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Can a Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB run Qwen 2.5 72B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 72B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB at Q5_K_M (58.1 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 12 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M3 Ultra (60c GPU) 96GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 72B

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. Qwen 2.5 72B (72.7B, Alibaba) at Q5_K_M is a 54 GB download and needs 58.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ5_K_M
Download size54 GB
Memory needed58.1 GB
Usable fast memory72.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~12 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:72b-instruct-q5_K_M
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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