Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024)

Configurations

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Specifications 48.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) 48.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
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.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q6_K	25.0 GB	44.3 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q5_K_M	28.6 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q5_K_M	28.6 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, 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	Q5_K_M	28.3 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 of 100: how capable the model is at Q5_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 94/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DROrnith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	Q5_K_M	29.2 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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.	ZAGLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	Q6_K	29.5 GB	53.8 tok/s	Runs great
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q6_K	27.1 GB	39.9 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) 48.0 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 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP16	22.7 GB	25 s	Runs well
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 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.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP16	26.4 GB	32 s	Runs well
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	9.9 s	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	19.9 GB	16 s	Runs well
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP16	22.4 GB	56 s	Slow
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP8	20.2 GB	38 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) 48.0 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 80/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP8	26.0 GB	1.8 h	Very slow
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 78/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 13B 0.9.8 (distilled)Lightricks	FP8	30.1 GB	8.9 min	Runs well
A81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	Q4 GGUF	26.8 GB	18.8 min	Slowencoder unloaded after use
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZASCAIL-2 14B (character animation)Zhipu AI	FP8	29.8 GB	3.0 h	Very slow
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 76/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	THY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent	FP8	24.6 GB	78.3 min	Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (14-inch, M4 Pro or M4 Max, 2024) 48.0 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	4.9 GB	67 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	4.9 GB	67 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	50 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	31 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	4.9 GB	67 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	35 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.	Mmxbai-rerank-base v2Mixedbread	F16	4.5 GB	55 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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-large v2Mixedbread	Q8_0	5.2 GB	153 ms	Runs well

Other products with the Apple M4 Pro (48 GB)

• MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2024) (M4 Pro or M4 Max)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · $2,499–$3,999Product page (opens in a new tab)
• Mac mini (2024) (M4 or M4 Pro)Apple · Mini PC · 16, 24, 32, 48 or 64 GB · $599–$1,399Product page (opens in a new tab)