Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023)

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Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023)

Chips
Apple M3 Pro or Apple M3 Max
Unified memory
18, 36, 48, 64, 96 or 128 GB
Launch price
$1,999–$3,699
Released
2023

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Configurations

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Configuration Memory Usable for AI Bandwidth LLMs that run well Launch price
Apple M3 Pro · 11-core CPU, 14-core GPU 18.0 GB 12.1 GB 150 GB/s 353 of 622 $1,999
Apple M3 Pro · 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU 18.0 GB 12.1 GB 150 GB/s 353 of 622 —
Apple M3 Pro · 11-core CPU, 14-core GPU 36.0 GB 24.1 GB 150 GB/s 408 of 622 —
Apple M3 Pro · 12-core CPU, 18-core GPU 36.0 GB 24.1 GB 150 GB/s 408 of 622 —
Apple M3 Max · 14-core CPU, 30-core GPU 36.0 GB 24.1 GB 300 GB/s 461 of 622 $3,199
Apple M3 Max · 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU 48.0 GB 36.0 GB 400 GB/s 473 of 622 $3,699
Apple M3 Max · 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU 64.0 GB 48.0 GB 400 GB/s 485 of 622 —
Apple M3 Max · 14-core CPU, 30-core GPU 96.0 GB 72.0 GB 300 GB/s 493 of 622 —
Apple M3 Max · 16-core CPU, 40-core GPU 128 GB 96.0 GB 400 GB/s 514 of 622 —

Specifications 96.0 GB configuration

MakerApple
TypeLaptop
ChipApple M3 Max (96 GB) · 14-core CPU, 30-core GPU
Unified memory96.0 GB
Usable for AI models72.0 GB
Memory bandwidth300 GB/s
FP16 compute12.3 TFLOPS
NotesM3 Max 14/30 = 300 GB/s
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Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023) 96.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
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 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB Q8_0 43.9 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. Flint (40B-A2.5B)Recursive Q8_0 48.8 GB 51.8 tok/s Runs great
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. Nex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI Q8_0 43.7 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. Sage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience Q8_0 44.6 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. KAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou Q8_0 43.3 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. Ornith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce Q8_0 44.6 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great
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. Kolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B)Aleph Alpha Q6_K 70.6 GB 51.7 tok/s Runs welltight fit
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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. Apodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex Q8_0 44.6 GB 44.7 tok/s Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023) 96.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
84Great 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. FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs FP16 37.1 GB 14 s Runs well
92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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. Krea 2 TurboKrea FP16 37.4 GB 34 s Runs well
89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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 2.1 TurboAlibaba FP16 46.7 GB 1.5 min Slow
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. Ideogram 4Ideogram FP16 57.3 GB 3.3 min Very slow
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 7.9 min Very slow
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. FLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs FP8 59.7 GB 4.3 min Very slow

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023) 96.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks FP8 48.3 GB 10.8 min Runs well
84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking. LTX-2.3Lightricks FP8 44.3 GB 47.6 min Very slow
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. Bernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance FP16 46.0 GB 1.6 h Very slow
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 3.5 h Very slow
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 3.5 h Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M3 Pro or M3 Max, Nov 2023) 96.0 GB

Quality Model Quant Memory Speed Runs
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. Jina Reranker v3.5Jina AI F16 7.8 GB 52 ms Runs great
84Great 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. Jina Reranker v3Jina AI F16 7.8 GB 52 ms Runs great
80Great 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. FRIDA-DecisionsSber AI F16 2.4 GB 38 ms Runs great
80Great 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. GLiNER2.5 DecideFastino F16 1.7 GB 25 ms Runs great
80Great 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 52 ms Runs great
82Great 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. mxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread Q8_0 8.1 GB 117 ms Runs great
82Great 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. d1 3BLiquid AI Q8_0 9.7 GB 128 ms Runs great
76Great 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 27 ms Runs great

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Spec sources

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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