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Can the Apple M4 Max (128GB) run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B?

Apple M4 Max (128GB) × GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B8K context
YesRuns fully on the GPU
Memory at Q6_K89.1 GB of 96 GB
Weights 86.9 GBKV cache 1.5 GBRuntime 0.6 GB
QuantQ6_KExcellent
Speed~33tokens per second
Max context43Ktokens that fit at Q6_K
  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 M4 Max (128GB) can run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B fully in unified memory at Q6_K (excellent), using about 89.1 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 33 tokens/second.

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Memory needed by quantization

At 8,192 tokens of context. The black line marks the 96 GB the Apple M4 Max (128GB) can use. macOS lets the GPU use about 96 GB of the 128 GB unified memory by default.

QuantQualityMemoryFits?Speed
FP16Full quality214.1 GBToo big—
Q8_0Near-lossless114.8 GBToo big—
Q6_KExcellent89.1 GBFits~33 tok/s
Q5_K_MVery good77.5 GBFits~38 tok/s
Q4_K_MGood, most popular66.4 GBFits~45 tok/s
Q3_K_MNoticeably degraded54 GBFits~56 tok/s
Q2_KHeavily degraded41.9 GBFits~73 tok/s

Measured speed from real Apple M4 Max (128GB) owners

Tokens per second that people measured on their own Apple M4 Max (128GB), next to our estimate.

No one has measured GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B on the Apple M4 Max (128GB) yet. The speeds above are estimates. Run the benchmark and yours becomes the first real number on this page.

Have an Apple M4 Max (128GB)? Add your real speed

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

How the benchmark works

GPUs that run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B comfortably

Models that run well on the Apple M4 Max (128GB)

Frequently asked questions

Can Apple M4 Max (128GB) run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B?

Yes. The Apple M4 Max (128GB) can run GLM-4.5-Air 106B-A12B fully in unified memory at Q6_K (excellent), using about 89.1 GB of the 96 GB available, at roughly 33 tokens/second.

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 M4 Max (128GB)?

Roughly 33 tokens per second at Q6_K, estimated from the Apple M4 Max (128GB)'s 546 GB/s memory bandwidth.