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Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB run Bonsai 2 4B (ternary)?

Yes. Bonsai 2 4B (ternary) fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB at Q2_0 (2.8 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 410 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB · Model: Bonsai 2 4B (ternary)

Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 819 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Mac Studio M3 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. Bonsai 2 4B (ternary) (4B, Prism ML) at Q2_0 is a 1.6 GB download and needs 2.8 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ2_0
Download size1.6 GB
Memory needed2.8 GB
Usable fast memory72.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~410 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run bonsai-2:4b
Open Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c 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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