What can MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run for agents?
Build: MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB
Runs comfortably181 models
Ranked by fit for agents use case + predicted speed. Click a row for VRAM breakdown.
Quant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 13.4 GBHeadroom: 42.6 GBollama run hermes3:8b35tok/sEstimated
ollama run hermes3:8bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 27.2 GBHeadroom: 28.8 GBollama run dolphin-mistral:24b21tok/sEstimated
ollama run dolphin-mistral:24bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 9.5 GBHeadroom: 46.5 GBollama run qwen2.5:7b40tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:7bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 24.0 GBHeadroom: 32.0 GBollama run qwen2.5:14b20tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:14bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 35.5 GBHeadroom: 20.5 GBollama run qwen3-coder:30b17tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3-coder:30bQuant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.4 GBHeadroom: 46.6 GBollama run mistral:7b62tok/sEstimated
ollama run mistral:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 9.7 GBHeadroom: 46.3 GB62tok/sEstimated
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 35.5 GBHeadroom: 20.5 GBollama run north-mini-code-1.017tok/sEstimated
ollama run north-mini-code-1.0Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 36.0 GBHeadroom: 20.0 GBollama run glm-4.7-flash16tok/sEstimated
ollama run glm-4.7-flashQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 10.9 GBHeadroom: 45.1 GBollama run ornith:9b55tok/sEstimated
ollama run ornith:9bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 38.0 GBHeadroom: 18.0 GBollama run laguna-xs-2.115tok/sEstimated
ollama run laguna-xs-2.1Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 40.1 GBHeadroom: 15.9 GBollama run ornith:35b14tok/sEstimated
ollama run ornith:35bRuns with tradeoffs11 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 53.4 GBHeadroom: 2.6 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mixtral:8x7b11tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run mixtral:8x7bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 52.2 GBHeadroom: 3.8 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen3:32bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 52.2 GBHeadroom: 3.8 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:32bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 52.6 GBHeadroom: 3.4 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.4 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:72b7tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.4 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run qwen2.5:72bQuant: Q5_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 52.5 GBHeadroom: 3.5 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.5 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run llama3.3:70b6tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.5 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run llama3.3:70bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 52.6 GBHeadroom: 3.4 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.4 GB headroom left for context growth
7tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.4 GB headroom left for context growth
Quant: AWQ-INT4Context: 2,048VRAM: 53.6 GBHeadroom: 2.4 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.4 GB headroom left for context growth
4tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.4 GB headroom left for context growth
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 2,048VRAM: 53.4 GBHeadroom: 2.6 GB- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
7tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 2.6 GB headroom left for context growth
What if you upgraded?
Hypothetical scenarios. We re-ran the compatibility engine for each.
Move up an Apple memory tier
~$200–400 over base
On Apple Silicon, more unified memory is the only path forward — VRAM and system RAM are the same pool.
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Needs ~1024 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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Needs ~1024 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
Needs ~256 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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Needs ~256 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
Needs ~160 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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Needs ~160 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
Needs ~420 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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Needs ~420 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
Needs ~80 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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Needs ~80 GB unified memory minimum at smallest quant; you have 56 GB available after OS overhead.
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