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M3 Max (GPU count not published) — benchmark record

M3 Max (GPU count not published) local LLM benchmarks across 64 GB RAM tiers on Apple Silicon Mac. 4 published rows across 1 models with explicit evidence state and RAM-tier comparison. Peak published speed is 8.2 tok/s.

4Benchmark rows
1Models tested
1RAM configurations
8.2Fastest avg tok/s

Each configuration differs only in unified memory. More RAM = larger models fit. Throughput is similar across RAM tiers at the same model size.

All benchmark rows — M3 Max (GPU count not published)

Sorted by avg tok/s descending. Click source badge to see original measurement.

Chip (RAM)ModelQuantRAM req.Avg tok/sPrompt tok/sRuntimeSource
M3 Max (GPU count not published, 64 GB)Llama 3.3 70BQ4_K - Medium8.2 tok/s67.9 tok/sllama.cppref
M3 Max (GPU count not published, 64 GB)Llama 3.3 70BQ4_K - Medium7.5 tok/s65.2 tok/sllama.cppref
M3 Max (GPU count not published, 64 GB)Llama 3.3 70BQ4_K - Medium7.0 tok/s59.5 tok/sllama.cppref
M3 Max (GPU count not published, 64 GB)Llama 3.3 70BQ4_K - Medium6.1 tok/s50.3 tok/sllama.cppref

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

Data sourced from Silicon Score Lab measurements and community reference runs. See all chip families →