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M4 Max (48 GB) — benchmark record

M4 Max (48 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 3 published rows across 3 models. Peak published speed is 42.0 tok/s on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B. Published runtimes include MLX. Evidence state and next-step ranking links included.

3Benchmark rows
3Models tested
42.0Fastest avg tok/s (Qwen3.6-35B-A3B)
0Silicon Score Lab rows

What this page answers best

Best published speed here is 42.0 tok/s on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at Q4_K - Medium. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Evidence state: 3 linked reference rows and no Silicon Score Lab rows yet.

Published runtimes here: MLX.

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Current published coverage

Published model coverage includes Qwen3.6-35B-A3B, Gemma 4 26B-A4B, Gemma 4 31B. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes MLX. Fastest published row is 42.0 tok/s on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B at Q4_K - Medium.

Qwen3.6-35B-A3BGemma 4 26B-A4BGemma 4 31B

Other published M4 Max variants: GB · 128 GB

This chip is part of a family. Compare all M4 Max RAM variants →

Raw benchmark rows for M4 Max (48 GB)

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

ModelQuantRAM req.ContextAvg tok/sPrompt tok/sRuntimeSource
Qwen3.6-35B-A3BQ4_K - Medium——42.0 tok/s—MLXref
Gemma 4 26B-A4BQ4_K - Medium——40.0 tok/s—MLXref
Gemma 4 31BQ4_K - Medium——18.0 tok/s—MLXref

Models tested on this chip

Qwen3.6-35B-A3BGemma 4 26B-A4BGemma 4 31B

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Data

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 →