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Can a Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB run Qwen 2.5 14B?

Yes. Qwen 2.5 14B fits in fast memory on Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB at Q8_0 (17.3 GB needed, 72.0 GB usable), about 60 tok/s (estimate).

Hardware: Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB · Model: Qwen 2.5 14B

Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB has 96 GB of unified memory and 1200 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 96GB has the same memory and bandwidth, so the fit numbers match; this page is Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c GPU) 96GB. The checker leaves macOS a share of unified memory, so Ollama can use 72.0 GB. Qwen 2.5 14B (14.8B, Alibaba) at Q8_0 is a 16 GB download and needs 17.3 GB with headroom for about 8k tokens.

Best quantQ8_0
Download size16 GB
Memory needed17.3 GB
Usable fast memory72.0 GB
Fitfits in fast memory
Estimated speed~60 tok/s (estimate)
Commandollama run qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q8_0
Open Mac Studio M5 Ultra (80c 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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