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Can the Apple M3 Max (64GB) run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B?

Apple M3 Max (64GB) × GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q8_034.2 GB of 48 GB
Weights 33.2 GBKV cache 0.4 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ8_0Near-lossless
Speed~75tokens per second
Max context198Kthe model's full window
  1. FP16
  2. Q8_0
  3. Q6_K
  4. Q5_K_M
  5. Q4_K_M
  6. Q3_K_M
  7. Q2_K

Yes. The Apple M3 Max (64GB) can run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 34.2 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 75 tokens/second.

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Run it with Ollama

With Ollama installed, one command downloads and starts GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B:

ollama run glm-4.7-flash

Ollama's default download is Q4_K_M (about 20 GB here). You have room for Q8_0, which is near-lossless: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the Apple M3 Max (64GB)

Run it in the cloud

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 48 GB the Apple M3 Max (64GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 48 GB of the 64 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality63.4 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless34.2 GBFits~75 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent26.6 GBFits~98 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good23.2 GBFits~112 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular20 GBFits~132 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.3 GBFits~164 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.7 GBFits~213 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M3 Max (64GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M3 Max (64GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B on the Apple M3 Max (64GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Apple M3 Max (64GB)? Add your real speed

One command times GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B 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 -s -- glm-4.7-flash

Windows (PowerShell)

$env:GPUFIT_MODEL="glm-4.7-flash"; irm https://gpufit.dev/bench.ps1 | iex

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B comfortably

Models that run well on the Apple M3 Max (64GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M3 Max (64GB) run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B?

Yes. The Apple M3 Max (64GB) can run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at Q8_0 (near-lossless), using about 34.2 GB of the 48 GB available, at roughly 75 tokens/second.

How much VRAM does GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B need?

About 20 GB at Q4_K_M with 8,192 tokens of context, and about 63.4 GB at full FP16 precision.

How fast is GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B on the Apple M3 Max (64GB)?

Roughly 75 tokens per second at Q8_0, estimated from the Apple M3 Max (64GB)'s 400 GB/s memory bandwidth.