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M3 Max (96 GB) — benchmark record

M3 Max (96 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 1 published rows across 1 models. Peak published speed is 28.0 tok/s on Gemma 3 27B. Published runtimes include MLX. Evidence state and next-step ranking links included.

1Benchmark rows
1Models tested
28.0Fastest avg tok/s (Gemma 3 27B)
0Silicon Score Lab rows

What this page answers best

Best published speed here is 28.0 tok/s on Gemma 3 27B at Q4_K - Medium. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Evidence state: 1 linked reference row and no Silicon Score Lab rows yet.

Published runtimes here: MLX.

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Current published coverage

Published model coverage includes Gemma 3 27B. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes MLX. Fastest published row is 28.0 tok/s on Gemma 3 27B at Q4_K - Medium.

Gemma 3 27B

Raw benchmark rows for M3 Max (96 GB)

Rows sorted by avg tok/s descending. Click source badge to see original measurement page.

ModelQuantRAM req.ContextAvg tok/sPrompt tok/sRuntimeSource
Gemma 3 27BQ4_K - Medium——28.0 tok/s—MLXref

Models tested on this chip

Gemma 3 27B

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Data

benchmarks.json — full dataset  ·  chips.json — chip summaries  ·  benchmarks.csv — CSV export

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