M5 Max (32-core GPU) — benchmark record

M5 Max (32-core GPU) local LLM benchmarks across 36 GB RAM tiers on Apple Silicon Mac. 3 published rows across 3 models with explicit evidence state and RAM-tier comparison. Peak published speed is 229.0 tok/s.

3Benchmark rows

3Models tested

1RAM configurations

229.0Fastest avg tok/s

RAM configurations

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

36 GBM5 Max (32-core GPU, 36 GB)3 rows · 3 models229.0 tok/s peak

All benchmark rows — M5 Max (32-core GPU)

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

Chip (RAM)	Model	Quant	RAM req.	Avg tok/s	Prompt tok/s	Runtime	Source
M5 Max (32-core GPU, 36 GB)	Llama 3.2 1B	Q4_K - Medium	—	229.0 tok/s	3620.7 tok/s	llamafile	ref
M5 Max (32-core GPU, 36 GB)	Llama 3.1 8B	Q4_K - Medium	—	61.6 tok/s	630.3 tok/s	llamafile	ref
M5 Max (32-core GPU, 36 GB)	Qwen 2.5 14B	Q4_K - Medium	—	34.3 tok/s	343.2 tok/s	llamafile	ref

Models tested on M5 Max (32-core GPU)

Llama 3.1 8B Llama 3.2 1B Qwen 2.5 14B

Data

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

Data from in-house lab measurements plus community-published benchmarks. See all chip families →