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MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max (128GB) for local AI

MacBook Pro 16 M3 Max (128GB) provides 128 GB of VRAM for local AI. In the LocalIA catalog, 228 out of 242 models run comfortably on a single card.

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VRAM
128GB
Category
Apple
Series
MacBook Pro 16
Vendor
Apple

Models that run comfortably

These models fit in 128 GB with room for context and stable inference.

Mixtral 8x22Bmistral108.3 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 128 GB
★Mistral Large 123Bmistral94.5 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 128 GB
★NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B BF16nemotron92.2 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 128 GB
★Llama 4 Scout 17Bx16llama83.7 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 128 GB
★Command R+ 104Bcommand79.9 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 128 GB
★Qwen 2.5 72Bqwen80.5 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Qwen 2.5 VL 72Bqwen80.5 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★Qwen 72Bqwen80.5 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Llama 2 70Bllama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Llama 3 70Bllama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Llama 3.1 70Bllama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★Llama 3.3 70Bllama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
CodeLlama 70Bcodellama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★DeepSeek R1 Distill 70Bdeepseek78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Hermes 3 70Bhermes78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70Bnemotron78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
Athene 70Bathene78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★Llama 3.3 70B Instructllama78.2 GBcomfortableQ8 · / 128 GB
★Mixtral 8x7Bmistral105.1 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
Falcon 40Bfalcon89.4 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
Command R 35Bcommand78.2 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
Aya 23 35Baya78.2 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
CodeLlama 34Bcodellama76.0 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
Yi 1.5 34Byi76.0 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★dolphin 2.9.1 yi 1.5 34byi76.0 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★Qwen 2.5 32Bqwen71.5 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★Qwen 2.5 Coder 32Bqwen71.5 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★Qwen 3 32Bqwen71.5 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★QwQ 32Bqwq71.5 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB
★DeepSeek R1 Distill 32Bdeepseek71.5 GBcomfortableFP16 · / 128 GB

Tight models

These models barely fit. They can run, but context and speed will be limited.

Falcon 180Bfalcon113.2 GBtightQ4 · / 128 GB

Unlocked in a 2x rig

With two cards in parallel (256 GB total), larger models become reachable.

★Llama 3.1 405Bllama254.6 GBtightQ4 · / 256 GB
Hermes 3 405Bhermes254.6 GBtightQ4 · / 256 GB
★Llama 4 Maverick 17Bx128llama251.5 GBtightQ4 · / 256 GB
Nemotron 340Bnemotron213.7 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 256 GB
DeepSeek V2deepseek181.3 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 256 GB
DeepSeek Coder V2deepseek181.3 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 256 GB
★Qwen 3 235B A22Bqwen180.6 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 256 GB
★Qwen3 235B A22Bqwen180.6 GBcomfortableQ5 · / 256 GB

Unlocked in a 4x rig

Server-style configuration (512 GB total) for the largest open-weight models.

★DeepSeek V3.2deepseek430.6 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 512 GB
★DeepSeek V4 Prodeepseek430.6 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 512 GB
★DeepSeek R1deepseek421.8 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 512 GB
★DeepSeek V3deepseek421.8 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 512 GB
★DeepSeek R1 (0528 snapshot)deepseek421.8 GBcomfortableQ4 · / 512 GB

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VRAM estimates updated 2026-09-27. Apple Silicon: part of unified memory remains reserved for the system.