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Can a M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB run LLaVA 1.6 7B?

Yes. LLaVA 1.6 7B fits in fast memory on M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB at Q8_0 (9.1 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 31 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB · Model: LLaVA 1.6 7B

M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 300 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. LLaVA 1.6 7B (7.24B, LLaVA) at Q8_0 is a 7.8 GB download and needs 9.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size7.8 GB
Memory needed9.1 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~31 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run llava:7b-v1.6-vicuna-q8_0
Open M3 Max (30c GPU) 36GB 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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