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Can a M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB run MiniCPM5 2B?

Yes. MiniCPM5 2B fits in fast memory on M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB at F16 (5.8 GB needed, 36.0 GB usable), about 63 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB · Model: MiniCPM5 2B

M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB has 48 GB of unified memory and 400 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 36.0 GB. MiniCPM5 2B (2.52B, OpenBMB) at F16 is a 5.04 GB download and needs 5.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantF16
Download size5.04 GB
Memory needed5.8 GB
Usable fast memory36.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~63 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run hf.co/openbmb/MiniCPM5-2B-GGUF:F16
Open M3 Max (40c GPU) 48GB 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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