Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max)

Configurations

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Specifications 24.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A77Great quality (A) · 77 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 88/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q3_K_M	14.9 GB	81.3 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A73Great quality (A) · 73 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 87/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q3_K_M	16.1 GB	74.1 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	Q4_K_M	9.9 GB	27.1 tok/s	Runs well
B69Good quality (B) · 69 of 100: how capable the model is at Q6_K, whatever it runs on. Match score 86/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	JBMellum2.1 Thinking (12B-A2.5B)JetBrains	Q6_K	12.0 GB	68.0 tok/s	Runs great
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	IOK2 Horizon 7BInstitute of Foundation Models	Q4_K_M	8.6 GB	36.1 tok/s	Runs great
A70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at MXFP4, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	OAgpt-oss 20BOpenAI	MXFP4	14.0 GB	72.8 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 84/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	Q3_K_M	16.0 GB	15.1 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	STSenseNova Loop 9B PreviewSenseTime	Q4_K_M	8.2 GB	33.6 tok/s	Runs great
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BERNIE 4.5 21B-A3B ThinkingBaidu	Q4_K_M	15.7 GB	79.3 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
B66Good quality (B) · 66 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 83/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	DGMaple Preview (20B-A1B)DeepGrove	Q4_K_M	14.3 GB	126 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A76Great quality (A) · 76 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 89/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	10.2 GB	8.7 s	Runs great
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP8	12.6 GB	22 s	Runs well
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 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 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP8	12.4 GB	50 s	Slow
A83Great quality (A) · 83 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.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP8	14.5 GB	28 s	Runs welltight fit
A82Great quality (A) · 82 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 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	11.7 GB	16 s	Runs wellencoder unloaded after use
A80Great quality (A) · 80 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.	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP8	12.6 GB	2.5 min	Very slow

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 24.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
C49Fair quality (C) · 49 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 75/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 2BLightricks	FP8	10.8 GB	3.6 min	Runs great
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	FP8	12.8 GB	34.9 min	Slow
C44Fair quality (C) · 44 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 68/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZACogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	FP8	11.0 GB	8.7 min	Runs well
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZACogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	FP8	14.3 GB	26.2 min	Slowtight fit
C53Fair quality (C) · 53 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 67/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZACogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	FP8	14.9 GB	26.2 min	Slowtight fit

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 24.0 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	3.3 GB	65 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	3.3 GB	65 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	49 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	3.3 GB	65 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	3.6 GB	149 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	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	2.9 GB	53 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M5 Pro (24 GB)

• MacBook Pro (14-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max)Apple · Laptop · 24, 36, 48, 64 or 128 GB · $2,199–$3,599Product page (opens in a new tab)
• Mac mini (M6 or M5 Pro)Apple · Mini PC · 16, 24, 32, 48 or 64 GB · $899–$1,699Product page (opens in a new tab)