Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) (M3 Pro or M3 Max)

Configurations

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Specifications 128 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) (M3 Pro or M3 Max) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
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.	AAKolibri 1 (78B-A3.5B)Aleph Alpha	Q6_K	72.5 GB	64.9 tok/s	Runs great
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3 Coder Next (80B-A3B)Alibaba	Q6_K	73.8 GB	72.3 tok/s	Runs great
A+85Excellent quality (A+) · 85 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B ThinkingAlibaba	Q6_K	75.2 GB	72.3 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 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q8_0	46.6 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 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.	DROrnith 1.5 122B-A10BDeepReinforce	Q4_K_M	84.8 GB	37.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A+93Excellent quality (A+) · 93 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8_0, whatever it runs on. Match score 93/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q8_0	46.6 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 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OBMiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3BOpenBMB	Q8_0	45.8 GB	56.4 tok/s	Runs great
A84Great quality (A) · 84 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OAgpt-oss 120BOpenAI	MXFP4	75.2 GB	68.3 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 92/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.5 122B-A10BAlibaba	Q4_K_M	84.8 GB	37.0 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 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.	RFlint (40B-A2.5B)Recursive	Q8_0	50.7 GB	64.9 tok/s	Runs great

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) (M3 Pro or M3 Max) 128 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 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.	MMMiniMax H3 ImageMiniMax	FP8	72.0 GB	57 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.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP16	37.4 GB	27 s	Runs well
A+92Excellent quality (A+) · 92 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.	IIdeogram 4Ideogram	FP16	57.3 GB	2.7 min	Very slow
A+91Excellent quality (A+) · 91 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [dev]Black Forest Labs	Q8 GGUF	61.9 GB	4.4 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.	Cosmos3-Super Text2Image (64B)NVIDIA	FP8	69.1 GB	3.8 min	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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.	AGMing-Image 0.1 DesignAnt Group (inclusionAI)	FP16	63.9 GB	1.7 min	Slow

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) (M3 Pro or M3 Max) 128 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 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP8	48.3 GB	8.7 min	Runs well
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at Q8 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 82/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	MMMiniMax H3 (33B, video + audio)MiniMax	Q8 GGUF	68.2 GB	2.1 h	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 I2V A14BAlibaba	FP16	58.0 GB	2.8 h	Very slow
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 T2V A14BAlibaba	FP16	58.0 GB	2.8 h	Very slow
A+88Excellent quality (A+) · 88 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 79/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	SAKandinsky 6.0 Pro (29B, video + audio)Sber AI	FP16	85.4 GB	5.2 h	Very slowtight fit

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, Nov 2023) (M3 Pro or M3 Max) 128 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	9.7 GB	40 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	9.7 GB	40 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.	LAd1 3BLiquid AI	Q8_0	11.6 GB	97 ms	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	F16	11.4 GB	97 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	30 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	19 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	9.7 GB	40 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 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.	ZEzerank-1 smallZeroEntropy	Q8_0	10.3 GB	99 ms	Runs great

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