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M4 Max (40-core GPU) — LLM Benchmarks

Measured LLM inference benchmarks for M4 Max (40-core GPU) across all RAM configurations (48 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB). 20 benchmark rows across 6 models. Compare how RAM affects throughput. Real runs, not estimates.

20Benchmark rows
6Models tested
3RAM configurations
182.6Fastest 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 — M4 Max (40-core GPU)

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

Chip (RAM)ModelQuantRAM req.Avg tok/sPrompt tok/sRuntimeSource
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 128 GB)Llama 3.2 1B InstructQ4_K - Medium182.6 tok/s3833.8 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Llama 3.2 1B InstructQ4_K - Medium180.2 tok/s3857.5 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 48 GB)Llama 3.2 1B InstructQ4_K - Medium179.0 tok/s3750.6 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ4_G322.8 GB149.1 tok/s2838.4 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ42.5 GB148.1 tok/s2976.7 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ53.3 GB143.2 tok/s2736.2 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ5_G323.5 GB143.0 tok/s2754.5 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ64.0 GB136.6 tok/s2735.7 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 4BQ85.1 GB111.5 tok/s1780.6 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 30B A3BQ416.1 GB92.1 tok/s822.6 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 30B A3BQ518.1 GB84.9 tok/s819.8 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 30B A3BQ621.9 GB76.7 tok/s817.6 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 48 GB)Llama 3.1 8B InstructQ4_K - Medium55.1 tok/s663.4 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 30B A3BQ829.8 GB52.6 tok/s772.6 tok/sMLXref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 128 GB)Llama 3.1 8B InstructQ4_K - Medium51.6 tok/s617.6 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Llama 3.1 8B InstructQ4_K - Medium47.1 tok/s557.1 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 48 GB)Qwen 2.5 14B InstructQ4_K - Medium30.1 tok/s347.0 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 128 GB)Qwen 2.5 14B InstructQ4_K - Medium28.7 tok/s326.6 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 2.5 14B InstructQ4_K - Medium25.9 tok/s286.7 tok/sref
M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)Qwen 3 32BQ4_K_M20.0 GB22.0 tok/sfactory harnessfactory lab

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