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Home/Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct/on MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB

Can it run?

Can MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB run Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

CUsable

Runs well

Using Q4_K_M in Ollama

Capabilities:

Fit status

Runs well

Decode

45.1 tok/s

TTFT

4294 ms

Safe context

52K

Memory

14.2 GB / 46.1 GB

Memory breakdown

Weights4.9 GB
KV Cache1.3 GB
Runtime1.2 GB
Headroom6.9 GB

Performance by workload

WorkloadGradeFitDecodeTTFTContext
Agentic CodingCRuns well45.1 tok/s6246 ms95K
ChatCRuns well45.1 tok/s2342 ms27K
CodingCRuns well45.1 tok/s4294 ms52K
RAGCRuns well45.1 tok/s7808 ms95K
ReasoningCRuns well45.1 tok/s5075 ms52K

Quantization options

How Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct (8B params) fits at each quantization level on MacBook Pro M1 Max 64GB (46.1 GB usable).

QuantBitsVRAMQualityFit
Q2_K
2
3.1 GB
LowD31
Q3_K_S
3
3.9 GB
LowD31
NVFP4
4
4.5 GB
MediumD32
Q4_K_M
4
4.9 GB
MediumD32
Q5_K_M
5
5.8 GB
HighD32
Q6_K
6
6.6 GB
HighD33
Q8_0
8
8.6 GB
Very HighD34
F16Best for your GPU
16
16.4 GB
MaximumD37

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Upgrade options

Hardware that runs Meta Llama 3.1 8B Instruct well

AppleMacBook Pro M4 Max 96GBBudget pick
C70.5 tok/s decode

~$2,499 MSRP

AppleMac Studio M2 Ultra 128GBBest value
C95.1 tok/s decode

~$3,999 MSRP

AppleMac Studio M1 Ultra 128GBApple upgrade
C90.2 tok/s decode

~$3,999 MSRP

AppleMac Studio M3 Ultra 96GBBiggest leap
C114.1 tok/s decode

 

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