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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB run MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B?

Yes. MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB at Q8_0 (10.5 GB needed, 27.0 GB usable), about 40 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB · Model: MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B

Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB has 36 GB of unified memory and 460 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 27.0 GB. MiniCPM-V 2.6 8B (8.1B, OpenBMB) at Q8_0 is a 9.1 GB download and needs 10.5 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size9.1 GB
Memory needed10.5 GB
Usable fast memory27.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~40 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run minicpm-v:8b-2.6-q8_0
Open Mac Studio M5 Max (32c GPU) 36GB 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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