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Can a Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GB run Llama 3.3 70B?

Yes. Llama 3.3 70B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GB at Q4_K_M (47.1 GB needed, 48.0 GB usable), about 11 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GB · Model: Llama 3.3 70B

Mac Studio M5 Max (40c GPU) 64GB has 64 GB of unified memory and 614 GB/s of memory bandwidth. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 48.0 GB. Llama 3.3 70B (70.6B, Meta) at Q4_K_M is a 43 GB download and needs 47.1 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ4_K_M
Download size43 GB
Memory needed47.1 GB
Usable fast memory48.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~11 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run llama3.3:70b
Open Mac Studio M5 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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