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What local LLMs run on Mac Studio M5 Ultra (64c GPU) 96GB?

With 96 GB unified memory (about 72.0 GB usable by the GPU), these are the best open models that fit. The top pick is Llama 4 Scout 109B (MoE) at Q4_K_M (~69.7 GB, ~46 tok/s): ollama run llama4:16x17b.

Best for coding: Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (MoE) (qwen3.5:122b), gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4) (gpt-oss:120b), Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class) (nemotron-3.5-bolt:74b-a9b).

Runtimes available for this hardware: Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, MLX.

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#ModelQuantMemory neededFitSpeedCommand
1Llama 4 Scout 109B (MoE)Q4_K_M69.7 GBfits in fast memory~46 tok/sollama run llama4:16x17b
2Qwen3.5 122B-A10B (MoE)Q4_K_M83.7 GBfits if the Mac GPU limit is raised~74 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:122b
3gpt-oss 120B (MoE, MXFP4)MXFP467.3 GBfits in fast memory~169 tok/sollama run gpt-oss:120b
4Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B (MoE, IQ2-class)Default27.7 GBfits in fast memory~158 tok/sollama run nemotron-3.5-bolt:74b-a9b
5Llama 3.3 70BQ5_K_M54.1 GBfits in fast memory~19 tok/sollama run llama3.3:70b-instruct-q5_K_M
6DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70BQ4_K_M47.1 GBfits in fast memory~22 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:70b
7Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B (MoE)Q4_K_M52.4 GBfits in fast memory~256 tok/sollama run qwen3-next:80b
8Bonsai 2 27B (ternary)Q2_010.6 GBfits in fast memory~116 tok/sollama run bonsai-2:27b
9Qwen3.5 35B-A3B (MoE)Q8_040.9 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:35b-a3b-q8_0
10Qwen3.6 35B-A3B (MoE)Q8_040.9 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run qwen3.6:35b-a3b-q8_0
11Qwen3 30B-A3B (MoE)Q8_034.4 GBfits in fast memory~134 tok/sollama run qwen3:30b-a3b-q8_0
12Qwen3-Coder 30B-A3B (MoE)Q8_033.4 GBfits in fast memory~139 tok/sollama run qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q8_0
13Laguna XS 2.1 33B-A3B (MoE)Q8_037.4 GBfits in fast memory~148 tok/sollama run laguna-xs-2.1:q8_0
14Gemma 4 26B-A4B (MoE)Q8_029.6 GBfits in fast memory~116 tok/sollama run gemma4:26b-a4b-it-q8_0
15Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B (MoE)Q8_036.4 GBfits in fast memory~144 tok/sollama run nemotron-3.5-lightning:30b-a3b-q8_0
16GLM-4.7-Flash 30B-A3B (MoE)Q8_033.4 GBfits in fast memory~156 tok/sollama run glm-4.7-flash:q8_0
17Qwen3-VL 30B-A3B (MoE)Q8_035.7 GBfits in fast memory~146 tok/sollama run qwen3-vl:30b-a3b-instruct-q8_0
18Qwen3-VL 32BQ8_038.6 GBfits in fast memory~27 tok/sollama run qwen3-vl:32b-instruct-q8_0
19Qwen3 32BQ8_037.2 GBfits in fast memory~27 tok/sollama run qwen3:32b-q8_0
20DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32BQ8_037.2 GBfits in fast memory~27 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:32b-qwen-distill-q8_0
21North Mini Code 1.0 30B (MoE)Q8_034.1 GBfits in fast memory~30 tok/sollama run north-mini-code-1.0:q8_0
22Muse Glimmer 30BQ8_033.4 GBfits in fast memory~31 tok/sollama run muse-glimmer:30b-q8_0
23Gemma 4 31BQ8_036.5 GBfits in fast memory~28 tok/sollama run gemma4:31b-it-q8_0
24Granite 4.2 30BQ8_033.1 GBfits in fast memory~31 tok/sollama run granite4.2:30b-q8_0
25Qwen3.5 27BQ8_032.3 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:27b-q8_0
26Qwen3.6 27BQ8_032.3 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run qwen3.6:27b-q8_0
27Gemma 3 27BQ8_032.3 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run gemma3:27b-it-q8_0
