M5 Max (48 GB) — benchmark record

M5 Max (48 GB) local LLM benchmarks on Apple Silicon Mac with 4 published rows across 2 models. Peak published speed is 128.0 tok/s on Qwen3.5-35B-A3B. Published runtimes include llama.cpp, MLX.

4Benchmark rows

2Models tested

128.0Fastest avg tok/s (Qwen3.5-35B-A3B)

0Lab benchmarks

Quick take

Best published speed here is 128.0 tok/s on Qwen3.5-35B-A3B at 4bit. Longest published context on this page is 8k. This page is evidence, not the full buying answer.

Based on 4 external benchmarks; no lab runs yet.

Published runtimes: llama.cpp, MLX.

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Current published coverage

Published model coverage includes Qwen3.5-35B-A3B, Qwen3.5-27B. Published runtime coverage on this chip includes llama.cpp, MLX. Fastest published row is 128.0 tok/s on Qwen3.5-35B-A3B at 4bit. Longest published context is 8k.

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.5-27B

Other published M5 Max variants: 64 GB · 128 GB

Macs shipping with the M5 Max (48 GB)

MacBook Pro M5 Max 128GB 16-inch

This chip is part of a family. Compare all M5 Max RAM variants →

Raw benchmark rows for M5 Max (48 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
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	4bit	—	8k	128.0 tok/s	3235.0 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen3.5-35B-A3B	Q4_K - Medium	—	8k	89.4 tok/s	783.0 tok/s	llama.cpp	ref
Qwen3.5-27B	4bit	—	8k	31.3 tok/s	779.0 tok/s	MLX	ref
Qwen3.5-27B	Q4_K - Medium	—	8k	23.7 tok/s	171.0 tok/s	llama.cpp	ref

Models tested on this chip

Qwen3.5-35B-A3B Qwen3.5-27B

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Data

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