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Can a M3 Max (30c GPU) 96GB run Llama 3.2 Vision 11B?

Yes. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B fits in fast memory on M3 Max (30c GPU) 96GB at Q8_0 (13.5 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 20 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (30c GPU) 96GB · Model: Llama 3.2 Vision 11B

M3 Max (30c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 300 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. Llama 3.2 Vision 11B (10.7B, Meta) at Q8_0 is a 12 GB download and needs 13.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size12 GB
Memory needed13.5 GB
Usable fast memory72.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~20 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run llama3.2-vision:11b-instruct-q8_0
Open M3 Max (30c 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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