28Clef 27B (Cloudflare, decision)Q8_032.3 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run clef:27b-q8_0
29Qwen3.8 27BQ8_032.3 GBfits in fast memory~32 tok/sollama run qwen3.8:27b-q8_0
30Ornith-1.5 35B-A3B (MoE)Default24.8 GBfits in fast memory~243 tok/sollama run ornith-1.5:35b
31Mistral Small 24BQ8_026.8 GBfits in fast memory~38 tok/sollama run mistral-small:24b-instruct-2501-q8_0
32Devstral Small 2 24BQ8_027.8 GBfits in fast memory~37 tok/sollama run devstral-small-2:24b-instruct-2512-q8_0
33gpt-oss 20B (MoE, MXFP4)MXFP415.1 GBfits in fast memory~199 tok/sollama run gpt-oss:20b
34LFM2.5 24B-A2B (MoE)Q8_026.2 GBfits in fast memory~230 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:24b-a2b-q8_0
35Qwen3 14BQ8_017.3 GBfits in fast memory~60 tok/sollama run qwen3:14b-q8_0
36DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14BQ8_017.3 GBfits in fast memory~60 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:14b-qwen-distill-q8_0
37Phi-4 14BQ8_017.3 GBfits in fast memory~60 tok/sollama run phi4:14b-q8_0
38Mixtral 8x7B (MoE)Q8_051.8 GBfits in fast memory~35 tok/sollama run mixtral:8x7b-instruct-v0.1-q8_0
39Ministral 3 14BQ8_016.6 GBfits in fast memory~64 tok/sollama run ministral-3:14b-instruct-2512-q8_0
40Mistral Nemo 12BQ8_014.2 GBfits in fast memory~74 tok/sollama run mistral-nemo:12b-instruct-2407-q8_0
41Gemma 3 12BQ8_014.6 GBfits in fast memory~74 tok/sollama run gemma3:12b-it-q8_0
42Gemma 4 12BQ8_014.6 GBfits in fast memory~74 tok/sollama run gemma4:12b-it-q8_0
43Qwen 2.5 72BQ5_K_M58.1 GBfits in fast memory~18 tok/sollama run qwen2.5:72b-instruct-q5_K_M
44Llama 3.2 Vision 11BQ8_013.5 GBfits in fast memory~80 tok/sollama run llama3.2-vision:11b-instruct-q8_0
45Qwen3.5 9BQ8_011.4 GBfits in fast memory~96 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:9b-q8_0
46Clef-Flash 9B (Cloudflare, decision)Q8_012.4 GBfits in fast memory~87 tok/sollama run clef-flash:9b-q8_0
47Nimble v3 9B (Bespoke Labs, decision)Q8_010.6 GBfits in fast memory~101 tok/sollama run nimble-v3:9b-q8_0
48Ministral 3 8BQ8_011.3 GBfits in fast memory~97 tok/sollama run ministral-3:8b-instruct-2512-q8_0
49Granite 4.2 8BQ8_010.3 GBfits in fast memory~103 tok/sollama run granite4.2:8b-q8_0
50Qwen3-VL 8BQ8_011.2 GBfits in fast memory~98 tok/sollama run qwen3-vl:8b-instruct-q8_0
51Qwen 2.5 VL 7BQ8_010.8 GBfits in fast memory~102 tok/sollama run qwen2.5vl:7b-q8_0
52Qwen3 8BQ8_09.9 GBfits in fast memory~108 tok/sollama run qwen3:8b-q8_0
53DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8BQ8_09.9 GBfits in fast memory~108 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:8b-0528-qwen3-q8_0
54MiniCPM-V 2.6 8BQ8_010.5 GBfits in fast memory~105 tok/sollama run minicpm-v:8b-2.6-q8_0
55Gemma 3n E4B (on-device)Q8_010.5 GBfits in fast memory~101 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e4b-it-q8_0
56Gemma 4 E4B (effective 4.5B)Q8_010.3 GBfits in fast memory~107 tok/sollama run gemma4:e4b-it-q8_0
57Bonsai 2 9B (ternary)Q2_04.6 GBfits in fast memory~300 tok/sollama run bonsai-2:9b
58DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7BQ8_09.1 GBfits in fast memory~119 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:7b-qwen-distill-q8_0
59Ornith-1.5 9BDefault8 GBfits in fast memory~145 tok/sollama run ornith-1.5:9b
60Qwen 2.5 32BQ8_037.2 GBfits in fast memory~27 tok/sollama run qwen2.5:32b-instruct-q8_0
61Qwen 2.5 Coder 32BQ8_037.2 GBfits in fast memory~27 tok/sollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b-instruct-q8_0
62LFM2.5 8B-A1B (MoE)Q8_09.8 GBfits in fast memory~452 tok/sollama run lfm2.5:8b-a1b-q8_0
