M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB) — benchmark record

M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 14 published rows across 6 models. Peak published speed is 180.2 tok/s on Llama 3.2 1B. Largest published fit uses 29.8 GB. Published runtimes include llamafile, MLX, Ollama.

14Benchmark rows

6Models tested

180.2Fastest avg tok/s (llama-3-2-1b-instruct)

1Lab benchmarks

Quick take

Best published speed here is 180.2 tok/s on Llama 3.2 1B at Q4_K - Medium. Largest published memory footprint is Qwen 3 30B-A3B at Q8, using 29.8 GB. Longest published context on this page is 128k. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Based on 1 lab benchmark plus 13 external.

Published runtimes: llamafile, MLX, Ollama.

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Current published coverage

Published model coverage includes Llama 3.2 1B, Qwen 3 4B, Qwen 3 30B-A3B, Llama 3.1 8B plus 2 more published models. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes llamafile, MLX, Ollama. Fastest published row is 180.2 tok/s on Llama 3.2 1B at Q4_K - Medium. Largest published footprint on this page is 29.8 GB for Qwen 3 30B-A3B. Longest published context is 128k.

Llama 3.2 1B Qwen 3 4B Qwen 3 30B-A3B Llama 3.1 8B Qwen 2.5 14B Qwen 3 32B

Other published M4 Max (40-core GPU) variants: 48 GB · 128 GB

This chip is part of a family. Compare all M4 Max (40-core GPU) RAM variants →

Raw benchmark rows for M4 Max (40-core GPU, 64 GB)

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

Model	Quant	RAM req.	Context	Avg tok/s	Prompt tok/s	Runtime	Source
Llama 3.2 1B	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	180.2 tok/s	3857.5 tok/s	llamafile	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q4_G32	2.8 GB	2k	149.1 tok/s	2838.4 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q4	2.5 GB	2k	148.1 tok/s	2976.7 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q5	3.3 GB	2k	143.2 tok/s	2736.2 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q5_G32	3.5 GB	2k	143.0 tok/s	2754.5 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q6	4.0 GB	2k	136.6 tok/s	2735.7 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 4B	Q8	5.1 GB	2k	111.5 tok/s	1780.6 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 30B-A3B	Q4	16.1 GB	2k	92.1 tok/s	822.6 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 30B-A3B	Q5	18.1 GB	2k	84.9 tok/s	819.8 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 30B-A3B	Q6	21.9 GB	2k	76.7 tok/s	817.6 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen 3 30B-A3B	Q8	29.8 GB	2k	52.6 tok/s	772.6 tok/s	MLX	ref
Llama 3.1 8B	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	47.1 tok/s	557.1 tok/s	llamafile	ref
Qwen 2.5 14B	Q4_K - Medium	—	—	25.9 tok/s	286.7 tok/s	llamafile	ref
Qwen 3 32B	Q4_K - Medium	20.0 GB	128k	22.0 tok/s	—	Ollama	Lab

Models tested on this chip

Llama 3.2 1B Qwen 3 4B Qwen 3 30B-A3B Llama 3.1 8B Qwen 2.5 14B Qwen 3 32B

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Data

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