Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra)

Configurations

Pick one to see which models it runs. More memory lets larger models fit; bandwidth sets how fast they answer.

Specifications 128 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 97/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	F16	80.3 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	F16	78.9 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	F16	80.3 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	F16	78.7 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9BNVIDIA	Q6_K	69.8 GB	42.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	F16	77.8 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	F16	80.3 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+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.	AAKolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B)Aleph Alpha	Q6_K	72.5 GB	88.6 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DROrnith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	F16	80.3 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	AApodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex	F16	80.3 GB	41.5 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	MMMiniMax H3 ImageMiniMax	FP8	72.0 GB	52 s	Slow
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	37.1 GB	10 s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP16	37.4 GB	25 s	Runs well
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs	Q8 GGUF	61.9 GB	4.0 min	Very slow
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Cosmos3-Super Text2Image (64B)NVIDIA	FP8	69.1 GB	3.4 min	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	AGMing-Image 0.1 DesignAnt Group (inclusionAI)	FP16	63.9 GB	1.6 min	Slow

Best Video models for the Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP8	48.3 GB	7.8 min	Runs well
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.3Lightricks	FP16	75.4 GB	38.3 min	Slow
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	MMMiniMax H3 (33B, video + audio)MiniMax	Q8 GGUF	68.2 GB	1.9 h	Very slow
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2 (19B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP16	75.4 GB	38.3 min	Slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 I2V A14BAlibaba	FP16	58.0 GB	2.6 h	Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple Mac Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	F16	9.7 GB	34 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3Jina AI	F16	9.7 GB	34 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LAd1 3BLiquid AI	F16	14.6 GB	93 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	F16	11.4 GB	81 ms	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAIntern-Decision 4BShanghai AI Lab	Q8_0	13.2 GB	117 ms	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 4BAlibaba	Q8_0	12.8 GB	192 ms	Runs well
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAFRIDA-DecisionsSber AI	F16	2.4 GB	26 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	FGLiNER2.5 DecideFastino	F16	1.7 GB	17 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M5 Max (128 GB)

• MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · $2,199–$3,599Product page (opens in a new tab)
• MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · $2,699–$3,899Product page (opens in a new tab)