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Can the Apple M1 Max (64GB) run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B?

Apple M1 Max (64GB) × GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B8K context
Yes, with heavy quantizationFits only at a low-quality quant
Memory at Q2_K41.9 GB of 48 GB
Weights 39.8 GBKV cache 1.5 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ2_KHeavily degraded
Speed~53tokens per second
Max context38Ktokens that fit at Q2_K
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Only just. GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B fits on the Apple M1 Max (64GB) at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 53 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 48 GB the Apple M1 Max (64GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 48 GB of the 64 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality214.1 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless114.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent89.1 GBToo big—
Q5_K_MVery good77.5 GBToo big—
Q4_K_MGood, most popular66.4 GBToo big—
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded54 GBToo big—
Q2_KHeavily degraded41.9 GBFits~53 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M1 Max (64GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M1 Max (64GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B on the Apple M1 Max (64GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

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One command times GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B in your own Ollama, shows you exactly what it would send, and asks before sending anything. No sign-up, no personal data.

macOS and Linux

curl -fsSL https://gpufit.dev/bench.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

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Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M1 Max (64GB) run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B?

Only just. GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B fits on the Apple M1 Max (64GB) at Q2_K, which costs noticeable quality. Expect about 53 tokens/second. A card with more memory is a better experience.

How much VRAM does GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B need?

About 66.4 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 214.1 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B on the Apple M1 Max (64GB)?

Roughly 53 tokens per second at Q2_K, estimated from the Apple M1 Max (64GB)'s 400 GB/s memory bandwidth.