What can MacBook Pro 16" M4 Max run for coding?
Build: MacBook Pro M4 Max 64GB
Runs comfortably204 models
Ranked by fit for coding use case + predicted speed. Click a row for VRAM breakdown.
Quant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 8.4 GBHeadroom: 47.6 GBollama run codegemma:7b71tok/sEstimated
ollama run codegemma:7bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 18.5 GBHeadroom: 37.5 GBollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16b31tok/sEstimated
ollama run deepseek-coder-v2:16bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 9.5 GBHeadroom: 46.5 GBollama run qwen2.5:7b40tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:7bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 35.7 GBHeadroom: 20.3 GBollama run codestral:22b13tok/sEstimated
ollama run codestral:22bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 13.1 GBHeadroom: 42.9 GBollama run qwen3:8b35tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:8bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 23.3 GBHeadroom: 32.7 GBollama run qwen3:14b20tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:14bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 24.0 GBHeadroom: 32.0 GBollama run qwen2.5:14b20tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5:14bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 38.4 GBHeadroom: 17.6 GBollama run qwen2.5-coder:32b9tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen2.5-coder:32bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 49.1 GBHeadroom: 6.9 GBollama run qwen3:30b9tok/sEstimated
ollama run qwen3:30bQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 34.8 GBHeadroom: 21.2 GBollama run muse-glimmer9tok/sEstimated
ollama run muse-glimmerQuant: Q8_0Context: 8,192VRAM: 50.7 GBHeadroom: 5.3 GBollama run gemma4:31b9tok/sEstimated
ollama run gemma4:31bQuant: Q4_K_MContext: 8,192VRAM: 4.1 GBHeadroom: 51.9 GB166tok/sEstimated
Runs with tradeoffs11 models
Tight VRAM, partial CPU offload, or context-limited.
Quant: 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: 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: 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 deepseek-r1:32b9tok/sEstimated
- • Tight VRAM fit — only 3.8 GB headroom left for context growth
ollama run deepseek-r1:32bQuant: 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
Quant: 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: 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
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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