First Mac chip with a Neural Accelerator in every GPU core. Up to 32 GB unified memory at 153 GB/s — 28% more bandwidth than M4. Launched October 2025 in the MacBook Pro 14".
| VRAM | 32 GB unified memory |
| Memory Bandwidth | 153 GB/s |
| TDP | 23 W |
| Architecture | ARM, 3nm TSMC |
| Release Year | 2025 |
| MSRP at Launch | $1,599 |
| Inference Speed (Llama 3.1 8B Q4_K_M) | ~50 tokens/sec |
All models below run comfortably in 32 GB unified memory with Q4_K_M quantization.
| Llama 3.1 Family | Llama 3.1 8B Instruct · 6 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.1 |
| Llama 3.2 Family | Llama 3.2 11B Vision Instruct · 8 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run llama3.2-vision:11b |
| Qwen 3 | Qwen 3 32B · 20 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run qwen3:32b |
| Gemma 3 | Gemma 3 27B Instruct · 17 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run gemma3:27b |
| Phi-4 Family | Phi-4 (14B) · 9 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4 |
| Phi-4 Mini | Phi-4 Mini (3.8B) · 3 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run phi4-mini |
| Mistral Family | Mistral Small 3 (24B) · 15 GB VRAM · Q4_K_M · ollama run mistral-small |
| DeepSeek R1 | DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B · 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 M5 has 32 GB unified memory and runs First Mac chip with a Neural Accelerator in every GPU core. Up to 32 GB unified memory at 153 GB/s — 28% more bandwidth
The Apple M5 runs Llama 3.1 8B at ~50 tokens/sec with Q4_K_M quantization.
With 32 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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