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Can a M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB run gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)?

No. gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4) does not fit on M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB: MXFP4 needs 67.3 GB and 48.0 GB is usable.

Hardware: M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB · Model: gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)

M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB has 64 GB of unified memory and 546 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Mac Studio M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 48.0 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 memory48.0 GB
Fitdoes not fit
Estimated speedno estimate, it does not fit
Commandollama run gpt-oss:120b

Smallest hardware that runs it: M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB at MXFP4 (fits in fast memory, 67.3 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable, about 56 tok/s (estimate)). Can a M2 Max (38c GPU) 96GB run gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)?

A smaller OpenAI model that fits this hardware: gpt-oss 20B (MoE, MXFP4) at MXFP4 (fits in fast memory, 15.1 GB). Can a M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB run gpt-oss 20B (MoE, MXFP4)?

Open M4 Max (40c GPU) 64GB 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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