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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB run MiniCPM-V 4.6 1B?

Yes. MiniCPM-V 4.6 1B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB at Q8_0 (2.9 GB needed, 36.0 GB usable), about 259 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB · Model: MiniCPM-V 4.6 1B

Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 48GB has 48 GB of unified memory and 614 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 36.0 GB. MiniCPM-V 4.6 1B (1.3B, OpenBMB) at Q8_0 is a 1.9 GB download and needs 2.9 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size1.9 GB
Memory needed2.9 GB
Usable fast memory36.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~259 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run minicpm-v4.6:q8_0
Open Mac Studio M5 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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