quantization

QuantVRAM neededFits 64 GB?Max context
F16142.1 GB✗ No—
Q8_076.5 GB✗ No—
Q6_K59.5 GB✓ Yes16K
Q5_K_M51.8 GB✓ Yes32K
Q4_K_M44.4 GB✓ Yes32K
Q3_K_M32 GB✓ Yes64K
Q2_K25.2 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.

Llama 3.3 Sizes That Fit the Apple M3 Max

Llama 3.3 70B InstructQ2_K_XS (Tight) · 26 GB · ~15 tok/s (est.)
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FAQ

Will Llama 3.3 run on the Apple M3 Max?

Yes, comfortably — you'll have ~38 GB of headroom running Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) (26 GB, ~15 tok/s (est.)).

Which Llama 3.3 variant fits best on the Apple M3 Max?

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at Q2_K_XS (Tight) quantization (26 GB), estimated ~15 tokens/sec.

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