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Can the Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B?

Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) × GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at FP1663.4 GB of 192 GB
Weights 62.4 GBKV cache 0.4 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantFP16Full quality
Speed~82tokens 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 Ultra (256GB) can run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at FP16 (full quality), using about 63.4 GB of the 192 GB available, at roughly 82 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 FP16, which is full quality: pick that GGUF in LM Studio or from Hugging Face.

New to this? Step-by-step setup for the Apple M3 Ultra (256GB)

Run it in the cloud

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 192 GB the Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 192 GB of the 256 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality63.4 GBFits~82 tok/s
Q8_0Near-lossless34.2 GBFits~154 tok/s
Q6_KExcellent26.6 GBFits~200 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good23.2 GBFits~230 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular20 GBFits~270 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded16.3 GBFits~335 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded12.7 GBFits~437 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M3 Ultra (256GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B on the Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Apple M3 Ultra (256GB)? 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 Ultra (256GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B?

Yes. The Apple M3 Ultra (256GB) can run GLM-4.7 Flash 30B-A3B fully in unified memory at FP16 (full quality), using about 63.4 GB of the 192 GB available, at roughly 82 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 Ultra (256GB)?

Roughly 82 tokens per second at FP16, estimated from the Apple M3 Ultra (256GB)'s 819 GB/s memory bandwidth.