63Gemma 3n E2B (on-device)Q8_07.8 GBfits in fast memory~139 tok/sollama run gemma3n:e2b-it-q8_0
64Gemma 4 E2B (effective 2.3B)Q8_07.2 GBfits in fast memory~160 tok/sollama run gemma4:e2b-it-q8_0
65Qwen 2.5 14BQ8_017.3 GBfits in fast memory~60 tok/sollama run qwen2.5:14b-instruct-q8_0
66Qwen 2.5 Coder 14BQ8_017.3 GBfits in fast memory~60 tok/sollama run qwen2.5-coder:14b-instruct-q8_0
67Qwen3.5 4BQ8_06.4 GBfits in fast memory~185 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:4b-q8_0
68DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B (MoE)Q8_018 GBfits in fast memory~185 tok/sollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b-lite-instruct-q8_0
69Qwen3-VL 4BQ8_06.3 GBfits in fast memory~188 tok/sollama run qwen3-vl:4b-instruct-q8_0
70Gemma 3 4BQ8_06.2 GBfits in fast memory~192 tok/sollama run gemma3:4b-it-q8_0
71Qwen3 4BQ8_05.2 GBfits in fast memory~218 tok/sollama run qwen3:4b-q8_0
72tev1 4B (Together AI, decision)Q8_05.4 GBfits in fast memory~209 tok/sollama run tev1:4b-q8_0
73Ministral 3 3BQ8_05.6 GBfits in fast memory~213 tok/sollama run ministral-3:3b-instruct-2512-q8_0
74Phi-4 Mini 3.8BQ8_04.9 GBfits in fast memory~234 tok/sollama run phi4-mini:3.8b-q8_0
75Granite 4.2 3BQ8_04.7 GBfits in fast memory~246 tok/sollama run granite4.2:3b-q8_0
76Bonsai 2 4B (ternary)Q2_02.8 GBfits in fast memory~600 tok/sollama run bonsai-2:4b
77Llama 3.2 3BQ8_04.2 GBfits in fast memory~282 tok/sollama run llama3.2:3b-instruct-q8_0
78Llama 3.1 8BQ8_09.5 GBfits in fast memory~113 tok/sollama run llama3.1:8b-instruct-q8_0
79Qwen3.5 2BQ8_03.8 GBfits in fast memory~356 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:2b-q8_0
80Qwen 2.5 7BQ8_09.1 GBfits in fast memory~119 tok/sollama run qwen2.5:7b-instruct-q8_0
81Qwen 2.5 Coder 7BQ8_09.1 GBfits in fast memory~119 tok/sollama run qwen2.5-coder:7b-instruct-q8_0
82Qwen3-VL 2BQ8_03.8 GBfits in fast memory~356 tok/sollama run qwen3-vl:2b-instruct-q8_0
83Mistral 7B v0.3Q8_08.7 GBfits in fast memory~125 tok/sollama run mistral:7b-instruct-q8_0
84LLaVA 1.6 7BQ8_09.1 GBfits in fast memory~123 tok/sollama run llava:7b-v1.6-vicuna-q8_0
85Qwen3 1.7BQ8_02.9 GBfits in fast memory~436 tok/sollama run qwen3:1.7b-q8_0
86Code Llama 7BQ8_08.1 GBfits in fast memory~133 tok/sollama run codellama:7b-instruct-q8_0
87DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5BQ8_02.6 GBfits in fast memory~505 tok/sollama run deepseek-r1:1.5b-qwen-distill-q8_0
88SmolLM2 1.7BQ8_02.5 GBfits in fast memory~533 tok/sollama run smollm2:1.7b
89Bonsai 2 2B (ternary)Q2_02 GBfits in fast memory~1055 tok/sollama run bonsai-2:2b
90GLM-OCR 0.9BBF163.7 GBfits in fast memory~356 tok/sollama run glm-ocr:latest
91MiniCPM-V 4.6 1BQ8_02.9 GBfits in fast memory~505 tok/sollama run minicpm-v4.6:q8_0
92Llama 3.2 1BQ8_02 GBfits in fast memory~738 tok/sollama run llama3.2:1b
93LFM2.5 1.2B ThinkingQ8_01.9 GBfits in fast memory~800 tok/sollama run lfm2.5-thinking:1.2b-q8_0
94Gemma 3 1BQ8_01.8 GBfits in fast memory~873 tok/sollama run gemma3:1b-it-q8_0
95Qwen3.5 0.8BQ8_02 GBfits in fast memory~960 tok/sollama run qwen3.5:0.8b-q8_0
96Qwen3 0.6BQ8_01.5 GBfits in fast memory~1157 tok/sollama run qwen3:0.6b-q8_0
97Qwen 2.5 3BQ8_04.1 GBfits in fast memory~291 tok/sollama run qwen2.5:3b-instruct-q8_0
98SmolLM2 360MFP161.3 GBfits in fast memory~1315 tok/sollama run smollm2:360m
99SmolLM2 135MFP160.9 GBfits in fast memory~3556 tok/sollama run smollm2:135m
100Qwen 2.5 Coder 1.5BQ8_02.3 GBfits in fast memory~600 tok/sollama run qwen2.5-coder:1.5b-instruct-q8_0

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 2026-10-18.

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