Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max)

Configurations

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Specifications 96.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max) 96.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q8_0	44.6 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q8_0	44.6 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q8_0	43.9 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	RFlint (40B-A2.5B)Recursive	Q8_0	48.8 GB	64.9 tok/s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q8_0	43.7 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	Q8_0	44.6 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q8_0	43.3 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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.	DROrnith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	Q8_0	44.6 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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 Bolt 74B-A9BNVIDIA	Q4_K_M	52.1 GB	40.6 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 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	AAKolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B)Aleph Alpha	Q6_K	70.6 GB	64.9 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max) 96.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	37.1 GB	13 s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP16	37.4 GB	32 s	Runs well
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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.	Qwen-Image 2.1 TurboAlibaba	FP16	46.7 GB	85 s	Slow
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	IIdeogram 4Ideogram	FP16	57.3 GB	3.1 min	Very slow
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen-Image 2.1Alibaba	FP16	57.0 GB	7.4 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.	BFFLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs	FP8	59.7 GB	4.0 min	Very slow

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max) 96.0 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 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP8	48.3 GB	10.0 min	Runs well
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 81/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.3Lightricks	FP8	44.3 GB	44.1 min	Very slow
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP16	46.0 GB	88.2 min	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 I2V A14BAlibaba	FP16	58.0 GB	3.3 h	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 T2V A14BAlibaba	FP16	58.0 GB	3.3 h	Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max) 96.0 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	7.8 GB	46 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	7.8 GB	46 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	Q8_0	8.1 GB	105 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	35 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	23 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.	Qwen3 Reranker 0.6BAlibaba	F16	7.8 GB	46 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	LAd1 3BLiquid AI	Q8_0	9.7 GB	113 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 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.	ZEzerank-1 smallZeroEntropy	Q8_0	8.4 GB	116 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M2 Max (96 GB)

• MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023) (M2 Pro or M2 Max)Apple · Laptop · 16, 32, 64 or 96 GB · $2,499–$3,499Product page (opens in a new tab)
• Mac Studio (2023) (M2 Max or M2 Ultra)Apple · Desktop · 32, 64, 96, 128 or 192 GB · $1,999–$3,999Product page (opens in a new tab)