Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max)

Configurations

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Specifications 64.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max) 64.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q6_K	34.1 GB	72.3 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 96/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q8_0	32.2 GB	46.6 tok/s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q6_K	33.5 GB	72.3 tok/s	Runs great
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q6_K	34.1 GB	72.3 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 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q6_K	33.4 GB	72.3 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.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q6_K	33.0 GB	72.3 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.	ISSage-A1.5 35B-A3BInternScience	Q6_K	34.1 GB	72.3 tok/s	Runs great
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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.	RFlint (40B-A2.5B)Recursive	Q6_K	37.3 GB	82.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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.	DROrnith 1.5 35B-A3BDeepReinforce	Q6_K	34.1 GB	72.3 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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.	AApodex 1.1 Mini (35B-A3B)Apodex	Q6_K	34.1 GB	72.3 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max) 64.0 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 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	37.1 GB	16 s	Runs well
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP16	37.4 GB	39 s	Runs well
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 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.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP16	26.4 GB	29 s	Runs well
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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.	Qwen-Image 2.1 TurboAlibaba	FP8	30.8 GB	1.6 min	Slow
A78Great quality (A) · 78 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.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	18.1 GB	9.0 s	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 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.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP16	22.7 GB	22 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max) 64.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A81Great quality (A) · 81 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	Q4 GGUF	39.9 GB	16.4 min	Slow
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 I2V A14BAlibaba	Q8 GGUF	39.3 GB	4.6 h	Very slow
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 T2V A14BAlibaba	Q8 GGUF	39.3 GB	4.6 h	Very slow
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.3Lightricks	FP8	44.3 GB	53.9 min	Very slowtight fit
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	THunyuanVideo 1.5 (8.3B)Tencent	FP8	38.4 GB	4.0 h	Very slow

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max) 64.0 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	5.9 GB	58 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	5.9 GB	58 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	45 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	28 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	5.9 GB	58 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	6.1 GB	133 ms	Runs well
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.	LAd1 3BLiquid AI	Q8_0	7.8 GB	142 ms	Runs well
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	32 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M1 Max (64 GB)

• MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021) (M1 Pro or M1 Max)Apple · Laptop · 16, 32 or 64 GB · $1,999–$2,499Product page (opens in a new tab)
• Mac Studio (2022) (M1 Max or M1 Ultra)Apple · Desktop · 32, 64 or 128 GB · $1,999–$5,799Product page (opens in a new tab)