Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB

Apple · M4 Ultra · 512GB Unified Memory · Can run 43 models

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Manufacturer Apple
Unified Mem 512 GB
Chip M4 Ultra
CPU Cores 32
GPU Cores 80
Neural Engine 32
Bandwidth 819 GB/s
MSRP $9,999
Released Mar 12, 2025

AI Notes

The Mac Studio M4 Ultra 512GB is the ultimate local AI machine. With a staggering 512GB unified memory and 819 GB/s bandwidth, it can run the largest open-source models including 405B parameter models without quantization. It rivals multi-GPU server setups at a fraction of the complexity.

Compatible Models

Model Parameters Best Quant VRAM Used Fit Est. Speed
Gemma 3 1B 1B Q8_0 2 GB Runs ~410 tok/s
Llama 3.2 1B 1B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~273 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 1.5B 1.5B Q8_0 3 GB Runs ~273 tok/s
Gemma 2 2B 2B Q8_0 4 GB Runs ~205 tok/s
Llama 3.2 3B 3B Q8_0 5 GB Runs ~164 tok/s
Phi-3 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q8_0 5.8 GB Runs ~141 tok/s
Phi-4 Mini 3.8B 3.8B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~182 tok/s
Gemma 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 5 GB Runs ~164 tok/s
Qwen 3 4B 4B Q4_K_M 4.5 GB Runs ~182 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
Mistral 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B 7B Q8_0 9 GB Runs ~91 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~109 tok/s
Llama 3.1 8B 8B Q8_0 10 GB Runs ~82 tok/s
Qwen 3 8B 8B Q4_K_M 7.5 GB Runs ~109 tok/s
Gemma 2 9B 9B Q8_0 11 GB Runs ~74 tok/s
Gemma 3 12B 12B Q4_K_M 10.5 GB Runs ~78 tok/s
Mistral Nemo 12B 12B Q4_K_M 9.5 GB Runs ~86 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~83 tok/s
Phi-4 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~83 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 14B 14B Q4_K_M 9.9 GB Runs ~83 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~68 tok/s
Qwen 3 14B 14B Q4_K_M 12 GB Runs ~68 tok/s
StarCoder2 15B 15B Q8_0 17 GB Runs ~48 tok/s
Codestral 22B 22B Q4_K_M 14.7 GB Runs ~56 tok/s
Devstral 24B 24B Q4_K_M 17 GB Runs ~48 tok/s
Mistral Small 3.1 24B 24B Q4_K_M 18 GB Runs ~46 tok/s
Gemma 2 27B 27B Q4_K_M 17.7 GB Runs ~46 tok/s
Gemma 3 27B 27B Q4_K_M 20 GB Runs ~41 tok/s
Qwen 3 30B-A3B (MoE) 30B Q4_K_M 22 GB Runs ~37 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs ~40 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 32B 32B Q4_K_M 20.7 GB Runs ~40 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB Runs ~36 tok/s
Qwen 3 32B 32B Q4_K_M 23 GB Runs ~36 tok/s
Command R 35B 35B Q4_K_M 22.5 GB Runs ~36 tok/s
Mixtral 8x7B 47B Q4_K_M 29.7 GB Runs ~28 tok/s
DeepSeek R1 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~19 tok/s
Llama 3.1 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~19 tok/s
Llama 3.3 70B 70B Q4_K_M 43.5 GB Runs ~19 tok/s
Qwen 2.5 72B 72B Q4_K_M 44.7 GB Runs ~18 tok/s
Llama 4 Scout (109B/17B active) 109B Q4_K_M 72 GB Runs ~11 tok/s
Llama 3.1 405B 405B Q4_K_M 244.5 GB Runs ~3 tok/s