LongCat Flash Chat (560B) on Apple M4 Max (128 GB)

Can the Apple M4 Max (128 GB) run LongCat Flash Chat (560B)?

No, it doesn’t fit

No. LongCat Flash Chat (560B) needs about 233 GB even at Q2_K; the Apple M4 Max (128 GB) has 96.0 GB usable.

Download LongCat Flash Chat (560B)

Quantized files · GGUF

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

huggingface.co/ggml-org/LongCat-Flash-Chat-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/ggml-org/LongCat-Flash-Chat-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Chat (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

Official repo · GitHub

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

github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Chat (opens in a new tab)

git clone https://github.com/meituan-longcat/LongCat-Flash-Chat

Links checked 2 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 8/100 (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 Won't run: How well it runs on the Apple M4 Max (128 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.	8.3 / 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.	0.0 / 25
SpeedGeneration speed against a 40 tokens/s target for LLMs, or render time against a target for image and video.	0.0 / 15
Memory useRewards using the memory you have, so a bigger, better variant beats a tiny one that leaves most memory idle.	0.0 / 15
Match score	8.3 / 100

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

It doesn’t fit, so only a reduced share of the quality points counts and fit, speed and memory use score zero.

Every quantization on the Apple M4 Max (128 GB)

Quant	Memory needed	Available	Speed	Runs	Quality	Download
`Q2_K`	233 GB	96.0 GB	—	Won't run	61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 8/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
`Q3_K_M`	284 GB	96.0 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 files (opens in a new tab)
`Q4_K_M`	351 GB	96.0 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 files (opens in a new tab)
`Q5_K_M`	407 GB	96.0 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 files (opens in a new tab)
`Q6_K`	469 GB	96.0 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 files (opens in a new tab)
`Q8_0`	604 GB	96.0 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 files (opens in a new tab)
`F16`	1,132 GB	96.0 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.	Original weights (opens in a new tab)

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

Hardware that can run it

83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Apple M3 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 28.9 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
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. Apple M5 Ultra (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 40.6 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI350X Q2_K · 197 tok/s · Runs great
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD Instinct MI325X Q2_K · 175 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
61Good quality (B) · 61 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. NVIDIA GB300 Grace Blackwell Ultra Desktop Superchip Q2_K · 200 tok/s · Runs well (tight fit)
83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. AMD EPYC 7002 / 7003 series NAS (512 GB) Q4_K_M · 5.1 tok/s · Slow

Models that do run on the Apple M4 Max (128 GB)

91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B Q6_K · 38.3 tok/s
90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) Q6_K · 81.6 tok/s
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B Q4_K_M · 41.4 tok/s
88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Ornith 1.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 48.3 tok/s
87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. Qwen3.5 122B-A10B Q4_K_M · 48.3 tok/s

Quick answers

How much memory does LongCat Flash Chat (560B) need on the M4 Max 128GB?

Even at Q2_K it needs about 233 GB; the M4 Max 128GB has 96.0 GB usable.

What can the M4 Max 128GB run instead?

Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B, Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B) and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B-A12B run best on it; the page lists more, each with its speed.

What hardware can run LongCat Flash Chat (560B)?

M3 Ultra 512GB, M5 Ultra 512GB and AMD Instinct MI350X 288GB run it; the page lists more, each with its speed.

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.