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Can the Apple M3 Max (36 GB) run Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B?

75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.

Yes, it runs great

Runs great. At Q3_K_M it needs about 20.3 GB of 24.1 GB usable, with an estimated speed of 94.7 tok/s.

Best quant
Q3_K_M
Generation speed
94.7 tok/s
Prompt processing
2,542 tok/s
First token (1K prompt)
0.4 s
Largest safe context
189K

Best app to run it on the Apple M3 Max (36 GB)

On macOS

LM Studio

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

  • Runs the MLX build, typically 35–90% faster than GGUF for a model with 3B active parameters on Apple silicon.
  • Point-and-click: search, download and chat in one window.

Open Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B in LM Studio

  • MLX LM Runs the MLX build, typically 35–90% faster than GGUF for a model with 3B active parameters on Apple silicon.
  • Unsloth Desktop Runs the MLX build, typically 35–90% faster than GGUF for a model with 3B active parameters on Apple silicon.

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 Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B

Quantized files · GGUF

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

huggingface.co/ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-GGUF (opens in a new tab)

ollama run hf.co/ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B-GGUF

Original weights · Hugging Face

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

huggingface.co/ornith-ai/Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B (opens in a new tab)

No sign-in needed.

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

How it’s rated

Quality 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.
How capable the model itself is at Q3_K_M, 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 Runs great
How well it runs on the Apple M3 Max (36 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.34.0 / 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.25.0 / 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 score89.0 / 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 Max (36 GB)

Quant Memory needed Available Speed Runs Quality Download
Q2_K 17.1 GB 24.1 GB 113 tok/s Runs great 63Good quality (B) · 63 of 100: how capable the model is at Q2_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q3_K_M 20.3 GB 24.1 GB 94.7 tok/s Runs great 75Great quality (A) · 75 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF files (opens in a new tab)
Q4_K_M 24.6 GB 24.1 GB 66.3 tok/s Runs wellover GPU memory limit 85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q5_K_M 28.2 GB 24.1 GB 56.9 tok/s Slowfar over GPU memory limit 87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q6_K 32.2 GB 24.1 GB — Won't run 89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
Q8_0 40.8 GB 24.1 GB — Won't run 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (opens in a new tab)
F16 74.6 GB 24.1 GB — Won't run 90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 12/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. GGUF (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

Quick answers

How much memory does Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B need on the M3 Max 36GB?

At Q3_K_M it needs about 20.3 GB. The M3 Max 36GB has 24.1 GB usable.

How fast is Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B on the M3 Max 36GB?

About 94.7 tok/s at Q3_K_M, an estimate from the hardware’s memory bandwidth and the size of the model.

Which quantization of Ornith 1.5 35B-A3B should I use on the M3 Max 36GB?

Q3_K_M. 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.

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