Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5)

Configurations

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Specifications 32.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) 32.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+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.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q4_K_M	18.5 GB	37.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q4_K_M	19.9 GB	33.4 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A78Great quality (A) · 78 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.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q3_K_M	20.1 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A78Great quality (A) · 78 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.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q3_K_M	19.7 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A78Great quality (A) · 78 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.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q3_K_M	20.1 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q3_K_M	19.7 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q3_K_M	19.5 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	Q3_K_M	20.1 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZAGLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	Q3_K_M	18.1 GB	56.9 tok/s	Runs great
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	CNorth Mini Code 1.0 (30B-A3B)Cohere	Q4_K_M	21.2 GB	45.6 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) 32.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A78Great quality (A) · 78 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] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	18.1 GB	16 s	Runs well
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP8	20.2 GB	62 s	Slowtight fit
A83Great quality (A) · 83 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.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP8	14.5 GB	46 s	Slow
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	19.9 GB	26 s	Runs welltight fit
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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.	BFFLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP8	12.4 GB	82 s	Slow
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP8	12.6 GB	36 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) 32.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP8	20.3 GB	3.0 h	Very slowtight fit · encoder unloaded after use
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	THY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent	FP8	15.7 GB	2.2 h	Very slowencoder unloaded after use
B68Good quality (B) · 68 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 70/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.1 I2V 14B 480PAlibaba	Q4 GGUF	20.6 GB	4.8 h	Very slowtight fit
C49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 69/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 2BLightricks	FP8	10.8 GB	6.0 min	Runs well
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP8	19.7 GB	28.5 min	Slowtight fit · CPU offload

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Air (13-inch, M5) 32.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JAJina Reranker v3.5Jina AI	Q8_0	3.2 GB	115 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.	JAJina Reranker v3Jina AI	Q8_0	3.2 GB	115 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.	SAFRIDA-DecisionsSber AI	F16	2.4 GB	92 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	57 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Reranker 0.6BAlibaba	Q8_0	3.2 GB	115 ms	Runs great
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Llama Prompt Guard 2 86MMeta	F16	1.2 GB	64 ms	Runs great
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Mmxbai-rerank-base v2Mixedbread	Q8_0	2.9 GB	94 ms	Runs great
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at F16, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KGLiClass ModernBERT Large v3Knowledgator	F16	1.5 GB	47 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M5 (32 GB)

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