Mac Studio, M5 Max, 48GB
512GB of storage, 614GB/s of memory bandwidth, and 44GB of unified memory left for a model once macOS has taken its share. It holds 4 of the 11 models we track.
Offers
checked 9 hours ago- Applelist pricein stockchecked 9 hours ago$3,099
Timing
Collecting price history — 1 of 90 days. No timing verdict yet.
Models it runs — 8K context
- Won't fit— headroom
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- Won't fit— headroom
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- Won't fit— headroom
- Llama-3.3-70BQ3_K_MFits6GB headroomest. 11.7 tok/s
- Qwen3-32BQ8_0Fits7GB headroomest. 11.7 tok/s
- Gemma-3-27BQ8_0Fits12GB headroomest. 13.9 tok/s
- gpt-oss-20bBF16Tight1GB headroomest. 42.6 tok/s
| Model | Best quant | Fit | Headroom | Est. speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama-4-Behemoth | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| DeepSeek-V3 | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Qwen3-235B-A22B | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Mistral-Large-2411 | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| gpt-oss-120b | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-4-Scout-17B-16E | — | Won't fit | — | — |
| Llama-3.3-70B | Q3_K_M | Fits | 6GB | 11.7 tok/s |
| Qwen3-32B | Q8_0 | Fits | 7GB | 11.7 tok/s |
| Gemma-3-27B | Q8_0 | Fits | 12GB | 13.9 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-20b | BF16 | Tight | 1GB | 42.6 tok/s |
Best quant is the highest-quality one that still loads with headroom. Every speed is an estimate; the formula is here.