GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) on Apple M3 Pro (18 GB)

Can the Apple M3 Pro (18 GB) run GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)?

Yes, but slowly (far over GPU memory limit)

Slow (far over GPU memory limit). At Q2_K it needs about 14.5 GB of 12.1 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 58.0 tok/s.

Best quant: Q2_K
Generation speed: 58.0 tok/s
Prompt processing: 1,529 tok/s
First token (1K prompt): 0.7 s
Largest safe context: —

Best app to run it on the Apple M3 Pro (18 GB)

On macOS

LM Studio

Desktop app · runs on llama.cpp, MLX · use the MLX build

Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) in LM Studio

Ollama Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.
llama.cpp Splits the model between GPU memory and system RAM, which this setup needs.

Want an agent? GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) supports tool use, so you can pair a llama.cpp or MLX LM server with one of these. Apps that run on this computer come first.

Coding agents

Personal assistants

Reverse engineering? Serve GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) locally and use it from Ghidra, IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, radare2 or JADX with one of these:

How we choose: the files published for this model, your operating system and GPU, whether it fits fully in memory, and published speed tests (MLX vs llama.cpp on Apple silicon, vLLM vs llama.cpp vs Ollama on NVIDIA). Details.

Download GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)

Recommended for the Apple M3 Pro (18 GB): Q2_K. Every other quantization has its own download link in the table below.

Quickest · Ollama

One command downloads a ready-to-run version and starts a chat.

Get Ollama at ollama.com/download (opens in a new tab) · model page (opens in a new tab)

ollama run glm-4.7-flash

Quantized files · GGUF

Works in LM Studio, llama.cpp, Jan and Ollama. No sign-in needed.

Download the Q2_K file (opens in a new tab)

huggingface.co/unsloth/GLM-4.7-Flash-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/unsloth/GLM-4.7-Flash-GGUF:Q2_K

Original weights · Hugging Face

Full-precision files from Zhipu AI, for fine-tuning, vLLM, Transformers.

huggingface.co/zai-org/GLM-4.7-Flash (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

Reference code, inference scripts and docs from Zhipu AI. The weights themselves download from Hugging Face.

github.com/zai-org/GLM-4.5 (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/zai-org/GLM-4.5

Links checked 3 days ago against Hugging Face, Ollama and GitHub.

How it’s rated

Quality 61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.: How capable the model itself is at Q2_K, from its editorial quality tier scaled by the quantization or precision. It’s the same on any hardware that runs this variant. Scale: A+ 85+ · A 70+ · B 55+ · C 40+ · D under 40.
Runs Slowfar over GPU memory limit: How well it runs on the Apple M3 Pro (18 GB): speed, capped by how well it fits in memory. Runs great: 30+ tokens/s (or near the image, video or decision speed target) · Runs well: 10+ tokens/s · Slow: 3+ tokens/s · Very slow: under 3 · Won’t run: doesn’t fit even with offload. A tight fit or RAM offload caps it at Runs well; heavy offload caps it at Slow.

Match score

To order lists, each result also gets a match score out of 100 from four parts. It favors the most capable model that still runs well.

Model qualityEditorial quality tier of the model, scaled by the quantization or precision used.	27.7 / 45
Memory fitFull marks when the model fits in the share of unified memory the GPU can use; fewer when it goes past that limit.	4.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	15.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	15.0 / 15
Match score	61.7 / 100

The match score orders results; it is not shown as a grade. Quality and Runs are the two ratings in the tables.

Every quantization on the Apple M3 Pro (18 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	14.5 GB	12.1 GB	58.0 tok/s	Slowfar over GPU memory limit	61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 61/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	17.3 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 9/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	21.1 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	24.2 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	27.6 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	35.1 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	64.4 GB	12.1 GB	—	Won't run	88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 11/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF · folder (opens in a new tab) Original weights (opens in a new tab)

Memory figures assume 8K of context. Longer conversations or documents grow the KV cache.

Other hardware that runs it

88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M1 Max (64 GB) Q8_0 · 56.4 tok/s · Runs great
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Max (64 GB) Q8_0 · 71.4 tok/s · Runs great
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell F16 · 98.2 tok/s · Runs great
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M4 Pro (48 GB) Q6_K · 53.8 tok/s · Runs great
85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Q5_K_M · 194 tok/s · Runs great
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX Q4_K_M · 158 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)

Quick answers

How much memory does GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) need on the M3 Pro 18GB?

At Q2_K it needs about 14.5 GB. The M3 Pro 18GB has 12.1 GB usable.

How fast is GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) on the M3 Pro 18GB?

About 58.0 tok/s at Q2_K, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of GLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B) should I use on the M3 Pro 18GB?

Q2_K. Of the versions that fit, it is the one that runs best; when two run equally well, the check prefers the higher-rated one.

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.