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Can a M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB run gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)?

Yes. gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4) fits in fast memory on M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB at MXFP4 (67.3 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 56 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB · Model: gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)

M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4) (117B, 5.1B active, OpenAI) at MXFP4 is a 65 GB download and needs 67.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantMXFP4
Download size65 GB
Memory needed67.3 GB
Usable fast memory72.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~56 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run gpt-oss:120b
Open M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB in the checker

Estimates, not benchmarks. Model sizes are ollama.com download sizes; memory needed adds headroom for ~8k tokens of context; speeds are rough figures from memory bandwidth. Data updated 2026-10-23.

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