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

Configurations

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Specifications 36.0 GB configuration

Best LLMs for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 36.0 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 95/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	Q6_K	24.1 GB	67.2 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A+87Excellent quality (A+) · 87 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.	NANex N2 Mini (35B-A3B)Nex-AGI	Q4_K_M	24.1 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 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.	KKAT-Coder V2.5 Dev (35B-A3B)Kuaishou	Q4_K_M	23.8 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A83Great quality (A) · 83 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.	KRRaon-1 mini Preview (30B-A4B)KRAFTON	Q4_K_M	20.2 GB	81.9 tok/s	Runs great
A83Great quality (A) · 83 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ZAGLM-4.7 Flash (30B-A3B)Zhipu AI	Q4_K_M	22.0 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	ISAgents-A1 35B-A3BInternScience	Q4_K_M	24.1 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen AgentWorld 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q4_K_M	23.8 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	Q4_K_M	20.0 GB	17.5 tok/s	Runs well
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at Q3_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Qwen3.6 35B-A3BAlibaba	Q3_K_M	20.3 GB	125 tok/s	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4_K_M, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	THunyuan Hy-Memory 30B-A3BTencent	Q4_K_M	21.7 GB	105 tok/s	Runs welltight fit

Best Image models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 36.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
A82Great quality (A) · 82 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 91/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	FP8	19.9 GB	11 s	Runs great
A78Great quality (A) · 78 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	FP16	18.1 GB	6.8 s	Runs great
A+90Excellent quality (A+) · 90 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 90/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	KKrea 2 TurboKrea	FP8	20.2 GB	26 s	Runs well
A83Great quality (A) · 83 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.	BERNIE-Image TurboBaidu	FP8	14.5 GB	20 s	Runs well
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.	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	FP8	12.6 GB	15 s	Runs well
A+89Excellent quality (A+) · 89 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 85/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	BFFLUX 3 Image KleinBlack Forest Labs	FP8	12.4 GB	35 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 36.0 GB

Quality	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Runs
C50Fair quality (C) · 50 of 100: how capable the model is at FP16, whatever it runs on. Match score 77/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-Video 2BLightricks	FP16	17.5 GB	2.8 min	Runs great
A83Great quality (A) · 83 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.	BDBernini-R A14B (video generation + editing)ByteDance	FP8	20.3 GB	77.1 min	Very slowencoder unloaded after use
A+86Excellent quality (A+) · 86 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 73/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	LLTX-2.5 (22B, video + audio)Lightricks	FP8	19.7 GB	12.1 min	SlowCPU offload
A70Great quality (A) · 70 of 100: how capable the model is at Q4 GGUF, whatever it runs on. Match score 72/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	Wan 2.2 S2V 14B (speech to video)Alibaba	Q4 GGUF	21.6 GB	2.3 h	Very slowtight fit
A74Great quality (A) · 74 of 100: how capable the model is at FP8, whatever it runs on. Match score 71/100 (quality, fit, speed and memory use) sets the ranking.	THY-OmniWeaving (8.3B, unified video)Tencent	FP8	15.7 GB	56.7 min	Very slowencoder unloaded after use

Best Decision models for the Apple MacBook Pro (16-inch, M5 Pro or M5 Max) 36.0 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	4.0 GB	42 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	4.0 GB	42 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.	Mmxbai-rerank-large v2Mixedbread	Q8_0	4.2 GB	94 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	5.9 GB	102 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	32 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	21 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	4.0 GB	42 ms	Runs great
A80Great quality (A) · 80 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.	ZEzerank-1 smallZeroEntropy	Q8_0	4.6 GB	105 ms	Runs great

Other products with the Apple M5 Max (36 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 Studio (M5 Max or M5 Ultra)Apple · Desktop · 36, 48, 64, 96, 128, 256 or 512 GB · $2,499–$10,799Product page (opens in a new tab)