MacBook Pro for Running LLMs Locally
Browse every Mac (MacBook, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, iMac) for running LLMs locally. Unified memory up to 512 GB; see compatible models and performance estimates.
Which Mac Can Run an LLM?
Apple Silicon Macs use unified memory shared between CPU and GPU, so the memory you buy is the memory a model can use. A 24 GB Mac runs 27B models at Q4, and a 128 GB Mac Studio loads 100B+ mixture-of-experts models; memory bandwidth (Pro, Max, Ultra chips) sets the speed.
Macs List
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max (36 GB)
Apple · M4 Max · Laptop
36 GB
409.6 GB/s32 GPU cores14 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max (48 GB)
Apple · M4 Max · Laptop
48 GB
546.0 GB/s40 GPU cores16 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max (64 GB)
Apple · M4 Max · Laptop
64 GB
546.0 GB/s40 GPU cores16 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Pro (24 GB)
Apple · M4 Pro · Laptop
24 GB
273.0 GB/s20 GPU cores14 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M4 Pro (48 GB)
Apple · M4 Pro · Laptop
48 GB
273.0 GB/s20 GPU cores14 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max (128 GB)
Apple · M5 Max · Apple M5 Max 40-core GPU · Laptop
128 GB
614.0 GB/s40 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max (36 GB)
Apple · M5 Max · Laptop
36 GB
460.0 GB/s32 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max (48 GB)
Apple · M5 Max · Laptop
48 GB
614.0 GB/s40 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Max (64 GB)
Apple · M5 Max · Laptop
64 GB
614.0 GB/s40 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro (24 GB)
Apple · M5 Pro · Laptop
24 GB
307.0 GB/s20 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro (48 GB)
Apple · M5 Pro · Laptop
48 GB
307.0 GB/s20 GPU cores18 CPU cores
MacBook Pro 16" M5 Pro (64 GB)
Apple · M5 Pro · Laptop
64 GB
307.0 GB/s20 GPU cores18 CPU cores